Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Grate boiler'

This thesis presents the development of a Neural Network Based Controller (NNBC) for chain grate stoker fired boilers. The objective of the controller was to increase combustion efficiency and maintain pollutant emissions below future medium term stringent legislation. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) were used to estimate future emissions from and control the combustion process. Initial tests at Casella CRE Ltd demonstrated the ability of ANNs to characterise the complex functional relationships which subsisted in the data set, and utilised previously gained knowledge to deliver predictions up to three minutes into the future. This technique was then built into a carefully designed control strategy that fundamentally mimicked the actions of an expert boiler operator, to control an industrial chain grate stoker at HM Prison Garth, Lancashire. Test results demonstrated that the developed novel NNBC was able to control the industrial stoker boiler plant to deliver the load demand whilst keeping the excess air level to a minimum. As a result the NNBC also managed to maintain the pollutant emissions within probable future limits for this size of boiler. This prototype controller would thus offer the industrial coal user with a means to improve the combustion efficiency on chain grate stokers as well as meeting medium term legislation limits on pollutant emissions that could be imposed by the European Commission.

Unlike in oil firing, the effective role of additives to alleviate deposition in coal fired power generation is still regarded with much scepticism and controversy amongst the power generators and boiler operators. The objectives of this research study were principally to explore the mechanisms involved in formation of coal ash deposits and thus determine the effectiveness of a magnesium based additive, namely Lycal 93HS, in reducing the bonding strength of ash deposits on boiler tube surfaces, by making them friable and easily removed by sootblowers during normal operation of the boiler. The experimental techniques developed involved visual, optical and scanning electron microscopy examination of a wide range of matured deposit samples collected over a period of two years, with and without injection of Lycal 93HS into the boilers at West Belfast power station. Specimen deposit samples "fashioned" into the form of Seger cones and "reconstituted" from their crushed, powder form were tested for their softening behaviour at elevated temperatures with and without further additions of Lycal 93HS. This technique was further used to evaluate the effect of Lycal 93HS on the softening behaviour of a range of coal ash components separated by high temperature ashing of coarse particles of coal as well as the bulk ash from the coarse and fine sizes of coal particles. The softening behaviour on heating and crystallisation tendency behaviour on cooling for a selected range of the ash components was investigated without and with additions of Lycal 93HS, using Hot-Stage Microscopy. The possibility of surface adhesion between the fly ash and injected Lycal 93HS within the boiler environment was investigated through a series of laboratory based Surface leaching experiments of deposit and particulate samples with and without injection of Lycal 93HS. The variation in concentration profiles of silicon, iron and magnesium within the collected solutions over a period of time were analysed, using Atomic Absorption Flame Spectroscopy. The elemental chemical composition of bulk deposit samples, the average high temperature ash and its separated components was carried out using X-Ray Fluorescence. Qualitative study of the mineralogy of low temperature ash, selected ash components, as well as a range of deposit samples with Lycal injection was conducted using X-Ray Diffractometry. The results of Lycal injection into a boiler were clearly evident from inspections of the boiler where Lycal injection over different periods of time had resulted in significantly cleaner boiler tube surfaces. Examination of deposit samples with Lycal injection showed lightly sintered, porous, friable textures compared to the highly sintered, fused and dense structures for samples without Lycal injection. The effect of Lycal on the softening behaviour of reconstituted deposit samples and various components of ash was shown to be dependent on their chemical composition, with iron oxide playing an important role. For a number of highly acidic ash components, additions of 5 and 10 mass% Lycal promoted crystallisation of their fluid melt, when cooled to specific temperatures. For the more ferriferous ash components, additions of 1 and 3 mass% Lycal enhanced the surface formation of spikes when their melts were cooled to specific temperatures. The results of leaching experiments showed that the initial magnesia concentrations were generally much higher for the deposit samples and fly ash particles from ash hoppers and grit arrestors with Lycal injection than those without.

The main aim of this diploma thesis is to proceed a design of grate steam boiler for grain straw combustion with 15,6 MJ/kg of fuel efficiency. Steam power of boiler is 15 t/h, pressure of overheated steam is 5 MPa, temperature of overheated steam is 415 °C and temperature of inlet water is 125 °C. The estimation is based on proportioning of draughts and segments of boiler and on thermal computation. Verification of divergence of thermal balance is going to constate accuracy of boiler design.

The thesis is dedicated to the design of the steam boiler which burns wood chips, with a natural circulation of the water. It is a grate boiler, which produces 20 t/h of the steam. The output parameters of the steam are 420 °C and 5 MPa. The feedwater temperature is 125 ° C .The thesis gradually deals with stoichiometric calculations and determines the efficiency of the boiler. Then it describes the design of the fireplace and thermal calculations of each heat transfer surfaces. The appendix includes drawings of the boiler.

At present, people already fully aware of how expensive it is energy dependence on fossil fuels. Trying to reduce this dependence goes hand in hand with environmental limits, which restrict the production of dangerous compounds. Biomass is a fuel that does not create large amounts of sulfur and carbon dioxide generated during combustion is in a closed cycle. Different types of biomass have different calorific value, and therefore different demands on the quantity needed to produce MWh. It is therefore necessary to choose the fuel with regard to the availability of in the site.

The combustion of biomass could in some cases lead to ash problems induced by high temperatures such as ash sintering, agglomeration and melting. The degrees of these problems depend on the fuel feedstock and are highly dependent on the amount of potassium, sodium and chlorine in the biomass. Straw, grass, bark, branches and wood residues are typical examples of biomass fuels that are connected to the mentioned ash problems.Addition of additives in the problematic fuels is a possible measure in order to reduce the ash problems. This project studies the effect of some additives in a problematic wood pellet fuel and wheat straw. The wood pellet consist of residues from the furniture industry in the Møre area in Norway, and is causing ash problems in several boilers using this fuel. The additives, clay, sewage sludge, marble sludge and paper sludge, are added in 3 to 10 percent addition in the problematic fuels. The melting temperatures of the resulting ash, as well as the sintering tendency of the different fuel and additive mixtures, are analyzed.Melting experiments showed that the melting temperature of wood and straw ash was drastically increased by adding sewage and marble sludge. Clay was more effective for wheat straw than wood pellet. Paper sludge increased the melting temperature to some extent for straw ash, but not for wood pellet.The sintering test revealed an increased sintering for wood pellet with sewage sludge, and a much higher slagging tendency for clay. Marble sludge effectively decreased the sintering of wood pellet ash, even at 1200 °C. Paper sludge did neither reduce the sintering. All additives showed a positive effect on the wheat straw ash sintering, with marble sludge as the indisputable best additive.The wood pellet, and pellet together with 4 and 8 percent addition of sewage sludge, is combusted in a 1.2 MW boiler to investigate if the sewage are able to reduce the sintering and agglomeration of the ash. The combustion rounds showed that addition of sewage sludge drastically increased the amount of sintered and agglomerated ash. The form of the ash changed from hard slag to more porous ash, but the formed ash was still too hard to not cause problems with the ash removal system.

Energiåtervinning av avfall genom förbränning är en av de dominerande metoderna i Sverige för att reducera mängden avfall. I Sverige förbränns cirka 6 miljoner ton avfall årligen och detta genererade år 2019 16 TWh värme och 2 TWh elektricitet. Värmevärdens värmeverk Källhagsverket i Avesta producerade 185 000 MWh fjärrvärme från avfallsförbränning via deras avfallseldade rosterpanna 2019. Källhagsverket har under de senaste säsongerna haft problem med mängden kolmonoxid (CO) som bildats från avfallsförbränningen, då de har haft överträdelser av dygnsmedelvärdet av kolmonoxid. Projektets syfte var att undersöka hur en stabil förbränning kan uppnås genom att undersöka bidragande orsaker till ofullständig förbränning och projektets mål var att reducera mängden kolmonoxid som bildas från avfallsförbränningen. Vid projektets början bedrevs en litteraturstudie för att skapa bättre förståelse för förbränning och avfallsförbränning i rosterpannor. Resultatet från denna litteraturstudie visade att de faktorer som kunde bidra till höga mängder bildad kolmonoxid var bland annat rosterpannans bränslebädd, luftfördelningen i pannan och pannans tillförda luftmängd. Metoden som applicerades för projektet utgick från arbetssättet för försöksplanering. Försöksplaneringsmetodiken kan sammanfattningsvis beskrivas som ett samlingsbegrepp för ett arbetssätt för metoder som möjliggör att ta fram slutsatser och samband hos en process olika faktorer. Källhagsverkets rosterpanna undersöktes och driftdata från tidigare driftsäsonger analyserades med hjälp av statistiska analyser i form av enkel linjär regressionsanalys och multipel linjär regressionsanalys. Resultatet från de statistiska analyserna visade att luftfaktorer såsom luftflöden och luftfördelning hade signifikans för mängden bildad kolmonoxid av pannan. Flertalet olika försök genomfördes för att identifiera faktorer som påverkade förbränningen, bildningen av kolmonoxid och pannans begränsningar. Försöken utfördes bland annat för att testa olika luftfördelningar hos pannan, ändra mängden tillförd torkluft och rosterhastighetsfördelningar. Efter dessa initiala försök bedrevs två större försök, ett 2-faktorförsök och ett försök där pannans sekundärluft fick reglera på syrehalten i stället för kolmonoxidmängden i rökgaserna. 2-faktorförsöket genomfördes där tre faktorer ändrades från en låg nivå till en hög nivå. Faktorerna var syrehalten i rökgaserna, sekundärluftsfördelningen mellan övre och nedre sekundärluftsregistret och sekundärluftsregleringen mellan främre och bakresekundärluftsregistret. Resultatet från de genomförda försöken visade att de signifikanta faktorerna för den bildade kolmonoxiden var syrehalten i rökgaserna, sekundärluftsfördelningen och primärluftsmängden hos torkzonen (roster 1) och förbränningszonen (roster 3). Resultatet visade även att kolmonoxidmängden och mängden kväveoxid kunde reduceras om sekundärluftsregleringen reglerade på syrehalten i rökgaserna i stället för kolmonoxiden. När sekundärluften reglerade på syrehalten reducerades mängden kolmonoxid med cirka 30 % och mängden kväveoxid reducerades med cirka 15 %. Det som gav mest effekt under projektet var att låta sekundärluften reglera på syrehalten (O2) i stället för kolmonoxiden (CO). Detta gav en kolmonoxid-minskning med cirka 30 % och reducerade även kväveoxid-utsläppen (NOx) med 15 %. Följande rekommendationer gavs för att reducera mängden bildad kolmonoxid: sekundärluftsreglering bör ske via syrehalten för att reducera mängden kolmonoxid och kväveoxid. minska luftöverskottet till nivåer med syrehalt på cirka 5,5 % – 6,0 %. Nyckelord: avfallsförbränning, rosterpanna, försöksplanering.
Energy recovery of waste via waste incineration is one of the dominant methods in Sweden for reducing the amount of waste. In Sweden, approximately 6 million tonnes of waste are incinerated annually and in 2019 this generated 16 TWh of heat and 2 TWh of electricity. Värmevärden’s heating plant Källhagsverket in Avesta produced 185 000 MWh of district heating by waste incineration from their waste-fired grate boiler in 2019. In recent seasons, Källhagsverket has had problems with the amount of carbon monoxide (CO) formed from waste incineration, as they have violated the daily average value of carbon monoxide. The aim of the project was to investigate how a stable combustion can be achieved by investigating contributing causes of incomplete combustion and the project’s goal was to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide formed from the waste incineration. At the beginning of the project, a literature study was conducted to create a better understanding of combustion and waste combustion in grate boilers. The results from this literature study showed that the factors that can contribute to high amounts of carbon monoxide were, among other things, the fuel bed of the boiler, the air distribution in the boiler and the amount of air supplied to the boiler. The method applied to the project was based on the experimental design approach. The experimental planning methodology can in summary be described as a collective concept for a way of working regarding methods that makes it possible to draw conclusions and relationships between different factors in a process. Källhagsverket’s grate boiler was examined and operating data from previous operating seasons were analysed using statistical analyses in the form of simple linear regression analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the statistical analyses showed that air factors such as air flows and air distribution was significant for the amount of carbon monoxide formed in the boiler. Several different experiments were performed to identify factors that affected the combustion, the formation of carbon monoxide and the limitations of the boiler. Attempts included testing different air distributions at the boiler, changing the amount of drying air supplied and grate speed distributions. After these initial experiments, two larger experiments were conducted, a 2-factor experiment and an experiment where the boiler’s oxygen content operated as a the setpoint for the secondary air instead of the amount of carbon monoxide in the flue gases. The 2-factor experiment was carried out where three factors were changed from a low level to a high level and these factors were the oxygen content in the flue gases, the secondary air distribution between the upper and lower secondary air register and the secondary air distribution between the front and rear secondary air register. The results from the experiments showed that the significant factors for the carbon monoxide formed were the oxygen content in the flue gases, the secondary air distribution and the primary air flow of grate 1 and grate 3. The results also showed that the carbon monoxide content and the amount of nitric oxide could be reduced. When oxygen content operated as the setpoint for the secondary air the amount of carbon monoxide was reduced by about 30 % and the amount of nitric oxide was reduced by about 15 %. What resulted in the best results during the project was to let the oxygen content (O2) operate as the setpoint for the secondary air instead of carbon monoxide (CO). This resulted in a carbon monoxide reduction of about 30 % and also reduced nitric oxide (NOx) emissions by 15 %. The following recommendations that were given to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide formed: secondary air control should be done via the oxygen content to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide. reduce the excess air to levels with an oxygen content of about 5.5 %. Keywords: waste combustion, grate boiler, design of experiments.

This master thesis deals with the properties of digestate in combustion, design of construction solution of digestate boiler and experimental verification of boiler parameters. The first chapter deals with the properties of digestate as a fuel. It is followed by a chapter dealing with the existing measured results on a similar boiler. This is followed by a stoichiometric calculation of the digestate boiler. The next chapter is devoted to combustion chamber models. This chapter is followed by a chapter with experimental verification of chamber models and combustion process tuning. The last chapter contains design of construction and operational measures.

The work deals with design of steam grate boiler with a output of 25 t/h, parameters of steam output p = 5.5 MPa, t = 475 °C and a temperature of feed water 105 °C. It is a boiler with natural water circulation by evaporation surfaces. Wood biomass is boiler fuel. The proposal consists of stoichiometric calculations, determination of boiler efficiency, thermal calculations and determinion geometric parameters of the boiler and its heat transfer surfaces. The boiler drawing is a part of the work.

The aim of the work is the design of a grate boiler of 200 t . h-1 output, which will burn brown coal or wood chips. The work is divided into several parts. First, stoichiometric calculation and the calculations enthalpy of flue gases and air are performed. After calculating the heat balance and loss of the boiler was counted boiler efficiency. The design of individual heating surfaces is proposed and at the end are controlled the overall heat balance of the boiler. The calculation is supplemented by drawings.

This master’s thesis describes the design and calculation of the biomass hot water boiler which should be used for heating of office buildings in a collective farm. Fuel composition was determined by recommended literature. Stoichiometric calculations were processed for the fuel composition. The required boiler heat output was determined and compared with the original gas boiler, which was previously used for heating. The thermal calculation of the boiler and the design of the heat exchanger was also performed.

The master´s thesis deals with steam boiler design that burns contaminated wood with output 55 tons of steam per hour, steam pressure 4,2 MPa and temperature 423 °C. First two chapters focuses on stoichiometry and calculation of heat losses and boiler efficiency. Great part of thesis constitutes of thermal and dimensional calculations of every heat transfer surface. Some specific boiler parts are described considering special fuel properties. Final chapters contain pressure losses calculation of flue gas and heated medium for pumps and fans design. Drawing is also part of the work which is included as an attachment.

This diploma thesis deals with a design of steam boiler used to incineration of mixed municipal waste. Based on the specified fuel and the required output parameters of the steam from a steam boiler is calculated stoichiometry of incineration, thermal losses and overall boiler efficiency. Other chapters of thesis are focused on construction and thermal calculation of boiler moves. Finally, this thesis is to check heat balance of the boiler.

The work deals with the constructional and calculation design of the boiler for burning wood and combustion coal in scale (30/70-coal), in load 50 t/h, parameters of steam output p=7,5 MPa, t=480 °C and a temperature of feed water 105 °C. It is a boiler with natural water circulation by evaporation surfaces. In proposal first steichiometric calculations and enthalpic calculations of air and flue gas are performed. Then it is calculated heat balance, the boiler losses and the thermal efficiency is determined. After designing the combustion chamber and dimensions of pulls are determined. In last chapter the overall energy balance are checked. Drawing documentation of steam boiler is a part of the work.

The diploma thesis deals with the design of a grate boiler for the combustion of a mixture of RDF and wood chips with the specified output and parameters of superheated steam. The introduction consists of stoichiometric calculations and determination of the thermal efficiency of the boiler. The thesis is devoted to determining the dimensions of the boiler, heat transfer calculations, determining pressure losses, checking the heat balance and chlorine corrosion.

This thesis deals with the design grate boilers with natural circulation for the combustion of contaminated biomass. The boiler output is output 45 t/h. Produced superheated steam with the output parameters of 440 °C 4,2 at MPa feed water temperature 115 °C. The stoichiometric calculations and the thermal calculation are based on the specified fuel composition. Thanks to this, the basic dimensional design of the boiler and its efficiency are determined. Calculation of this work focuses mainly on thermal calculations and dimensional design of individual heat transfer surfaces. Basic drawing of the boiler is available in the attachment of the thesis.

The aim of this diploma thesis is the construction design of the steam boiler burning biomass according to the set parametres (450°C, 5,2MPa, 5,83kg/s).There are main parts to solve and design: stoichiometry, energy balance, combustion chamber, heat-delivery surface and strenght calculation output chest of superheater.

This master thesis deals with design of grate biomass boiler with 50 t/h power. A fuel of the boiler is a mixture of contaminated biomass and woodchips. The boiler produces steam with parameters of 4,2 MPa and 420 °C. Stochiometric and thermal calculations are based on given fuel composition and output steam parameters. Heat exchangers are designated in accordance with the calculations. General drawing of the boiler is attached to this document. Anti-corrosion measures are considered, due to chlorine content in biomass. Hydraulic and aerodynamic losses and dew point of the flue gas is calculated in the end.

The master's thesis describes the design of the steam boiler, which burns biomass with heat output of 6 MW. The required parameters of the steam are a temperature of 300 °C and a pressure of 2,5 MPa. The thesis is gradually devoted to stoichiometric calculations through heat losses and boiler efficiency, to the design of the combustion chambre, heat exchangers and pressure losses. Part of the thesis is drawing documentation of the boiler.

The object of the thesis is to design a grate boiler for bagasse and brown coal combustion with a heat output of 160 MW. Calculations of a flue gas stoichiometry are based on known element analyses of each fuel. The crucial part of the thesis includes designs of heat-exchanging surfaces, where the bagasse is considered as the main fuel while the brown coal is the spare one. Overall thermal balance and an actual boiler efficiencies are provided in last chapters. The boiler-outlet flue gas temperature is compared with the dew point temperature at the very end of the thesis. As a part of the thesis there is a design of the boiler attached.

The master’s thesis deals with the design of a boiler for RDF combustion, based on the required power output and superheated steam parameters. The first part of the thesis focuses on combustion calculations. Boiler efficiency is also calculated in this chapter, using the heat balance efficiency method. The main part of the thesis consists of dimensional design and heat transfer calculations. The precision of the calculations is checked at the end of the thesis along with the chlorine corrosion, which is considered because of the higher amount of chlorine in the fuel. The thesis comes with a basic schematic of the designed boiler.

The aim of the thesis is a design of a grate steam boiler with capacity of 35 t/h and output steam parameters with temperature 430 °C and pressure 4,1 MPa. The first part of the thesis deals with stoichiometric calculations and boiler efficiency. The theses mainly focuses on the heat transfer calculation and the geometric design of individual heat transfer surfaces. The specifics of fuel are taken into consideration. The drawing of the basic boiler scheme is a part of the thesis.

The thesis deals with the design of a grate steam boiler which has natural circulation and is determined for combustion of wood chips. The boiler has a capacity of 45 t/h and produces superheated steam with the output parameters of 3,5 MPa and 450 °C at the 125 °C feed water temperature. Stoichiometric calculations and the flue gases enthalpy calculations are based on the composition of the specified fuel. The efficiency and fuel consumption of the boiler is also determined. The thesis mainly focuses on the thermal calculation and geometric design of the individual heat transfer surfaces of the boiler. The drawing documentation of the steam boiler is available in the attachment of the thesis.

This thesis deals with a project of steam boiler to combustion of refused-derived fuel. With respect of required fuel and output parameters of the steam was worked out stoichiometry, energy loss and boiler efficiency, heat flows was allocate to individual heat exchange surfaces. The heat exchange surfaces was calculate and project in detail.

The topic of this thesis is the calculation of the steam-boiler on biomass. This thesis deals with stoichiometry, the calculation of enthalpies of combustion gas, the heat balance of the boiler and the results in fixing the efficiency of the boiler, the calculation of fire and the balance heat calculation of component parts of the boiler. Onward follow detailed calculations of particular heating surfaces. The output parametres are temperature, pressure and the amount of steam.

The Master’s thesis deals with the renewable source of energy, namely with the biomass, and its utilisation in the Czech Republic. The thesis is divided in to two parts. The first part of thesis is theoretical. It summarises in form of literature search the general problems concerning the biomass, closely burning biomass. The second part focuses on practical utilisation of biomass and it´s burning in small scale boilers, designated for heating buildings. Boilers are detailed described. Attention is focused on machinery with automatic fuel supply. Four possibilities of improving them are described in last part of thesis. Automatic ignition, air supply, preheating of air and continuous regulation of process.

This master's thesis deals with design of steam grade boiler for burning refuse derived fuel with power output of 70 t/h. The assignment contain a requiered steam output parameters and composition of fuel. From this composition of fuel is calculated stoichiometric calculation, the heat loss and the efficiency of boiler. After that follows a design of the boiler with closer design of each of the heating surfaces.

Intresset för biobränsleproducerad energi har ökat i takt med att kunderna blivit mer miljömedvetna. På grund av detta har efterfrågan på briketter ökat samtidigt som träindustrin har haft det svårt i en sviktande konjunktur. Därför har ett examensarbete utförts i samarbete med E.ON Värme Sverige AB där undersökningar på bränslebyte i pannor avsedda för torra bränslen till fuktigare, stamvedflis har utfört.

För denna undersökning har begränsningar införts på övre och undre effekt i form av uppehållstid och slutförbränningstemperatur. Intervallen är enbart beräknade på stamvedflis med 30 och 40 % fukthalt.

Undersökning visar att det går bra att elda stamvedsflis i briketteldade pannor utan att emissionerna ökar så pass mycket att villkoren för anläggningarna överskrids om lasten hålls inom vissa intervall. Det möjliga effektintervallet ökar med minskad fukthalt på bränslet.

Undersökningen har visat att det är bränslets kvalitet som är den mest begränsande faktorn.

The interest in bioenergy has increased with increased environmental awareness. The increasing demand on biofuels and the decreasing availability of the rawmaterials for making refined biofuels such as wood briquettes and wood pellets have caused the prices of these biofuels to increase. This report is performed in collaboration with E.ON Värme Sverige AB and its purpose is to investigate the possibilities for a change of fuels in existing boilers designed for refined biofuels, from wood briquettes to wood chips.

To be able to calculate a power interval where it would be possible to use wood chips with moisture contents of 30 and 40% by weight respectively, we had to make some assumptions regarding maximum flue gas flow, minimum retention time and the lowest temperature regarding complete combustion of CO.

Our calculations show that it is possible to use woodchips with a moisture content of 30 % w/w without any significant problems in all our boilers. When the moisture content is increased to 40 % w/w the interval for possible power output becomes more narrow. The amount of dust that is being emitted from the boilers does not exceed the limits regulated by environmental law, unless the thermal load of the boiler is too high.

The single most important factor for a successful change of fuel from wood briquettes to woodchips is that the fuel quality is good.

Thesis (MScEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
A small scale steam jet ejector experimental setup was designed and manufactured. This ejector setup is of an open loop configuration and the boiler can operate in the temperature range of Tb = 85 °C to 140 °C. The typical evaporator liquid temperatures range from Te = 5 °C t o 10 °C while the typical water cooled condenser presure ranges from Pc = 1 . 70 kPa t o 5. 63 kPa (Tc = 15 °C to 35 °C). The boiler is powered by by two 4kW electric elements, while a 3kW electric element simulates the cooling load in the evaporator. The electric elements are controlled by means of variacs. The function ...
Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies

På uppdrag från Umeå Energi AB ska två av deras rostereldade värmepannor (panna 6 och 7) undersökas med avseende på pannverkningsgraden. Umeå Energi genomför i dagsläget månadsvisa kontroller av pannverkningsgraden beräknade med den direkta metoden. Denna beräkningsmetod är dessvärre ganska otillförlitlig, vilket medför att en noggrannare undersökning av pannverkningsgraden krävs. Av denna anledning så beräknades pannverkningsgraden med den indirekta beräkningsmetoden, vilket resulterade i ett mer tillförlitligt resultat där även pannans förlustfaktorer bestämdes. Pannverkningsgraden beräknades och analyserades med hänsyn till de ingående förlustfaktorerna vid samma nyttiga effekt för båda pannorna. För att genomföra detta arbete så undersöktes först de rådande standarderna inom området, detta för att välja ut den mest lämpliga standarden för detta arbete beträffande kriterier och viktiga beräkningsfaktorer. De viktigaste provtagningarna och analyserna som dessa standarder berörde gällde bränsle, aska och rökgaser. För att genomföra alla provtagningar skapades ett provtagningsschema. Provtagningarna genomfördes på båda pannorna vid två olika provtagningstillfällen, därefter skickades proverna på analys och pannverkningsgraden kunde sedan beräknas.Resultatet som detta arbete resulterade i är att panna 6 har något högre pannverkningsgrad än panna 7, 89,3 respektive 82,8 %. Detta medför att förlustfaktorerna står för 10,7 samt 17,2 % för panna 6 respektive panna 7, där den överlägset största förlustfaktorn är rökgasförlusterna. Denna förlustfaktor beror till stor del på rökgasernas temperatur och fukthalt. Rökgasförlusterna uppgår till 9,5 samt 16,3 % på panna 6 respektive panna 7. Därefter i storleksordningen kommer askförlusterna för panna 6 (0,8 %) och värmeförlusterna för panna 7 (0,5 %). Både värmeförlusterna och askförlusterna för panna 6 respektive panna 7 uppgår till en förlustfaktor på 0,3 %. Den minsta förlustfaktorn är oförbränt i gasfas (CO) som ligger mellan 0–0,1 % för panna 6 och panna 7, detta tyder på låga halter av kolmonoxid och oförbränt i rökgaserna.De effektiviseringsförslag som detta arbete ledde fram till var att minska fukthalten och temperaturen på de utgående rökgaserna, detta genom att installera en rökgaskondenseringsanläggning som sänker rökgastemperaturen ytterligare och kondenserar ut mer fukt från rökgaserna. Detta realiseras genom att sänka kondensattemperaturen i rökgaskondenseringsanläggningen antingen genom lägre returledningstemperatur på fjärrvärmen som värmeväxlas mot kondensatet eller via en värmepump placerad mellan fjärrvärmereturen och kondensatet som arbetar med en lägre drifttemperatur än fjärrvärmen. Ett annat effektiviseringsförslag är att förbättra bränslehanteringen genom att torka bränslet innan de matas in i pannan. Slutligen skulle också en mer frekvent uppföljning av bränsleparametrar såsom värmevärde vara ett möjligt effektiviseringsförslag. Alla dessa förslag kräver dessvärre en ekonomisk och tekniskt utredning för att avgöra om dessa effektiviseringsförslag är ekonomiskt försvarbara samt tekniskt genomförbara.
On behalf of Umeå Energi AB, two of their grate fired heating boilers (boiler 6 and 7) was evaluated with respect to boiler efficiency. Currently these boiler efficiency calculations is carried out monthly by the input-output method. This calculation method is unfortunately rather unreliable, which means that a more exact examination of the boiler efficiency is required. For this reason, the boiler efficiency was calculated using the energy balance method, which gives more reliable results and also evaluates the boiler losses. Boiler efficiency was calculated and analysed with respect to the boiler losses at approximately the same useful effect for both the boilers.To perform this work the leading standards in the field were examined, which was done in order to evaluate the most appropriate standard with regard to criteria and important calculation factors. The most important samples and analyses that these standards was concerned with was fuel, ash and flue gas. To conduct all sampling, a sampling plan was created. All samplings was performed on both boilers at two sampling occasions, the samples were then sent for analysis and the boiler efficiency could then be calculated.The result from this work shows that boiler 6 has slightly higher boiler efficiency than boiler 7, 89.3 and 82.8% respectively. As a result, the boiler losses total up to 10.7 and 17.2% for boiler 6 and 7 respectively, where the flue gas losses constitutes the largest losses. The flue gas losses depends largely on the temperature of the flue gases and the moisture content. Flue gas losses sums up to 9.5 and 16.3% on boiler 6 and 7 respectively. The second largest boiler loss is ash losses on boiler 6 which sums up to 0.8% and heat losses on boiler 7 which sums up to 0.5%. The heat losses on boiler 6 and the ash losses on boiler 7 both sums up to a boiler loss of 0.3 %. The smallest loss factor is unburned in gas phase (CO) and is between 0–0.1% for boiler 6 and boiler 7, this suggests low levels of carbon monoxide and unburned in flue gases.The efficiency proposals this work resulted in was to reduce the moisture content and temperature of the outgoing flue gases, this by installing a flue gas condenser, which lowers the temperature further and condenses out more moisture from the flue gases. This is realized by reducing the flue gas condensate temperature either through lowering district heating return temperature which exchange heat with the flue gas condensate or through a heat pump that is placed between the district heating return and flue gas condensate which operates at a lower temperature than the district heating. Another efficiency proposals is to improve the fuel handling by drying the fuel before being fed into the furnace. Finally, also a more frequent follow up of the fuel parameters such as calorific value would be a possible efficiency proposal. All of these proposals require unfortunately economic and technical investigation to determine whether these efficiency proposals are economically viable and technically feasible.