Measurement of the Mass Flow and Velocity Distributions of Pulverized Fuel in Primary Air Pipes Using Electrostatic Sensing Techniques

Online measurement of pulverized fuel (PF) distribution between primary air pipes on a coal-fired power plant is of great importance to achieve balanced fuel supply to the boiler for increased combustion efficiency and reduced pollutant emissions. An instrumentation system using multiple electrostat...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement 2017-05, Vol.66 (5), p.944-952
Hauptverfasser: Qian, Xiangchen, Yan, Yong, Huang, Xiaobin, Hu, Yonghui
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Online measurement of pulverized fuel (PF) distribution between primary air pipes on a coal-fired power plant is of great importance to achieve balanced fuel supply to the boiler for increased combustion efficiency and reduced pollutant emissions. An instrumentation system using multiple electrostatic sensing heads is developed and installed on 510-mm bore primary air pipes on the same mill of a 600-MW coal-fired boiler unit for the measurement of PF mass flow and velocity distributions. An array of electrostatic electrodes with different axial widths is housed in a sensing head. An electrode with a greater axial width and three narrower electrodes are used to derive the electrostatic signals for the determination of PF mass flow rate and velocity, respectively. The PF velocity is determined by multiple cross correlation of the electrostatic signals from the narrow electrodes. The measured PF velocity is applied on the root-mean-square magnitude of the measured electrostatic signal from the wide electrode for the calibration of PF mass flow rate. On-plant comparison trials of the developed system were conducted under five typical operating conditions after a system calibration test. Isokinetic sampling equipment is used to obtain reference data to evaluate the performance of the developed system. Experimental data demonstrate that the developed system is effective and reliable for the online continuous measurement of the mass flow and velocity distributions between the primary air pipes of the same mill.
ISSN:0018-9456
1557-9662
DOI:10.1109/TIM.2016.2627246