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A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) is an energy recovery heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream, such as a combustion turbine or other waste gas stream. It produces steam that can be used in a process (cogeneration) or used to drive a steam turbine.
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A steam–electric power station is a power station in which the electric generator is steam-driven: water is heated, evaporates, and spins a steam turbine which drives an electric generator. After it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser. The greatest variation in the design of steam–electric power plants is due to the different fuel sources.
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A condensate pump is a specific type of pump used to pump the condensate (water) produced in an HVAC, refrigeration, condensing boiler furnace, or steam system.
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A condensate polisher is a device used to filter water condensed from steam as part of the steam cycle, for example in a conventional or nuclear power plant. It is frequently filled with tiny polymer resin beads which are used to remove or exchange ions so that the purity of the condensate is maintained at or near that of distilled water.
Boiler feedwater is the water which is supplied to a boiler. The feed water is put into the steam drum from a feed pump. In the steam drum the feed water is then turned into steam from the heat. After the steam is used, it is then dumped to the main condenser. From the condenser, it is then pumped to the deaerated feed tank. From this tank it then goes back to the steam drum to complete its cycle. The feedwater is never open to the atmosphere. This cycle is known as a closed system or Rankine cycle.
Flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC), also known as flow-assisted corrosion, is a corrosion mechanism in which a normally protective oxide layer on a metal surface dissolves in a fast flowing water. The underlying metal corrodes to re-create the oxide, and thus the metal loss continues.
A deaerating feed tank (DFT), often found in steam plants that propel ships, is located after the main condensate pump and before the main feed booster pump. It has these three purposes:
- Remove dissolved oxygen (“air”) from the condensate
- Pre-heat the feedwater
- Provide a storage/surge volume
Steam and water analysis system (SWAS) is a system dedicated to the analysis of steam or water. In power stations, it is usually used to analyze boiler steam and water to ensure the water used to generate electricity is clean from impurities which can cause corrosion to any metallic surface, such as in boiler and turbine.
References
- ↑ Brad Buecker, Flow-Accelerated Corrosion: A Critical Issue Revisited 2007, Power Engineering
- ↑ Mitsuhiro Yamagishi, Masamichi Miyajima, "Evaluation of Oxygenated Water Treatment" 14th International Conference on the Properties of Water and Steam in Kyoto, August 29-September 3, 2004
- ↑ Daniels, D., "HRSG Failure Mechanisms - Waterside," Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Electric Utility Chemistry Workshop, Champaign, Illinois, May 7–9, 2002.
- ↑ IAPWS Technical Guidance Document: "Volatile treatments for the steam-water circuits of fossil and combined cycle/HRSG power plants (July 2010) http://www.iapws.org/techguide/Volatile.html"
- ↑ Frank Gabrielli and Horst Schwevers, "Design Factors and Water Chemistry Practices - Supercritical Power Cycles" PREPRINT-ICPWS XV Berlin, September 8–11, 2008
- ↑ Sharat Kumar and S.K. Gupta "Feed Water Treatment Optimization for Controlling Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC)" http://www.infraline.com/power/presentations/others/ntpc/n_50_fac_sharatkumar_chem.pdf
- ↑ Frank Gabrielli and Horst Schwevers, "Design Factors and Water Chemistry Practices - Supercritical Power Cycles" PREPRINT-ICPWS XV Berlin, September 8–11, 2008, Page 10
- ↑ Frank Gabrielli and Horst Schwevers, "Design Factors and Water Chemistry Practices - Supercritical Power Cycles" PREPRINT-ICPWS XV Berlin, September 8–11, 2008, Page 10