The water wall system can be equivalent to a network consisting of circuits
pressure grids
and connecting pipes. A mathematical model for calculating pressure drop and outlet steam temperature of a supercritical once-through boiler was established on the basis of the mass conservation
momentum conservation and energy conservation equations. Moreover
the pressure drop in the up-system and the outlet steam temperature of a 600 MW supercritical once-through boiler with spiral tube coils at Ligang Power Plant were calculated under different loads
and compared with field test data. The results show that the errors of outlet steam temperature of the water wall pipes for the upper-furnace and lower-furnace were all less than 2% under 100% load(boiler maximum continuous rating
BMCR)
75% load and 50% load; the error of the pressure drop under 75% load for the up-system was 2.87%. It shows that the present hydrodynamic calculation model and the program developed for the 600 MW supercritical once-through boiler are accurate and reliable.
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