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Probing of operation economy for coal-fired unit under low loads with two fixed boundary conditions

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  • Wang, Yanhong
  • Zou, Zhihong
  • Lu, Ke
  • Li, Qi
  • Li, Liyan

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Coal-fired power plants are forced to participate in deep peak shaving of power grid. As load of peak shaving unit further decreases to 30 % or less, operation economy of coal-fired unit at ultra low load has become one of the main focuses of concern after unit flexibility. Excessive air coefficient, as an important technical parameter affecting economic operation of unit, can be enhanced to maintain combustion stability at low loads under stationary fuel boundary condition (SFBC) and stationary steam parameters boundary condition (SSBC). To obtain energy consumption characteristics of 660 MW supercritical unit during steady-state processes of SFBC and SSBC, the model of influence of excess air coefficient on overall performance and main parameters of unit is further developed. Subsequently, quantitative evaluation and analysis of unit performance on variable excess air coefficient is executed under modes of SFBC and SSBC. Influence mechanism of excess air coefficient on operation parameters and energy consumption characteristics of unit is revealed and clarified. Pre-eminently, evolution mechanism for heat rate and relative internal efficiency of steam turbine, steam temperature and coal consumption rate is given quantitatively and firstly.

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  • Wang, Yanhong & Zou, Zhihong & Lu, Ke & Li, Qi & Li, Liyan, 2024. "Probing of operation economy for coal-fired unit under low loads with two fixed boundary conditions," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 288(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:288:y:2024:i:c:s0360544223031043
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129710
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