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iv) Water/ steam walls shall be of membrane wall construction and shall be
made of seamless tubes. Furnace/ evaporator shall be formed using spiral
wound/ inclined tubing or vertical plain/ rifled tubing as per the proven
practice of the manufacturer for boilers of similar capacity. Irrespective
of the type of water wall tubing offered for the evaporator, the design
offered shall ensure that no readjustment of tube mass flow is required
during entire operating regime of the steam generator for complete range
of specified coals. In case such readjustment becomes necessary over a
period of five years from the date of successful completion of initial
operation of respective steam generator, the same shall be carried out by
the supplier. Appropriate time required for readjustment and period of
shut down shall be indicated.
viii) Maximum allowable tube skin temperature for evaporator section shall
be 400C below oxidation limit for tube metal.
ix) Headers shall be located external to gas path and shall be completely
drainable. If locating headers in gas path becomes unavoidable, then
suitable erosion shields/ protectors must be provided.
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