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Power Plant
Deaerator /
Gland Steam Steam
Feedwater Tank
System Circuits
Boiler Steam
Circuits
Lubrication
and Control
Fluid Systems
Boiler Water
Circuits
Ash Removal
Boiler Draught
System
Cooling Water
Condenser Feedwater Feedwater
Circuits
Heaters Pumps
Calculate
C l l t tube
t b wallll ttemperature
t change
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due
to excessive fouling (inside and outside)
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Consists of:
Primary and Secondary Air Circuits
Air Heaters
Precipitator
Fans
Dampers
Flownex can:
Simulate dynamic adjustment of fan speed in
order to find optimum control characteristics for
efficient combustion.
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Flownex can:
Simulate flow distribution and
damper control for optimum
primary
i and
d secondary
d ffuell
mixing in burner operation in
order to reduce NOx and SOx.
Flownex can:
Design flow distribution through water
walls (orifice sizing etc.).
Design
g forced convection flow
distribution and pump sizes.
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Consists of:
Main/Live Steam System
Cold Reheat System
Hot Reheat System
Main/Live Steam
HP Bypass
Flownex can:
Determine system heat Superheater
loss given a specific
insulation thickness. Spraywater
Attemperator HP IP LP
Turbine Turbine Turbine
Determine flow losses
(friction, bends, valves,
etc.). Cold Reheat Steam
Reheater IP Bypass
Calculate required Safety Valve
Hot Reheat Steam
attemperation spray water Condenser
flow rates during a turbine
Spraywater
trip. Reheater Attemperator
Calculate system
conditions (temperatures,
pressures) in bypass
systems, condenser and
reheater during a turbine
trip event.
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Consists of:
Exhaust Steam Inlet
Heat Transfer Tubes
Water Boxes
Hotwell
Flownex can:
Calculate degradation in heat transfer due to
internal and external tube fouling or
blockages.
blockages
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Consists of:
Feedwater Tank Shell
Steam Distribution Pipes
F d t Sprayers
Feedwater S
Air Vent
Perforated Trays (some types)
Flownex can:
Calculate deaerator conditions (pressure, level, temperature) during various operating
conditions.
Evaluate or design the air vent pipe’s capacity to handle the required venting capacity.
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From LP
Heaters
Typically consists of:
1 x 100% duty steam/electrically driven pump
2 x 50% duty pumps
Feed Pump Turbine
Deaerator /
Feedwater Tank
Extraction
Flownex can: Steam
Do system integration, incorporating pump Main Feedwater
characteristics charts from manufacturers. Pump
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Consists of:
FWH Shell
Tubes
De-superheating Zone
Condensing Zone
Drain Sub-cooling Zone
Flownex can:
Be used to simulate accident scenarios, like bursting pipes,
loss of cooling
g water etc.
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Demin Water Inlet
Consists of:
Main Cooling Circuit Aux.
Secondary Cooling Circuit Cooling
Water Other Turbine Generator Aux.
Auxiliary Cooling Circuit Tank Consumers Consumers Consumers Cooling
Water
P
Pumps
Flownex can:
Auxiliary Cooling
Circuit
Be used to study the effects of a
plant alteration on the capacity of Secondary Cooling
the cooling circuits. Circuit
M i Cooling
Main C li Circuit
Ci it
To Cooling
Calculate minimum valve closing Tower
times to avoid water hammer.
Cold Duct
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Consists of:
Steam distribution pipes
Steam seals
Valves
Draining Lines
Flownex can:
Calculate distribution of pressure and flow throughout the steam supply lines, which consists of a large
number of pipelines, valves and bends.
Calculate whether the required steam can be delivered to all components throughout the system under all
operating conditions
conditions.
Evaluate the effect of labyrinth seal wear caused by seal face rubbing during turbine starts and stops.
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Consists of:
Lubrication Oil Circuit;
Jacking Oil System;
Control Fluid Circuit;
Lubrication Oil Drain Circuit;
Oil Coolers;
Oil Heaters;
Flownex can:
Simulate the flow of oil in pipes, tanks,
pumps, etc.
Evaluate
E l t if sufficient
ffi i t oilil pressure iis available
il bl
to all components under all operating
conditions.
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Consists of:
Slurryy Pumps
p
Slurry Transport Line
Ash Water Pump
Ash Water Return Pipeline
Fl
Flownex can:
Ash Hopper Simulate the flow of slurry through the slurry pipeline in order to
evaluate installed pump capacity or to design correct pipe diameters on
new or retrofitted plants.
Be used to evaluate the effect of the amount of ash water mixed into
the slurry on the pressure drops and flow characteristics of the system.
A hW
Ash Water
t
Slurry Pumps
Water
Ash
Ground Level
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