STEAM CYCLE OF

SUPER-CRITICAL POWER PLANT

By: Amit Kumar Singh

Ankush Gupta
Gaurav Gupta
Himanshu Saini
CONTENTS
 ABOUT US
 RANKINE CYCLE
 STEAM CYCLE
 VARIABLE PRESSURE CONTROL
ABOUT US

The JV emerged in 1995 at Baroda, on equal equity basis.

RANKINE
CYCLE OF
SUB-CRITICAL
POWER PLANT
RANKINE
CYCLE OF
SUPER-CRITICAL
POWER PLANT
 MAIN
STEAM
Waterwall Divisio
DSH #1
Boiler Flow Diagram
O/L Header nal SH
I/L Divisional
SH O/L
DSH #2
Roof O/L Header
FSH I/L LTSH O/L Header
FSH O/L Economizer O/L Header

First and Middle Pass Roof Extended

Roof I/L Backpass Roof
Header water wall
Reheater
Seperator
(Nos:4)
Backpass Left &
Separat
Right SideWall
or
Storage
Tank
(Nos:1)
From
BFP Vertical tubes
Discha (464 × 3)=(348 × 4) LTSH I/L
rge =1392
Backpass Lower Header
Front Header

Boiler Interme
Recircula diate Economizer Coils
tion Header
Spiral Tubes
Pump
(232 ×2)
=464
Boiler Feed Pump
Discharge Header
Economizer I/L
Header

First Pass Lower Header

ADVANTAGES OF SUPERCRITICAL
OVER SUBCRITICAL
 Higher Plant Thermal efficiency
 Increased plant availability & reliability
 Greater environmental compatibility
 Sliding pressure operation
 Lower coal/Power consumption
 Lower cost of generation
Water wall Furnace Configuration

(With smooth tube)

 Water wall Furnace Configuration
 SC WATER WALL TUBING

Spiral wound tube wall Vertical tube wall

Leads to : Leads to :
•Less no. of smooth tubes •Rifled tubing
• Complicated support of tubes • Individual tube orifices
•Costly - erection and manufacture •Simple tube supporting

•Up to 40% pressure control range •Up to 20% control range

INTERNALLY RIBBED TUBE
VERTICAL VARIABLE PRESSURE
FURNACE
 With variable pressure control less power is
required.
 Riffled tubes are used to achieve variable
pressure in the furnace.
 The tube wall can keep wet to a steam quality
to 90% even with low mass flow rates.