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Measurement of the Mass Flow and Velocity Distributions of Pulverized Fuel in Primary Air Pipes Using Electrostatic Sensing Techniques

Qian, Xiangchen, Yan, Yong, Huang, Xiaobin, Hu, Yonghui (2016) Measurement of the Mass Flow and Velocity Distributions of Pulverized Fuel in Primary Air Pipes Using Electrostatic Sensing Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, . ISSN 0018-9456. (doi:10.1109/TIM.2016.2627246) (KAR id:57841)

Abstract

On-line measurement of pulverized fuel (PF) distribution between primary air pipes on a coal-fired power plant is of great importance to achieve balanced fuel supply to the boiler for increased combustion efficiency and reduced pollutant emissions. An instrumentation system using multiple electrostatic sensing heads are developed and installed on 510 mm bore primary air pipes on the same mill of a 600 MW coal-fired boiler unit for the measurement of PF mass flow and velocity distributions. An array of electrostatic electrodes with different axial widths is housed in a sensing head. An electrode with a greater axial width and three narrower electrodes are used to derive the electrostatic signals for the determination of PF mass flow rate and velocity, respectively. The PF velocity is determined by multiple cross-correlation of the electrostatic signals from the narrow electrodes. The measured PF velocity is applied on the root-mean-square magnitude of the measured electrostatic signal from the wide electrode for the calibration of PF mass flow rate. On-plant comparison trials of the developed system were conducted under five typical operating conditions after a system calibration test. Isokinetic sampling equipment is used to obtain reference data to evaluate the performance of the developed system. Experimental data demonstrate that the developed system is effective and reliable for the on-line continuous measurement of the mass flow and velocity distributions between the primary air pipes of the same mill.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/TIM.2016.2627246
Uncontrolled keywords: Pulverized fuel, fuel distribution, fuel velocity, power plant, electrostatic sensor, gas–solid two-phase flow.
Subjects: T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Tina Thompson
Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2016 08:44 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 03:06 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/57841 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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