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Similar to Optimising Efficiency & Capacity Sep 04 Rev 0 (20)
1. Raja Ratnam
20th Sept 2004
Optimising Capacity andOptimising Capacity and
Efficiency of Coal-Fired Power PlantsEfficiency of Coal-Fired Power Plants
2. BackgroundBackground
Wholly owned subsidiary of ALSTOM Power
Operates Independently
Former Engineering Support Group for the QLD Utilities
Over 48 Engineers & Scientists - Brisbane
Covers 4 Sectors - Power, Mining, Petro-Chem & Processes
Recent Major Projects -
Owner’s Engineer in conjunction with PB Power for CS
Energy’s Kogan Creek 750MW supercritical coal-fired plant
Shortlisted for the Collie 330MW O&M contract in WA
3. Presentation Objectives:
Overview Business Environment
Why Upgrades no longer an option ?
Overview of some current Upgrade applications
Why a Wholistic Approach ?
4. Business Mentality - Optimise because you want BOTH at the
Same Time - Capacity & Efficiency
IR impacting on business decisions
New Environmental Regulations delayed
Local Economy concerns only
Liability - ring fenced to within operational boundary
Government Owned Utilities - not profit driven
Oversupplied market
Plant generally within design life
Past Business Environment
5. Meet Shareholder’s Demands - Maximise Profitability
Want Highest Capacity when Price is HIGH
Want Maximum Thermal Efficiency when Price is LOW
Must have Reliability - minimise expensive hedging
Positive Cash Flow
No Risks
New Business Drivers
6. Probability of Failures Increasing
Plant Ageing - more than 30 years old
Experienced Personnel numbers down - Attrition Rate
increasing Exponentially with Batch retirement
Peak Demands critical - summer & winter
Rapid growth in Technology and Options - too many choices ?
Rising Class Action initiatives - 3rd party claims
Foreign IPP’s exiting because of overseas issues
Threat of Terrorism - unknown & unpredictable
Community Environmental Attitude is Aggressive
Capital is scarce - short payback
Current Business Environment
7. Why Upgrade?
Ageing Plant - Refurbish not enough !
Impending Environmental Laws
Greater Operating Flexibility - Maximise Profits
Less People Dependent
Minimise Business Risks
Capital is scarce
Need higher ROI , shorter payback
New technology for better returns
8. Regain Design Performance
Review Risk Management Strategies - eg redundant plant
Understand Plant Limits - use technology to improve
measurements and monitor degradation
Operate closer to limits - use technology
Real-time production strategy - capacity or efficiency ?
Include all costs for specific strategy - eg increase
maintenance
Before Upgrade - Back to Basics
9. How well is this Controller doing ?How well is this Controller doing ?
10. What is ProcessDoctor ?What is ProcessDoctor ?
ProcessDoctor is a software solution for automatic,
control loop performance assessment and
monitoring
13. How many alarms do you get every day?
ProcessGuard is out-of-the-box Alarm Management
software that lets you:
•Seamlessly reduce nuisance alarms in
your control system
•Automatically:
•Collect & store alarm data
•Analyze and identify bad actors
• Remove bad actors
• Monitor to sustain results
•Increase uptime, increase equipment
reliability, and improve plant safety
17. MONITOR & ANALYSE CONDENSER PERFORMANCE
TECHNOS
1
L o w p e rfo rm a n c e th re sh o ld
C o n d e n se rP e rfo rm a n c e fa c to r
O p tim u mp e rfo rm a n c e
80
85
90
95
100
Condenser
Performance Factor
(% of optimum)
Time
Typical usage of your Technos Condenser Watch
Low performance threshold
Condenser Performance factor
Optimum performance
Corrective action with TCW=
Inject new balls ?
Modify cycle times?
Adjust alarm thresholds?
Add CTCS ?…
Loss of Condenser performance
Remote alarm notification
18. TECHNOS CTCS- Condenser Tube Cleaning System
0 12 24 36
P re d ic te d (fro m d e sig n c o n d itio n s)
A c h ie v e d (fro m fie ld d a ta )
-500
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
Cumulative
increase in
revenue (k$)
Time (months)
CTCS Payback analysis
Predicted (from design
conditions)
Achieved (from field data)
TCW Calculations are made with actual data
19. Condenser tube condition assessmentCondenser tube condition assessment
EXTERNAL
DEFECT
INTERNAL
DEFECT
THROUGH
DEFECT
SUPPORT
PLATE
EDDY CURRENT SIGNAL
1999
1994
% THROUGH WALL% NUMBER OF TUBES AFFECTED
1997
Eddy Current Testing
23. Burner Tip UpgradesBurner Tip Upgrades
Improvement of Plant Competitive
position by re-establishing the tip
design to suit the fuel now fired.
Unburned Carbon reduction was the
achieved aimof the project.
<12 month paybackforcustomer.
Higherturndown achieved formills
25. Co-ordinate measuring machineCo-ordinate measuring machine
Simple 3D “wireframe” CAD
model generated
Complex surface
representation
High degree of accuracy
Full model assembly is the
basis of the retrofit design
without further work
26. Retrofit Design from Site SurveyRetrofit Design from Site Survey
“Virtual assembly”
guarantees fit
Flexible design
accommodates
features
inaccessible during
survey
29. Efficiency improvementsEfficiency improvements
High power density bladingHigh power density blading
Reduced profile losses
Reduced secondary (end-wall losses)
Reduced leakage losses
Further aerodynamic refinements
Total improvement in stage efficiency:
5-6 percentage points relative to late 1980s
Bigger improvements on older units
33. Advances in TechnologyAdvances in Technology
Stainless steel hollow
conductors
– No copper in water system
Welded water box design
– No braze joints in water
system
34. 4
5
6
7
8
1
2 3
1 brazed electrical copper connection
2 welded special alloy block
3 stainless steel water chamber
4 teflon hoses
5 stainless steel hollow conductor
6 electrical connection brazed during
assembly (joined with high frequency
brazing within 1,5 minutes)
7 stainless steel fittings
8 Micadur bar insulation
Main Advantages: bars prefabricated
(including water chambers and electrical
connection)
Water Cooled Stator Bar EndsWater Cooled Stator Bar Ends
36. New parts in colour :
• End winding support
• Water manifold
• Teflon hoses
• Stator bars
• Circular winding
37. Stator rewinds with this technology can provide a
10 - 15 %increase in capability
Insulation SystemInsulation System
– MICADUR® insulation
system
• Outstanding 40 year operational
record
∀ ≈ 4500 V per mm thickness
(≈ 114 V/mil)
• Tested at 4 times operating
voltage
• Non-hygroscopic
39. Benefit from Additional Power Output -> 2-pole
Stator bar design with a
double Roebel bar
of a 2-pole generator
Apparent Power 686 MVA
All copper hollow Mixed stainless hollow
& copper solid
Loss reduction / kW ------ ≈ 634
Benefit / 7000 h full load a year,
@ 0.03 $/kWh
------
≈ 135 000 $/year
Typical Efficiency Increase with SS Hollow Conductors
40. Technical features derived from typical pre-engineering studies
Typical GE generator
Before rewind After rewind Comment
MVA 590 590
MW 560 560
p.f. 0,95 0,95
KV 22 22
Winding inlet temperature (°C) 45 45
Winding outlet temperature (°C) @ Un 78,4 74,2
Winding outlet temperature (°C) @ Umin= Un-5% 81,7 77,1
Water velocity in hollow conductors (m/s) 1,25 1,8
Pressure drop through the winding (bar) 1,7 2,5
Stator winding losses (kW) 3488 2820 - 668 kW
Winding DC resistance (ohms) 0,00307 0,00274
Reserve of output (%) 4% 12%
Double Roebel bars
& Stainless Steel Hollow conductors
ACTUAL LOSS REDUCTIONS DEPENDANT ON
MACHINE TYPE
43. Air – Water Reverse Flushing of Winding Cooling SystemAir – Water Reverse Flushing of Winding Cooling System
Normal cooling water flow
Pressurised air-water
flow
Scales of copper oxyde
Mechanical flushing of stator bars
46. New stator core & winding with conversion to water cooling
OEM : WESTINGHOUSE
Generator : 495 MVA
Direct hydrogen cooled
Problem : Stator core
– Hot spots in stator core. Damage caused during stator slot
rewedging
Solution :
– New stator core and stator winding
– Conversion to water cooled stator winding
– 45 MVA power increase, 300 kW losses reduction
47. Why a Wholistic Approach ?Why a Wholistic Approach ?
Capital is scarce - must maximise investment
Power Plant systems are inter-related
Desk-top Study - Total Plant
Restore than Upgrade
Follow Business Drivers - capacity or efficiency ?
Staged Risk Managed Process
In-house plus External Expertise
Editor's Notes
To answer the question, what is control loop performance assessment, we ask the Questions….
Figure shows the time trend for 4STM-04500 (A SH Spray Valve station).
As control engineers we ask “ How good is this control, Can we do better”
The answer to the question is “You don’t know without more information”
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The ‘Doc’ in ProcessDoctor is for ‘DOCTOR’. We have called it this because like a medical doctor diagnoses the health of his or her patient, ProcessDoctor helps diagnose the health of control loops.
ProcessDoctor gives you the additional information you require to determine, if and how the variability can be reduced in the control loop.