Application and Development of Industrial Boiler in Power Plant

Introduction

Power plants are the core of energy supply, and industrial boilers, as their key equipment, it is responsible for converting the chemical energy of the fuel into heat energy, which in turn produces steam to power the turbine. This paper will discuss the types, applications, advantages, challenges and future trends of industrial boilers in power plants, and provide reference for relevant practitioners.

What are industrial boilers in coal-fired power generation

An industrial boiler is a device that converts the heat energy released by fuel combustion into the heat energy of a working medium(such as water or steam). In power plants, it burns fuel to produce high-temperature, high-pressure steam, which turns the turbine and drives the generator to generate electricity. It is the key energy conversion device in the process of power generation.

Key Applications of Industrial Boilers in Power Plant

• Energy conversion and power generation: The core application of industrial boilers in chemical energy conversion and power generation is to convert chemical energy of fuel into heat energyand generate steam to drive a steam turbine to generate electricity. Different types of boilers adapt to different power generation needs according to their combustion mode and performance characteristics. A pulverized coal boiler is suitable for large scale high efficiency power generation; CFB boiler has advantages in environmental protection power generation and comprehensive utilization; waste heat boiler can effectively improve energy efficiency.
• Environmental protection and resource utilization: By adopting advanced combustion technology and environmental protection equipment, such as low nitrogen burner, desulfurization and denitrification unit, industrial boilers can effectively reduce the discharge of pollutants. At the same time, burning biomass, sludge and other waste, waste resource utilization, reduce the dependence on traditional fossil fuels, Improving the sustainability of energy use.

The Advantages of Industrial Boiler in Power Plant 

High–efficiency energy conversion: Industrial boilers generate steam to drive turbines for generate electricity. The power generation efficiency of modern large-scale pulverized coal-fired boilers can reach over 40%, which can reduce the cost of power generation.

Flexible Fuel Adaptability: Industrial boiler can burn a variety of fuels, such as coal, natural gas, biomass, sludge and so on. This fuel adaptability allows power plants to choose fuel flexibly according to local resources and prices, reducing power generation costs. At the same time, burning waste can realize resource utilization and reduce the dependence on traditional fossil fuels.

Stable and reliable operating performance: The industrial boiler is well designed and can withstand high temperature and high pressure. Equipped with perfect automatic control system and safety protection device to achieve automatic operation and monitoring to ensure stable and reliable power generation process. Under normal operating conditions, low failure rate, long service life, for the power plant to provide a stable energy supply.

Challenges

• With the improvement of environmental protection requirements, industrial boilers are facing more environmental challenges. Combustion pollutant emission standards are increasingly stringent, power plants need to invest a lot of money in the construction and operation of environmental protection equipment, increasing the cost of power generation. New environmental protection technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) are effective in theory, but theirmaturity and economy need to be improved.
• Difficult to improve the energy efficiency of industrial boilers. The room for improvement in traditional combustion technologies is limited, while new energy-saving technologies such as waste heat recovery and intelligent control systems face technical and economic challenges, including complex design and high investment costs for waste heat recovery systems.The development of intelligent control system needs a lot of data support and advanced control algorithm.
• Industrial boilers require large amounts of fuel to operate, and fuel supply and prices are affected by many factors. Such as international market price fluctuations, domestic energy policy adjustment, natural disasters. Unstable fuel supply and large price fluctuations can increase the operating costs and economic risks of power plants. There are still some problems in the supply stability and economy of renewable energy fuels, such as biomass and solar energy.

Future Trend of Industrial Boiler in Power Plant

In the future, industrial boilers in power generation will undergo a green low-carbon transformation, moving towards a green and low-carbon direction. Traditional coal-fired boilers will decrease and clean energy boilers such as natural gas, biomass and solar powered boilers will increase. At the same time, industrial boilers will be integrated with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, carbon utilization and storage (CCUS) technology, To achieve carbon dioxide emission reduction and resource utilization, reduce carbon emissions from power generation. Industrial boiler will be more intelligent and automatic.

Conclusion

The industrial boiler in the power plant plays a key role in the power generation process. It can efficiently convert the chemical energy of the fuel into heat energy and generate steam to power the turbine. It has flexible fuel adaptability and stable and reliable operation performance. If you need an industrial boiler, please feel free to contact us at your convenience.