Resarch and Development of Hot Primary Air Heater for Coal-Fired Boilersin Power Plant

The reasons of introducing cold air into pulverizer are analyzed for boilers with large capaciiy and high parameters.The temperature rises of the exhaust gas are calculated when varying the amount of the cold air.The hot primary air heater,a new technology,is developed to eliminate the cold air from the pulverized coal system.The applications,advantages and disadvantages are introduced in detail for the new device and system.It is concluded that introducing cold air into pulverizer is one of the major factors that causes the exhaust gas temperature of boilers with large capacity to be high.The amount of the cold air could be reduced significantly,even to zero in some cases by adopting the hot primary air heater,which drops the exhaust gas temperature of the boiler effectively.The hot primary air heater,which could play part roles of the steam-air heater or the hot air recirculation system,could also be used to adjust the exhaust gas temperature within the range of 20 ℃ by controlling the flow rate of the cooling medium.Moreover,the startup period of the steam-air heater or the hot air recirculation system will be shortened,which is a unique advantage of the hot primary air heater among the measures to drop the exhaust gas temperature.