Power Engineering

Deaerator Pressure Transient – Can Your Boiler Feed Pump Handle It?

In a typical thermal power plant, the boiler feed water (BFW) pump takes suction from the deaerator and discharges to the boiler through the feedwater heaters. During normal operation, the deaerator ...
POWER Magazine

Deaerator degradation: Managing remaining life and component replacement

Oxygen levels in just parts per billion dissolved in the feedwater stream for boilers and heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs) can cause pitting and reduce the operating life of steam cycle ...
The New York Times

AN INVENTION TO DISPENSE WITH PUMPS.; Description and Results of the Giffard Feed Water Injector Water flying through the Open Air Into a Boiler-Its Value for Agricultural and ...

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POWER Magazine

The world’s most powerful boiler feed pump dispatched

A boiler feed pump with the largest drive rating worldwide was dispatched by the KSB Group based in Frankenthal in late December 2019. It will be used in the coal-fired power plant Pingshan II that is ...
Power Engineering

Boiler Feed Pump Performance Assessment Method Using Pump Affinity Laws Reduces Uncertainty

Boiler feed pumps (BFPs) play a major role in the capacity and heat rate of a power-generating unit. As such, they merit routine performance testing to assess their condition and trend deficiencies to ...