Efficiency of a Coal Fired Boiler in a Typical Thermal Power Plant

Gudimella Tirumala Srinivas; Doddapineni Rajeev Kumar; Peruri Venkata Vithal Murali Mohan; Boggarapu Nageswara Rao

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Efficiency of a Coal Fired Boiler in a Typical Thermal Power Plant

Gudimella Tirumala Srinivas, Doddapineni Rajeev Kumar, Peruri Venkata Vithal Murali Mohan, Boggarapu Nageswara Rao

Published in American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Volume 2, Issue 1)

Received: 14 October 2016 Accepted: 21 November 2016 Published: 3 January 2017

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This paper presents briefly on the boiler efficiency evaluation procedures by direct and indirect methods useful in thermal power plants. In the direct method consideration is given to the amount of heat utilized while evaluating the efficiency of the boiler, whereas, indirect method accounts for various heat losses. The boiler efficiency evaluated by direct method is found to be lower than that evaluated by indirect method as per the ASME PTC-4.1 standards. However, the direct method helps the plant personnel to evaluate quickly the boiler efficiency with few parameters and less instrumentation.

Published in	American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajmie.20170201.15
Page(s)	32-36
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Coal Fired Boiler, Direct Method, Efficiency, Indirect Method

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Gudimella Tirumala Srinivas, Doddapineni Rajeev Kumar, Peruri Venkata Vithal Murali Mohan, Boggarapu Nageswara Rao. Efficiency of a Coal Fired Boiler in a Typical Thermal Power Plant. Am J Mech Ind Eng. 2017;2(1):32-36. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmie.20170201.15

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Gudimella Tirumala Srinivas

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, India
Doddapineni Rajeev Kumar

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, India
Peruri Venkata Vithal Murali Mohan

Boiler Maintenance Department Kothagudem Thermal Power Station, Paloncha, India
Boggarapu Nageswara Rao

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, India

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Gudimella Tirumala Srinivas, Doddapineni Rajeev Kumar, Peruri Venkata Vithal Murali Mohan, Boggarapu Nageswara Rao. Efficiency of a Coal Fired Boiler in a Typical Thermal Power Plant. Am J Mech Ind Eng. 2017;2(1):32-36. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmie.20170201.15

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