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Power Generation

10/21/2013 4:16 AM

Will this size boiler be able to run a steam turbine and produce 800 KWs.

Boiler is a wood fired, fire tube package boiler,

(1)Pressure 250psi.

(2)Evaporation Rate 15000lbs per hour.

(3)Fuel hand feed log butts and slab.(Dutch Oven Furnace)

(4)Steam saturated.

If not then what size steam turbine and how many kilo watts,please advice the best turbine to suit the requirement.

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Re: Power Generation

10/21/2013 4:28 AM

250psi ≈ 17bar.

From Steam Tables, the latent heat of steam is 1923kJ/kg at that pressure.

Evaporation rate 15000lb/h ≈ 1.9kg/sec.

Boiler nominal power is therefore 1923 x 1.9 ≈ 3600kW

Therefore it is oversized by a factor in the order of 4.5, ignoring distribution and turbine losses.

If 800kW is the turbine requirement than the question <...please advice the best turbine to suit the requirement....> is nonsense.

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Re: Power Generation

10/21/2013 5:39 PM

Most likely the 800 kW required is turbine shaft power, or maybe electrical power if that's the application. Efficiency probably 25 - 30%, so boiler may be oversized, but not grossly.

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Re: Power Generation

10/22/2013 10:28 AM

congrats, you did far more crunching than I would have

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Re: Power Generation

10/26/2013 6:05 AM

Load of rubbish,

no in put to this forum.

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#2

Re: Power Generation

10/21/2013 8:52 AM

Yes, with heat left over for cooking hot dogs.

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Re: Power Generation

10/21/2013 9:23 AM

How many points is a correct answer worth?

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Re: Power Generation

10/21/2013 10:32 AM

Whatever Anonymous Posters produce with their voting buttons?

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Re: Power Generation

10/21/2013 11:24 AM

I've never seen 4 Anonymous Posters. Is this a condensing turbine? Superheated steam?

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Re: Power Generation

10/22/2013 5:02 AM

Who is talking?

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Re: Power Generation

10/21/2013 7:51 PM

Power generation with 250 psi saturated steam using a condensing turbine (if heat from a higher level exhaust is not needed), is not a good proposition. A turbine with reasonable efficiency will produce excessive moisture in the exhaust, leading to high erosion of the turbine. If you are not knowledgeable of these systems, you should hire expert help - there is more involved than you can expect from a bunch of anonymous people.

You need to design the entire system before you start purchasing equipment.

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