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Report On Mill Vibration

The bowl mills of Unit 3 at the Rayalseema Thermal Power Plant developed vibrations after 500 hours of operation. Inspections found no issues, but vibrations persisted when airflow and coal flow were adjusted. It was determined that a high percentage of fines in the coal was disrupting consistent bed formation. Increasing the ring roll gap and shifting journal trunnions in one mill allowed for a higher bed height and stabilized bed formation, resolving the vibrations. Current draw in both mills increased by 4 amps with the adjustments and they were returned to regular service.

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Report On Mill Vibration

The bowl mills of Unit 3 at the Rayalseema Thermal Power Plant developed vibrations after 500 hours of operation. Inspections found no issues, but vibrations persisted when airflow and coal flow were adjusted. It was determined that a high percentage of fines in the coal was disrupting consistent bed formation. Increasing the ring roll gap and shifting journal trunnions in one mill allowed for a higher bed height and stabilized bed formation, resolving the vibrations. Current draw in both mills increased by 4 amps with the adjustments and they were returned to regular service.

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PROJECT : RAYALASEEMA UNIT 3

PROBLEM : REPORT ON MILL VIBRATIONS



The bowl mills A and B of Unit 3 Rayalseema Thermal Power Plant had
already run for more than 500 hrs of when it developed vibrations in
the grinding zone. The vibration used to appear for 5 seconds at
every 15 seconds interval and the mill current oscillated from no load
current to full load (40 56Amps).
So both the mills were stopped for inspection. The following internal
checks were done:
1. Ring roll setting was readjusted as per recommendations.
2. Spring Compression was verified.
3. Mill vane wheel vertical clearance, Scrapper and skirt clearance
were checked.
4. Bull ring segments were checked for looseness and found normal.
5. Classifiers were checked and found normal
Since no abnormity was observed the mills were taken back into
service but the vibrations did not subside. Coal flow and Air flows
were varied to observe the change in performance. While reduction
of airflow reduced the period of vibration, increase in airflow
increased the duration. Coal flow variation did not yield any change.
Also it was observed that the raw coal fed had a large percentage of

fines (approx 40 %). So it was suspected that the fines may have
increased the recirculation inside and led to inconsistent bed
formation. To overcome this problem, site increased the ring roll gap
by one flat more than recommended by design. This was done to
increase the bed height and facilitate bed formation. In addition, in
mill B, the journal trunnion were shifted from position no. 1 to 2.

During the next start up of these mills, the behavior was as indicated
below:
1. Mill current was hunting during the period of bed formation.
Vibration appeared at the same time. The whole process took
about 15 minutes.
2. Once the bed was formed, the current stabilized and vibration
disappeared.
3. Subsequently even when the coal flow was varied, there were no
vibrations and current was steady.
4. The increased bed height increased the grinding power. After
the adjustment mill A & B currents increased by 4 amps and
are kept in regular service.





MIL 3A PERFORMANCE
Before adjustment:


MIL 3A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
After adjustment:


MILL 3B PERFORMANCE
Before adjustment:


MILL 3B PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
After adjustment:

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