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Online Monitoring of Bottom Ash Hopper Temperature

The document discusses installing temperature monitoring in bottom ash hoppers to detect high ash levels early. Problems can occur when ash builds up in the hopper, such as choking of gates or uncontrolled buildup above safety panels. This can cause unit shutdowns or load reductions. Installing thermocouples allows continuous monitoring of temperature trends - as ash builds up, temperature rises, detecting issues early before problems occur. Many NTPC plants have successfully implemented this to improve reliability and reduce generation losses.

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Online Monitoring of Bottom Ash Hopper Temperature

The document discusses installing temperature monitoring in bottom ash hoppers to detect high ash levels early. Problems can occur when ash builds up in the hopper, such as choking of gates or uncontrolled buildup above safety panels. This can cause unit shutdowns or load reductions. Installing thermocouples allows continuous monitoring of temperature trends - as ash builds up, temperature rises, detecting issues early before problems occur. Many NTPC plants have successfully implemented this to improve reliability and reduce generation losses.

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ONLINE MONITORING OF TEMPERAURE IN

BOTTOM ASH HOPPER


INTRODUCTION
• High Bottom ash hopper level is very critical to
power plant, so it is a usual practice to evacuate
bottom ash in every shift,
• But it is found in certain cases, bottom ash level
increased above inspection glasses, So it directly
affects on plant plf,Due to this reason only ,In
NTPC unchhahar ,many persons lost their lives.
• So to avoid the above problem, we will discuss the
above problem and its solution in this topic.
Problems faced due bottom ash hopper heaping
• Bottom ash hopper ash build up taking place
either by choking of gate due to big size clinker
formation or in adequate de ashing.
• Sometimes this build up goes above S-
panel,becomes uncontrolled and unit had to
take shutdown or load has to reduced .
• If ash build up detected at initial stage ,it can
be controlled and unit will be saved.
• In few cases ,sudden localized pressurization
occurred by evolution of gas/vapor from the
entrapped water in the falling heavy porous
lumps of slack/clinkers while immersing in
bottom ash water bath.
• In certain cases,Ash build up at one side,If this
ash will fall to the other side of bottom ash
chamber,it will create over pressurization of
boiler.
Solution
• To detect the high bottom ash level early ,we have
to install thermocouples ,
• Bottom Ash hopper temperature rises with build up
of ash inside Bottom Ash hopper.
• Thermocouples may be installed and its trend can be
monitored continuously.
• In many plants of NTPCs ,it is successfully installed
.So we add some of the pictures in the slide ,the
below pictures are from ntpc korba.
BENEFITS
• It ensures healthiness of system.
• Improved system reliability
• Reduced generation loss

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