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Monitor Feedwater Heater Performance

Feedwater heater performance is important to optimize heat rate in power plants. Proper monitoring requires replacing outdated level instrumentation and implementing a feedback system. Key parameters to monitor individual heater performance are: 1) feedwater temperature rise between inlet and outlet, 2) terminal temperature difference between steam saturation temperature and outlet water temperature, and 3) drain cooler approach between drain cooler outlet and feedwater inlet temperatures. These indicate heat transfer efficiency and help ensure heaters meet design specifications.

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Monitor Feedwater Heater Performance

Feedwater heater performance is important to optimize heat rate in power plants. Proper monitoring requires replacing outdated level instrumentation and implementing a feedback system. Key parameters to monitor individual heater performance are: 1) feedwater temperature rise between inlet and outlet, 2) terminal temperature difference between steam saturation temperature and outlet water temperature, and 3) drain cooler approach between drain cooler outlet and feedwater inlet temperatures. These indicate heat transfer efficiency and help ensure heaters meet design specifications.

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How to Monitor Feedwater Heater Performance to Ensure

Optimum Heat Rate

Many power plant operators have begun replacing outdated level instrumentation with newer
technologies to accurately control feedwater heater levels and decrease their plants heat rate.
However, assurance of proper performance can only be determined with a feedback reporting
system in place.

There are three primary parameters that you can use to monitor individual heater
performance. The following definitions and diagram highlight these parameters.

Feedwater Temperature Rise is the difference between the feedwater outlet


temperature and the feedwater inlet temperature. A properly performing heater should
meet the manufacturers design specifications, provided the level controls are up to the
task.

Terminal Temperature Difference (TTD) provides feedback on the feedwater


heaters performance relative to heat transfer. TTD is defined as the saturation
temperature of the extraction steam minus the feedwater outlet temperature. An
increase in TTD indicates a reduction in heat transfer, while a decrease indicates an
improvement. Typical ranges for TTD on a high-pressure heater with and without a
desuperheating zone are -3 F to -5 F and 0 F, respectively. The TTD for low-pressure
heaters is typically around 5 F. Steam tables and an accurate pressure reading are
required to complete this calculation.

Drain Cooler Approach (DCA) is a method used to infer feedwater heater levels
based on the temperature difference between the drain cooler outlet and the feedwater
inlet. A typical value for DCA is 10 F. An increasing DCA temperature difference
indicates the level is decreasing and a decreasing DCA temperature indicates a rise in
level.

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