Perfected down to the last detail:
FEEDWATER HEATER
Since the beginning of the last centur y, we have
focused intensively on the design of heat exchangers to
regeneratively heat and deaerate feedwater. Having our own
manufacturing facilities right from the start, we
were able to significantly shape the technological
development of feedwater heaters and nowadays
we rate as one of the most highly reputed
international suppliers and licensors.
Worldwide we offer like no other company
the complete range of feedwater heater and
deaerator variants for nuclear and large-scale
conventional power plants:
3D model of a high pressure heater
-type feedwater heaters or header-type feedwater
U
heaters
Duplex heaters with U-tube bundles or straight-tube bundles
eedwater heaters with spray-type deaerators or tray-type
F
deaerators
Drain coolers and steam desuperheaters
Our product portfolio also includes larger heaters for
district heating and closed cooling water coolers.
PROFILE
Only
supplier worldwide with a complete range of feedwater
heaters
Design and construction of the first feedwater and deaerator
system in the year 1920
Specialized in nuclear and conventional large-scale power plants
More than 1,200 references for header-type HP heaters
Supplied the complete feedwater heater train for the first 1,600
MW EPR nuclear power plant in the world
Special constructions such as U-tube or straight-tube duplex
heaters
Optimized tube bundle venting system to enhance performance
of nuclear power plants
Proprietary sprayer design for spray-type deaerators tried and
tested in nuclear power plants
Design, manufacture and erection from one source
Tube bundle of a duplex heater
TECHNOLOGY
APPLICATION
With their perfected technology, our feedwater heaters
reliably increase the efficiency of thermal power plants.
Conservatively designed tube bundles and proven venting concepts
provide permanent protection against damage and guarantee
optimal heat transfer.
750 MW Wilhelmshaven coal-fired power plant, Germany:
A 32m long feedwater tank with spray-type deaerator supplied in
the year 1976.
Our header-type feedwater heaters are used principally in the high
pressure section of large-scale fossil-fired power plants; the design
of such heaters is characterized by snake-shaped tubes and two
headers. Their exceptional thermoelasticity, long service life and
profitability make them stand out from U-type heaters.
In the low pressure section, our duplex heaters allow the extraction
steam piping to be routed in a functional and space-saving manner.
They unite two heater stages in one single shell and replace two
heaters arranged in a row.
To deaerate the feedwater, we supply tray-type deaerators or
spray-type deaerators in combination with heaters. Nowadays
spray-type deaerators are predominantly used in power plants.
They are integrated in the feedwater tank and have either a disc
type sprayer or spring-type sprayer as a spray device.
Feedwater tank during commissioning
1,600 MW Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant, Finland:
Drain cooler, LP and HP heaters for the European Pressurized
Water Reactor (2007).
Shipment of an HP heater from the Nigel works (South Africa)
3D model of a feedwater tank with spray-type deaerator
2 x 1,100 MW Neurath F+G lignite-fired power plant, Germany:
The largest HP heaters in the world with an empty weight of more
than 270 t supplied in the year 2008.
Disc-t ype sprayers consist of disc-shaped elements
placed in pairs resting against one another. They are serrated at
the outer circumference to generate a water spray screen and the
water flow causes them to bend open flexibly. Our spring-type
sprayers have a spring coil which opens to a greater or lesser
extent depending on the differential water pressure to generate
the spray. Both types of sprayer are dirt-resistant, self-cleaning
and available for capacities of up to 1,200 t/h per sprayer. They
operate in a range between 10 and 110% of the nominal capacity.
BALCKE-DRR GMBH
ERNST-DIETRICH-PLATZ 2
40882 RATINGEN
GERMANY
49(0)21 02 16 69-0
[email protected]
BALCKE-DUERR.COM
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HP heater during erection at the power plant
