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SOOT BLOWER

CUSTOMER TRAINING MODULE

MPCGL-Malwa
16.01.2021

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Purpose of Soot blowing

 All heating surfaces should be kept free from soot to

maintain efficiency and reliability of the boiler, here soot
blowers play an important role.

 Depending on the type of fuel fired, equipment

arrangement and operating conditions, soot blowers may be
installed to control ash or slag deposits on furnace, super-
heaters, reheaters, economisers and air heater.

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 Boiler performance and reliability are directly related to the

cleanliness of the heat transfer surfaces. thus when firing ash
bearing fuels such as coal or heavy fuel oil, ash or slag deposits
must be controlled by soot blowing.
It directs the jet of steam or compressed air to clean the heat
transferring area from material deposition, slagging, clinker etc.
 The normal procedure is to clean the furnace from the top
down. In the convection zone, blowing is generally in the
direction of gas flow.
 Soot blowers, except in the air heaters should be operated
only when the load of the boiler is above 50% of the rated
output, unless it has been demonstrated that there is no effect on
flame stability due to soot blowing at below 50% of the rated
output.
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Classification of Soot blowers.

Soot Blowers are classified as

• Long Retractable Soot Blowers
• Half Retractable Soot blowers
• Wall De-slaggers.

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Soot Blower function

• Furnace wall blower:
– Furnace wall blowers are used to remove excess slag deposited on the
metal surface of furnace tube and thus increase the heat absorbing
capacity of furnace
• Long and half retractable soot blower:
– The long and half retractable soot blower is used in superheater,
reheater and economiser zone
• Air heater soot blower
– Air heater soot blower is used to remove ash and unburnt carbon
deposits from metal surface and thus increases the efficiency of heat
transfer

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Soot Blower arrangement

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Wall blower datasheet

Model name VS-H
No. of blower 68
Steam pressure (Hdr) 21.0 Kg/cm²
At poppet valve inlet 8.5 kg/cm2 (min)
At nozzle head 5.3 kg/cm2
Total travel length 255 mm
Blowing length 1 rev.
Blowing speed 2.4 rev
Blowing time 90 sec
Steam Consumption 1260 kg/hr (each)
Motor rating 0.37 kW
Weight 200 kg
Cleaning radius 2500 mm
Nozzle material A297 GRHT

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Long retractable datasheet

Model name RSM-H
No. of blower 46
At poppet valve inlet (kg/cm2) 12-13
At nozzle head (kg/cm2) 10.5 - 12
Total travel length (mm) 13730
Blowing length (mm) 13350
Travelling Speed (mm/sec) 45
Travelling time (Sec) 610
Steam Consumption (kg/hr) 4392-2052
Motor rating (KW) 1.1
Weight 1605
Cleaning radius 2000 mm – 2500 mm
Lance Tube material T91/T11

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Wall blower description

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Drive mechanism

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Blowing medium control

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Poppet valve

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Packing arrangement

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Operation

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Arrangement

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LRSB parts description

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LRSB parts description

• Beam
– Beam is a steel canopy on which front and rear bulk head is welded
– Beam is supported in the front by wall box and in the rear by rear
support

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LRSB parts description

• Front roller support assembly

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LRSB parts description

• Wall box
– Negative pressure wallbox will be welded to the wallsleeve.
– Soot blower will be mounted on the wall box through the support pin
– Seal plate is provided to ensure natural movement of the lance tube

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LRSB parts description

• Carriage
– Carriage drive the soot blower inside the boiler and also rotates it
– Drive pinion engage with the rack in the beam to move the soot blower
– Indexing of the lance tube is done by a loss motion mechanism
provided inside the carriage during the reversal time

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LRSB parts description

• Auxiliary Support arrangement
– LRSB is supported by auxiliary support arrangement at the mid point
– During the first half of the travel, the lance is supported by supporting roller,
and in the next half it supports the feed tube

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LRSB parts description

• Poppet valve
– This valve controls the blowing medium
– This valve operates by a cam n trigger arrangement
– Pressure can be adjusted by a pressure adjusting disc inside the valve

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LRSB parts description

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LRSB parts description

Position in boiler

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Operation
• Soot blowers can be operated either from local panel or from
remote control panel. Soot blower can be clubbed in a group
and operated sequentially from soot blower control panel. The
control will be incorporated in DCS also.
• Basic Operation philosophy
– Operating order
• Furnace Wall blower will be operated from upside to downside so that
clinker will not fall from upside when the down side soot blower is under
operation
• LRSB and HRSB will be operated from downside to upside so that
downstream heating surfaces will not be blocked by ash from upside
• Air heater soot blower will be operated once in 8 hours

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Operation philosophy
• Operating load:
– Furnace de-slaggers should be operated at more than 30% boiler load
– LRSB and HRSB should be operated at more than 30% of boiler load
– AH soot blower should be operated during start up in order to prevent
AH fire from unburnt deposits
• Overlap prevention:

De-slagger LRSB & HRSB AH blower

De-slagger X √ √
LRSB & HRSB √ X √
AH blower √ √ X

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Steam Source of Soot Blower System And Control Set Point

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Operation
• Operation mode:
– Sequential mode
• In this mode, different soot blower groups are operated sequentially as per the
internal order in PLC
– Group Mode
• In group mode, individual group can be operated
– Manual mode
• In manual mode, one individual soot blower or drain valve can be operated
independently

• In sequential or group mode, 2 wall de-slagger operates simultaneously which are

symmetrical to boiler center.
• LRSB and HRSB operates in pair (except soot blowers below 2 SH) of same
elevation and of opposite side

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Flow chart for soot Blower Operation

Yes Yes Yes
Power on Alarm All SB All DVs System at
Healthy At rest Closed Rest

No No

DCS supplies
All drain lines Warming drain DCS HW Operator permit
Steam & HW
warmed line Permit OK For soot blow
permit

Warming
Warming complete
complete

Warming
complete

Warming
complete

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