Cold End Corrosion Avoiding by Using a New Type of Air Combustion Pre-Heater

Abstract:

This paper analyzes the possibility of reducing the cold end corrosion in boilers and furnaces by using a new type of air combustion pre-heater. Cold end corrosion appears due to catalytic oxidation of the sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide and then due to the sulfuric acid condensation at dew point. Calculating dew points of various acid gases and options for reducing cold end corrosion of heat recovery exchangers are presented. For avoiding the cold end corrosion we design a new type of air combustion pre-heater for boilers and furnaces. Also, the tube skin temperature of the first row of pipes of the actual air pre-heater was simulated with this computer program, in order to determine whether this temperature is lower than acid dew point of flue gas. With the simulation for this configuration of the actual combustion air pre-heater, the skin temperature for the first row (for the combustion air flow) of tubes from the upper bundle was TS = 134 °C. A way to reduce the cold end corrosion in the combustion air pre-heaters is raising the temperature of the combustion air at the air pre-heater entrance. This solution involves taking a quantity of preheated air, recirculation and then reintroducing it in the air pre-heater. In the same time, this solution avoiding to use the steam radiator, mounted after the fan, for pre-heating the combustion air from 1°C to 45°C. Thus, the furnaces equipped with the new combustion air pre-heater and modern low NO_x burners made a fuel economy about 3%.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 907)
• Pages: 157-163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.907.157
• Online since: September 2017
• Authors: Maria Cristiana Enescu, C. Marius Vlădulescu, Aurel Gaba, Vasile Bratu, Elena Valentina Stoian*, Ivona Camelia Petre
• Keywords: Cold End Corrosion, Combustion Air, Flue Gases, Pre-Heaters

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