CIRCULATING FLUIDISED BED COMBUSTION (CFBC) BOILER

STARTING OPERATING PROCEDURE

 Calibration of all controlling equipments, like pressure & temperature guage, flow meters
and control valves.
 All turning Equipment’s should be ok from mechanically & electrically. Like fans, pump,
gearbox, feeding system.
 All Air nozzles and wind box should be clean.
 All interlocks should be checked like fans, Fuel Feeding System, Drum level interlocks,
bed temp interlock (low& high), and Deaerator level furnace pressure (low& high).
 Take hydro test for checking pressure parts leakage & valve passing.
 Light up Procedure
 Maintain 50% drum level
 Open all air vent
 Take DP Steady
 Then start bed material charging during that time ID root blower & PA fan should be in
running condition with maintaining draft 0 to -5mmwc and 50 TPH PA flow.
 After reaching bed height 300mm and wind pressure 400 to 450mmwc and also checked
minimum & maximum fluidization of bed material and write down flow & pressure of air
at min & max fluidization.
 Then stop all fans
 Start spreading of charcoal on bed 8 to 10% of total bed material for biomass light up

 For Coal light up charcoal requirement is 10 to 15% of bed material.

 Before ignition fire of boiler insure all dampers of fans should be in closed condition
 Spraying 8 to 10 litre of diesel on charcoal for ignition.
 Then fire the charcoal and open ID & PA Suction and discharge damper
 After 10 to 15 min full bed charcoal start burning then Start ID & PA fans and root
blower.

 Then furnace temperature will start rising and reached up to 100°C (furnace temp.)then
open ID & PA Dampers take one mixing with 60 TPH air flow for 40 sec with
maintaining furnace draft (0to -5mmwc)then reduce air flow as with min
fluidization(bubbling) and then observe bed temp. Continuously.
 When bed temp. rise up to 300°C start biomass feeding(min .feeding)maintain furnace
draft(0 to -5mm)& also monitor & maintain O2 (3 to 7%) .
 When Bed Temp reaches to 600°C then start coal feeding.
 When Drum pressure goes to 3 to 4 kg/cm2 then close drum vent.
 When Bed temp. rises up to 800°C to 850°C control fuel feeding & O2 (3 to 6%) through
fuel & air ratio & Ensure fluidization completely continue.
 Then start rising of temp. & pressure of steam in stable proportional ratio.
 When steam pressure goes up to 40kg/cm2 with steam temp 350°C to 400°C then start
steam line charging through MSSV bypass valve and insure all drain and vent of steam
line should be in open condition.
 When steam line & boiler pressure equal then open MSSV fully open & MSSV bypass
fully closed.
 Controlled startup vent as per required steam pressure and temp.
 Drum level maintain always 50%.
 Increase bed height 500 to 600mmwc when bed temp. Hold 800°C to 900°C then start
RDF feeding and observe bed temp. Hold or not.
 If bed temp. Maintain then reduce coal feeding as per requirement and stop biomass
feeding.
 After successfully startup maintain boiler all parameter normally.
 When ESP inlet temp. Of flue gas reached up to 130°C then charge ESP.