ONLINE MONITORING OF ASH BUILD

UP IN BOTTOM ASH HOPPER.

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UP IN BOTTOM ASH HOPPER.
Background :
• High Bottom ash hopper level is very critical to power
plant, so it is a usual practice to evacuate bottom ash in
every shift
• Bottom ash hopper ash build up taking place by
chocking of gate due to big size clinker formation.
• Sometimes this ash build up goes up to above
inspection glass, becomes uncontrolled & unit has to
take shutdown.
• If ash build up detected at initial stage ,it can be
controlled, generation loss can minimize and unit can
saved.
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UP IN BOTTOM ASH HOPPER.
Possible threats:
• Some time sudden localized pressurization
occurred by falling of heavy mass clinker
immersing in bottom ash hopper water bath.
• Due to this damage of structure may occurred.
Unit may trip or shut down.
• Inadequate arc quenching.
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Problem solution:
• By installation of four thermocouples near
inspection glass and on line monitoring of
temperature of inside bottom ash hopper at
control room by DCS .
• When ash builds up to the thermocouple level
the temperature will increase,
• So it will give an alarm to control room
engineer & trend can monitor continuously.
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Here thermocouple
to be installed.
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UP IN BOTTOM ASH HOPPER.

After installation
look like this
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Benefits:
• Reduce generation loss .
• Monitoring of ash build up inside BAH.
• Improve system reliability.
• Action can taken at initial stage.
• Data(temperature) will be available for future
reference & analysis.
• It improved healthiness of the system.