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Purpose of APH
Preheats combustion air by transferring heat from outgoing flue gas of boiler. Using hot air for combustion, aids rapid & efficient combustion in furnace.
Location of APH
Located in 2nd pass of boiler after economizer in the flue gas path.
TYPES OF APH
1. Ljungstrom (Howden) Air Pre-Heater (Rotating Heating Elements of Bisector and Trisector Type arrangement ) 2. Davidson (Rothmuhle) Air Pre-Heater (Rotating Air Hood) (Not used by BHEL)
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Provides a means for heating primary air at high pressure and secondary air at low pressure within the same air pre-heater without mixing.
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Rotor Housing
Now a days, Flue Gas Inlet (Hot End) soot blowing is also provided in utility boilers, due to increased content of ash in coal.
RADIAL SEALS
Minimizes the leakage of air into gas side through the clearance between the rotor & sector plates in the radial direction at both hot and cold end. Sector plates are attached in the centre of the upper & lower connecting plates. Seals bolted along the top & bottom edges of the radial plates & bear against the machined surface of the sector plates during rotation of rotor.
RADIAL SEALS
AXIAL SEALS
Minimizes the leakage of air around the rotor shell into the gas side of the APH. Seals attached to the outside of the rotor shell in the radial plates, parallel to the rotor axis. Seals bear against the axial seal plates which are mounted in the rotor housing through main pedestral & supporting feet.
AXIAL SEALS
BYPASS SEALS
Minimizes the air & flue gas from bypassing the heat transfer elements through the gap between the rotor & the housing of the APH. The angles are bolted to the top & bottom periphery of the rotor shell and T- Bars are bolted to these angles. Bypass seals are bolted to the angles provided in the connecting plates. T-Bars bear against the bypass seals during the rotation of rotor to provide sealing.
ROTOR-POST SEALS
Minimizes the leakage of air around the rotor post into the gas side of the APH. Seals is welded to the top & bottom ends of the rotor post. During rotation of rotor, seals bear against the static spool called as Seal Ring bolted to the stationary sector plates of the upper & lower connecting plates.
In the Tri-sector APH, SCAPH is used to heat only the secondary air and not the primary air.
In some units of 250/210 MW (New Parli-6, 250 MW), APH bypass secondary air duct is used for the cold Boiler light up secondary air requirement purpose to prevent the drop of flue gas temp. in APH.