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Publication history: Received July 10, 2008
Accepted November 3, 2008

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Analysis on thermal stress deformation of rotary air-preheater in a thermal power plant

Hongyue Wang Lingling Zhao¹ Zhigao Xu¹ Hyungtaek Kim^†

Division of Energy System Research, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea ¹College of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

htkim@ajou.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, May 2009, 26(3), 833-839(7), 10.1007/s11814-009-0139-1

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Abstract

Thermal stress deformation is a disadvantage of the rotary air preheater, which results in leakages of fluids and decrease of efficiency of the thermal system. To evaluate the results of deformation during its operation, the temperature distribution of storage materials is calculated by solving a simplified model. In this developed method, the effect of dimensionless parameters on the temperature distribution of rotary air preheater was investigated and compared with the results of modified heat transfer coefficient method. By solving coordination, structural and geometrical equations, and boundary condition in thermal-elastic theory, the thermal stress distributions in rotary air preheater are obtained in an analytical method. Experimental results are obtained by employing factorial design values of rotary air preheater for the validation of the calculation data. Good agreement has been yielded by comparing the analytical data and experimental data. Therefore, some conclusions necessary to undertake an adequate adjustment of thermal stress_x000D_ deformation have also been formulated, and online monitoring of the clearance of radial seals is proposed.

Keywords

Rotary Air-preheater Thermal Stress Deformation Non-dimensional Temperature Distribution

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