Design-Based Thermal Efficiency Correction Method for Hot Water Boiler

Abstract In the boiler design process, the thermal efficiency of the boiler operating under specified parameters is given in accordance with the design specifications. However, under the actual operating conditions, the specified parameters in the design book cannot be met at the same time. Especially for the hot water boiler, the coal quality component and the deviation of low calorific power, the feed water temperature and the ambient temperature will directly affect the operating efficiency of the boiler. In the current boiler energy efficiency test standards, the test conditions are very demanding. It is required to be the design coal type and it also gives fluctuation ranges for several parameters that affect the boiler operation efficiency. For non-design conditions, the boiler operation condition test method can only be executed referring to the standard. However, the measured efficiency is highly variable. This paper aims to analyze and study several parameters affecting boiler efficiency based on the perspective of boiler design, and give corresponding efficiency correction method to provide reference for the correction of energy efficiency test results under non-design conditions.