Smelt spout corrosion in a recovery boiler

Furnace Wall Corrosion in a Wood-fired Boiler

The use of renewable wood-based fuel has been increasing in the last few decades because it is said to be carbon neutral. However, wood-based fuel, and especially used wood (also known as recycled wood or waste wood), is more corrosive than virgin wood (forest fuel), because of higher amounts of chlorine and heavy metals. These elements increase the corrosion problems at the furnace walls where...

Boiler tube corrosion characterization with a scanning thermal line

Wall thinning due to corrosion in utility boiler waterwall tubing is a significant operational concern for boiler operators. Historically, conventional ultrasonics has been used for inspection of these tubes. Unfortunately, ultrasonic inspection is very manpower intense and slow. Therefore, thickness measurements are typically taken over a relatively small percentage of the total boiler wall an...

Latent Heat Recovery in Exhaust Gas of a Condensing Boiler: The Effect of Arrangement of Tubes

Boilers are one of the major energy consumers in the building. For this reason, increasing the efficiency of this device and improving its performance is an effective step in solving the problems in building energy and reducing waste energy. Due to the limited resources of fossil fuels and the increasing cost of energy in the world, manufacturers of these equipment are always working to improve...

Gas flow analysis in a Kraft recovery boiler

4.4-1 Recovery Boiler Chemical Principles

A black liquor recovery boiler has two main functions. On one hand, it generates steam from the heat energy liberated upon combustion of the organic constituents of black liquor burned in the boiler, whereby the recovery boiler serves as a steam boiler. On the other hand, the chemicals from pulp digesting sulphur and sodium are recovered from the black liquor, the recovery boiler then serving a...