Coal fired FBC Boiler Fan flow calculation

Design Capacity of boiler

Let the Coal calorific value
Let boiler efficiency
The coal required
Let us say 20% loss
Combustion air required
Volume of the air @20% excess
FD Fan

3000 Kg/hr
6550.218 lb/hr
5200 Kcal/hr
60%
5.777778
519.2308
623.0769
1360.43
159986.6
2666.789
3057.528
5241.476

kg/hr
kg/hr
lb/hr
Cft/hr
CFM
CFM
m3/hr

I.D Fan flow Calculation

Volume of flue gas at 0 deg.C and 760 mmHg

167332.9 cft/hr
2789.244 CFM

Volume of flue gas @200 deg.C

4354.166 CFM
7464.285 m3/hr

Consider 20% excess

Round off

8957.142 m3/hr
9000 m3/hr@200 deg.C

Power required
HP of the motor required
Round off to

4.44747
12.35408
15 HP

m3/hr@200 deg.C