Feed Water System

Presentation outline

Feed Water System

Boiler Feed Pump
HP Heaters
Feed Regulating Station

Components of feed water system

Feed Water System The main equipments
coming under this system are:
Boiler Feed Pump : Three per unit of 50%
capacity each located in the '0' meter level
in the TG bay.
High Pressure Heaters: Normally three in
number and are situated in the TG bay

Boiler Feed Pump

To give the required pressure to the
Feed water before entering into boiler
Horizontal barrel type multi stage pump
located at Zero meter height.

General Arrangement of BFP

To HPH. Recirculation to FST

Feed Water
From D/A
Suction
Strainer

Motor

Main
Pump

Booster
Pump
S S for
Main Pump

Hydraulic
Coupling

 HP Heaters
Feed water flows through the tube spirals
and is heated by steam around the tubes in
the shall of the heaters.
These heaters are cylindrical vessels with
welded dished ends and with integrated,
desuperheating, condensing and sub
cooling sections.
The internal tube system of spirals is
welded to the inlet and outlet headers.
Both feed water and steam entries and exits
are from the bottom end of the heaters.

 HP Heaters
Following fittings are generally provided on
the HP heaters :
Gauge glass for indicating the drain level.
Pressure gauge with three way cock.
Air Vent cock.
Safety valve shell side.
Seal pot.
Isolating valves.
High level alarm switch.

 Feed Regulating Station

In order to ensure security of supply it
has been considered necessary to
provide a multiple feed-water regulating
valve arrangement and on 270 MW units
there is a 100% regulating valve. In
addition there are two smaller regulating
valves for low load conditions which can
also be used for standby duty.

Feed Regulating Station

The three-element feed-flow regulating
system has been developed to meet the
requirements of the modern boiler. The
essential factors in obtaining the fine
degree of regulation required are the steam
flow from the boiler, the feed water flow to
the boiler and the water level in the boiler
drum.

 To maintain the rate of feed-water input in

correct ratio to the steam output under all
conditions of loading, the system measures
feed flow and steam-flow and the meter
readings are balanced against each other
by means of a differential linkage.

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