BOILER FEED WATER STEAM TURBINE IN BADAK LNG UTILITIES

By : Muhammad Ilman Mughni (6517010083)

A. Preliminary
BFW pumps are one of the most critical equipment manufactured by
Sulzer Bingham. BFW pumps are pumps that serve to pump feed water
into the boiler. Which is where feed water that has been converted into
steam will be distributed mostly to drive steam turbines. BFW pumps
themselves have a capacity of 450 m3/h in all pumps in either utility 1 or 2.
The total amount of BFW pumps in utilities 1 and 2 are 9 pumps. In
utility 1, the pump is driven by using a steam turbine of 8 pieces (31GT-
1/2/3/4/55/56/57/59) while 1 more pump is driven by a 4.16 kV motor
(31GT-58). In utility 2, the pump is driven by using a steam turbine of 5
pieces (31GT-112/142/143/144/145) while 4 more pumps are driven by
4.16 kV motors (31GT-111/113/140/141).

B. Boiler Feed Water Steam Turbine Specification

Utilities 1 Utilities 2
Equipment Tag Number 31GT-1/2/3/4/55/56/57/59 31GT-112/142/143/144/145
Brand Terry Elliott
Model GA/NB DYRPG
Quantity 8 5
Speed 4250 rpm 4200 rpm
Power 1734 hp 1974 hp
Inlet Temperature 600oF 600oF
Outlet Temperature 426oF -
Inlet Pressure 250 psig 250 psig
Outlet Pressure 60 psig 60 psig
Steam Rate 35,97 lb/hp.hr -
C. Plant System Description
The fresh water that use in daily production system comes from eight
fresh water well that scatter in the Badak LNG complex. Water is pumped
from the well to be filtered first. Then, fresh water will be streamed to the
aerator. The function of aerator is to precipitate iron particles that dissolve
in the water by contacting water with air.
To increase contacting surface, raschig ring is added. The air is
blown using the blower. Inside the aerator, water is rotated so Fe2+ ion
will oxydize with air. The deposit from previous process will be filtered
using Iron Removal Filter and disposed through blowdown process.
The water which undergoes aeration process still has low pH value.
To increase pH value, Natrium Hydroxyde (NaOH) is added. The finish
product then stored in filter tank.
Before the water is tranferred to BFW pumps, it is pumped first to
the ion exchanger. From the ion exchanger, the water then pumped into the
deaerator to relieve gas contaminant in the water using low pressure steam.
After deaeration process, finally the water is ready to be use and pumped
by BFW pumps into the boilers