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A Modeling and Simulation Method for Preliminary Design of an Electro-Variable Displacement Pump
Published on: June 1, 2022
A PDE model of a waterwalls steam generation process
Miguel A Delgadillo1, Dionisio A Suárez, Jaime A Moreno
1Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, Calle Reforma 113 Col. Palmira, 62490 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. madv@iie.org.mx
Abstract:
This paper describes a model of a forced circulation waterwalls steam generator, derived from first principles. The distributed parameter criteria were applied to the heat transfer process and to the steam production inside the waterwalls. The model is capable of representing swell and shrink effects as well as the condensation-vaporization phenomena that take place inside the waterwall tubes, when large drum steam pressure variations are introduced. The swell and shrink effects are responsible for water displacement from the waterwalls to the drum and from the drum to the waterwalls. Open loop simulated test were produced with the steam pressure disturbance. Closed loop tests, including the models of the drum level and the combustion system and their control systems are presented.
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