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Da Teng1,2, Guangjie Lu1, Ou Chen1
1China Energy Longyuan Environmental Protection Co., Ltd., Beijing 100039, China.
Abstract:
The saturated flue gas is difficult to recover and use as low-grade waste heat in a coal-fired power plant. The absorption heat pump is important equipment for recovering low-grade waste heat. In this article, the saturated flue gas waste heat is recovered to reduce the turbine extraction steam of low-pressure heaters. The simulation system is built, and the operational characteristics are analyzed. The feasibility of saturated flue gas waste heat recovered is verified by the absorption heat pump to heat the boiler feedwater. The results show that generator pressure and throttle pressure have significant influence on the operational performance of the absorption heat pump. There is the risk of solution crystallization with the high-concentration dehumidification solution. The equivalent enthalpy drop of the extraction steam is lower in the higher number of heater stages, representing the weaker electricity generation capacity. The waste heat temperature of saturated flue gas can be raised by 30-40 °C, which is used as the low-grade heat source for the absorption heat pump. The feedwater of low-pressure heaters is heated by the absorption heat pump, and its temperature ranges from 59.2 to 83.8 °C. The simulation system can efficiently recover the waste heat of saturated flue gas up to 9.99 MW and achieve additional electricity generation up to 0.56 MW in the coal-fired power plant.
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