Comparative Analysis of the Efficiency of Cast Iron Boilers at Power Plants

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2018-12, Vol.463 (3), p.32047
• Main Authors: Nefedova, M A, Biryuzova, E A, Pestich, S D, Aleksandrov, A S
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Boiler rooms; Boilers; Cast iron; Electric industries; Federal legislation; Heating; Historic sites; Power plants; Service life; Thermal energy
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/463/3/032047

Currently, in most regions of the Russian Federation low-capacity heating boiler rooms are being in use. They are equipped with domestic cast-iron boilers which service life exceed 25 years. As a result, the used burner equipment and automatics are morally and physically obsolete and not responding the modern requirements of the Federal Law "On Heat Supply" adopted on 10th August 2017 to reform the thermal power industry with the aim of enhancing the energy, ecologic and economic performance of equipment. In conditions of active search for reserves of fuel and energy economy resources research connected with the use of cast iron boilers of low power is essential. Low-capacity boiler rooms are widely used as a source of thermal energy for industrial enterprises and residential sector, as well as for reconstruction of historic areas of major cities. The current direction of the research is benchmarking of all characteristics of the operation of cast-iron heating boilers of domestic production after technical re-equipment using modern equipment and instrumentation with foreign production which is widely used in our country. The result of the research work is the development of recommendations for improving the energy efficiency of low-capacity boiler rooms.