[미국특허]
System and method for determining a location of fouling on boiler heat transfer surface
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01M-099/00
F28G-003/16
F28G-015/00
F28G-015/02
F28G-015/04
G01D-005/00
G01L-001/22
G01L-005/00
출원번호
US-0808164
(2015-07-24)
등록번호
US-9915589
(2018-03-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Carlier, Timothy M.
Jones, Andrew K.
출원인 / 주소
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
대리인 / 주소
Barnes, III, Thomas W.
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초록▼
Detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler includes emitting a spray of pressurized fluid from a nozzle of a sootblower element when the nozzle is adjacent to a surface of the heat exchanger, and sensing a value indicative of a reactive force created by an impact of the pressurized fluid on t
Detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler includes emitting a spray of pressurized fluid from a nozzle of a sootblower element when the nozzle is adjacent to a surface of the heat exchanger, and sensing a value indicative of a reactive force created by an impact of the pressurized fluid on the surface of the heat exchanger and translated back to the sootblower element through the spray of the pressurized fluid. The method also includes determining when a substantial deposit is on the surface of the heat exchanger indicating fouling based on the value indicative of the reactive force.
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1. A method of detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler, the method comprising: emitting first and second sprays of pressurized fluid from respective first and second nozzles of a sootblower element;generating a value indicative of one or more reactive forces translated back to the sootblow
1. A method of detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler, the method comprising: emitting first and second sprays of pressurized fluid from respective first and second nozzles of a sootblower element;generating a value indicative of one or more reactive forces translated back to the sootblower element through one or both of the first and second sprays of the pressurized fluid, wherein the one or more reactive forces are created by impact of one or both of the first and second pressurized fluid sprays on a heat exchanger or one or more substantial deposits on the heat exchanger; anddetermining when a substantial deposit is on the heat exchanger indicating fouling based on the generated value. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second sprays of pressurized fluid comprises a subsonic stream of steam. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more reactive forces comprise one or more twisting forces exerted on the sootblower element. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the generated value is based on a sensed value from a strain gauge sensing element arranged on the sootblower element to detect the sensed value. 5. The method of claim 1, comprising: determining a linear position of the nozzles relative to a reference position;determining a rotational orientation of at least one of the nozzles relative to a reference orientation;determining whether one or more substantial deposits are on the heat exchanger based on the generated value, the linear position of the nozzles, and the rotational orientation of the at least one nozzle; andif it is determined that one or more substantial deposits are on the heat exchanger, determining a particular pair of possible locations of the one or more substantial deposits on the heat exchanger based on the linear position of the nozzles and the rotational orientation of the at least one nozzle. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the linear position of the nozzles and the rotational orientation of the at least one nozzle is based on a period of time that has transpired since an initial time. 7. The method of claim 1, comprising: moving the sootblower element from a first home position to a second maximum-in position in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plurality of platens of the heat exchanger;rotating the sootblower element around its longitudinal axis; anddefining a plurality of different sootblower element alignments within the boiler, each defined by a corresponding linear position between the first home and second maximum-in positions and a rotational orientation of the sootblower element. 8. The method of claim 7, comprising: at each of the plurality of different sootblower element alignments within the boiler during boiler operation, generating a respective value indicative of the one or more reactive forces translated back to the sootblower element through one or both of the first and second sprays of the pressurized fluid emitted by the sootblower element when at that particular alignment. 9. The method of claim 8, comprising: constructing, for the sootblower element, a map that indicates whether at least one substantial deposit is located at at least one heat exchanger location corresponding to each of the plurality of different sootblower element alignments. 10. The method of claim 8, comprising: at each of the plurality of different sootblower element alignments, measuring a respective baseline value, each baseline value indicative of no fouling being present at that particular alignment. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein moving the sootblower element and rotating the sootblower element while measuring the respective baseline values occur substantially at a same rate as when generating the respective values indicative of the one or more reactive forces during boiler operation. 12. The method of claim 10 comprising: at each of the plurality of different sootblower element alignments: determining when at least one substantial deposit is located at at least one of two possible locations of the heat exchanger corresponding to that particular sootblower element alignment based on a comparison between the generated respective value during boiler operation and the respective baseline value associated with that particular alignment. 13. The method of claim 7, comprising: as the sootblower element is moving and rotating within the boiler, at each of a plurality of different time instances, generating a respective value indicative of the one or more reactive forces exerted on the sootblower element through one or both of the first and second sprays of pressurized fluid for that particular time instance; andassociating with each of the plurality of different time instances a corresponding one of the plurality of sootblower element alignments. 14. The method of claim 13, comprising: at each of the plurality of different sootblower element alignments, measuring a respective baseline value, each baseline value indicative of no fouling being present at that particular alignment. 15. The method of claim 14, comprising: transforming the plurality of generated respective values during boiler operation and the plurality of baseline values into respective first and second sets of frequency-domain data. 16. The method of claim 15, comprising: reviewing a plurality of frequency bands of the first set of the frequency-domain data to identify a particular frequency band among the plurality of frequency bands, wherein the particular frequency band is more likely than any of the other frequency bands of the plurality to have a response that corresponds to the generated respective values. 17. The method of claim 16, comprising: transforming the frequency-domain data of the identified frequency band for both the first and second sets of frequency-domain data into corresponding first and second sets of time domain data, wherein each element of the first and second sets of the time domain data is defined by an associated one of the plurality of different time instances and an associated amplitude value. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein each element of the time domain data of the first set is associated with a respective corresponding element in the second set of the time domain data. 19. The method of claim 18, comprising: for each pair of corresponding elements of the first and second sets of time domain data: determining when one or more substantial deposits are on the heat exchanger based on a comparison between the associated amplitude value of the element of the first set of time domain data and the corresponding element of the second set of the time domain data. 20. A method of detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler, the method comprising: emitting a spray of pressurized fluid from a nozzle of a sootblower element;generating a value indicative of a reactive force translated back to the sootblower element through the spray of the pressurized fluid, wherein the reactive force is created by an impact of the pressurized fluid on a surface of the heat exchanger or a substantial deposit on the surface of the heat exchanger; anddetermining when a substantial deposit is on the surface of the heat exchanger indicating fouling based on the value indicative of the reactive force. 21. A system for detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler with a sootblower element which emits first and second sprays of pressurized fluid from respective first and second nozzles, the system comprising: a data acquisition system to generate a value indicative of one or more reactive forces translated back to the sootblower element through one or both of the first and second sprays of the pressurized fluid, wherein the one or more reactive forces are created by impact of one or both of the first and second pressurized fluid sprays on the heat exchanger or one or more substantial deposits on the heat exchanger; andthe data acquisition system further configured to determine when a substantial deposit is on the heat exchanger indicating fouling based on the generated value. 22. The system of claim 21, comprising: a strain gauge sensing element arranged on the sootblower element to sense a strain value on the sootblower element, wherein the generated value is based on the sensed strain value. 23. The system of claim 22, further comprising: a linear encoder to determine a linear position of the sootblower element relative to a reference position;a rotary encoder to determine a rotational orientation of the sootblower element relative to a home position;a control system coupled to and receiving data from said linear and rotary encoders corresponding to sensed linear and angular positions of the sootblower element; andthe data acquisition system coupled to the strain gauge sensing element to record strain values sensed by the strain gauge sensing element, the data acquisition system receiving and storing sootblower element alignment information from the control system comprising sootblower linear and angular positions. 24. The system of claim 22, wherein the data acquisition system is configured to: determine whether one or more substantial deposits are on the heat exchanger based on the generated value and a linear position and a rotational orientation of the nozzles; anddetermine, when it is determined that one or more substantial deposits are on the heat exchanger, a particular pair of possible locations of the one or more substantial deposits on the heat exchanger based on the linear position and the rotational orientation of the nozzles. 25. The system of claim 21, wherein the data acquisition system is configured to: generate, at each of a plurality of different sootblower element alignments within the boiler during boiler operation, a respective value indicative of the one or more reactive forces translated back to the sootblower element through one or both of the first and second sprays of the pressurized fluid emitted by the sootblower element when at that particular alignment, wherein each sootblower element alignment is defined by a corresponding linear position between a first home position and a second maximum-in position, and a rotational orientation of the sootblower element. 26. The system of claim 25, wherein the data acquisition system is configured to: construct, for the sootblower element, a map that indicates whether at least one substantial deposit is located at at least one heat exchanger location corresponding to each of the plurality of different sootblower element alignments. 27. A computer program product for detecting fouling of a heat exchanger of a boiler with a sootblower element which emits first and second sprays of pressurized fluid from respective first and second nozzles, the computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code to generate a value indicative of one or more reactive forces translated back to the sootblower element through one or both of the first and second sprays of the pressurized fluid, wherein the one or more reactive forces are created by impact of one or both of the first and second pressurized fluid sprays on the heat exchanger or one or more substantial deposits on the heat exchanger; andcomputer readable program code to determine when a substantial deposit is on the heat exchanger indicating fouling based on the generated value. 28. The computer program product of claim 27, comprising: computer readable program code to receive a sensed strain value from a strain gauge sensing element arranged on the sootblower element to sense the strain value on the sootblower element, wherein the generated value is based on the sensed strain value. 29. The computer program product of claim 28, comprising: computer readable program code to receive data from a linear encoder and a rotary encoder corresponding to sensed linear and angular positions of the sootblower element;computer readable program code to record strain values sensed by the strain gauge sensing element; andcomputer readable program code to store sootblower element alignment information comprising sootblower linear and angular positions. 30. The computer program product of claim 27, comprising computer readable program code to: determine whether one or more substantial deposits are on the heat exchanger based on the generated value and a linear position and a rotational orientation of the nozzles; anddetermine, when it is determined that one or more substantial deposits are on the heat exchanger, a particular pair of possible locations of the one or more substantial deposits on the heat exchanger based on the linear position and the rotational orientation of the nozzles. 31. The computer program product of claim 27, comprising: computer readable program code to generate, at each of a plurality of different sootblower element alignments within the boiler during boiler operation, a respective value indicative of the one or more reactive forces translated back to the sootblower element through one or both of the first and second sprays of the pressurized fluid emitted by the sootblower element when at that particular alignment, wherein each sootblower element alignment is defined by a corresponding linear position between a first home position and a second maximum-in position, and a rotational orientation of the sootblower element. 32. The computer program product of claim 31, comprising: computer readable program code to construct, for the sootblower element, a map that indicates whether at least one substantial deposit is located at at least one heat exchanger location corresponding to each of the plurality of different sootblower element alignments.
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