System and method for drum level control in a drum of a heat recovery steam generator

• Main Authors: Nenmeni, Vijay Anand Raghavendran, Chriswindarto, Wulang Edwien, Estrada, Kelvin Rafael
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.11.2018
• Subjects: AUXILIARY DEVICES FOR PROMOTING WATER CIRCULATION WITHINBOILERS; BLASTING; CONTROLLING WATER LEVEL; FEED-WATER SUPPLY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; PREHEATING, OR ACCUMULATING PREHEATED, FEED-WATER; STEAM BOILERS; STEAM GENERATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; WEAPONS

A system includes the HRSG having an economizer disposed along a fluid flow path, and a drum disposed along the fluid flow path downstream of the economizer. The HRSG also includes a drum level control module configured to modulate an amount of the fluid provided to the drum along the fluid flow path and a supplemental control module configured to control an amount of the fluid in a different manner than the drum level control module. The heat recovery steam generator also includes a drum level event controller configured to monitor a rate of change of a level of the fluid in the drum. If the rate of change is over a threshold value, a signal goes to the supplemental control. If the rate of change is less than or equal to the threshold value, the signal goes to the drum level control module.