METHOD OF DETERMINING A TUBE LEAKAGE IN A WATER-STEAM CIRCUIT OF A COMBUSTION BOILER SYSTEM, AND A COMBUSTION BOILER

    公开(公告)号:US20240318815A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18576482

    申请日:2021-09-09

    发明人: Teri HILTUNEN

    IPC分类号: F22B37/42

    CPC分类号: F22B37/421

    摘要: A method of determining a tube leakage in a water-steam circuit of a combustion boiler system. The method includes measuring a main steam flow (QMS,M) prevailing in the water-steam circuit of the system during operation, modelling the main steam flow (QMS,C) in the water-steam circuit during operation by utilizing process data in a numerical model of the system giving the main steam (QMS,C) flow of the system under substantially tube-leak-free conditions, comparing the measured water-steam flow with the modelled water-steam flow to obtain an error measure (DMS) for main steam flow included in an error measure set, monitoring the error measure set and number of occurrences in the error measure set during operation, and determining the presence of a water-steam circuit tube leakage when error measures (ΔMS) exceed a pre-defined threshold, or a number of occurrences in the error measure set exceed a predetermined threshold during a predetermined time period.