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Rapid Turnaround for Equipment Trouble-Shooting
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A finite section of the cylinder was simulated. |
Faced with an unusual duct burner installation issue, a major boiler
manufacturer turned to Fluent's CFD consulting services to identify the
source of the problem. Fluent analyzed the flow in the duct leading to
the superheater in the gas turbine heat recovery steam generator system.
A supplemental burner, located in the duct, was adversely affecting the
flow distribution to the superheater. Fluent's CFD models predicted the
degree of non-uniformity in the duct and demonstrated how varying the
open area of a perforated plate flow correction grid could compensate
for the duct burner arrangement. Based on the CFD results, engineers in
the field installed a fix and confirmed the expected performance improvement.
Within four days, while field engineers
were on-site at the remote power station,
Fluent's CFD analysis identified the problem and
provided the basis for installing a solution.
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