AUXILIARY STEAM SYSTEM OPERATION

3.3.5.1 Technical specification and overview to the system

One auxiliary steam header is set up for the system to meet the requirements on parameters from the consumer.
The design pressure of auxiliary steam header is 1.6MPa.
The temperature is 351℃. For the first unit start-up, the auxiliary steam of the auxiliary steam header is from
the starting boiler. When the load on this unit reaches 30% rated load, switch over the auxiliary
steam to the cold reheated steam of this unit. When the load on this unit reaches approximately
75%, transfer the auxiliary steam over to the stage IV extraction steam. In order to prevent the
steam from back flow into the stage IV extraction under the abnormal conditions, a check valve is
set up on stage IV extraction pipeline.
When the auxiliary steam headers of the two units are connected by the connection pipes, the units are
established. And when the unit starts up, the auxiliary steam sources would serve as the standby
for each other.
The auxiliary steam system the main pipe system, which mainly supplies steam to the are-preheater
sootblowing, boiler bottom heating, fuel oil heating, fuel oil purge and the small turbine
commissioning.
3.3.5.2 Activation of Auxiliary Steam System
3.3.5.2.1 Preparations before Auxiliary Steam System Activation
3.3.5.2.1.1 Make sure the operation of compressed air system is normal.
3.3.5.2.1.2 Make sure the operation of condensate system is normal (or the condensate conveying pump
operates normally and the desuperheating water is normal) .
3.3.5.2.1.3 Each motor-driven valves and governing valves of the system are supplied with power.
3.3.5.2.1.4 Check if the position of each valve is correct or not according to the system valve card.
3.3.5.2.2 Start up Boiler Steam Supply
3.3.5.2.2.1 Pipe Warm-up
1) When startup boiler pressure reaches to 0.2MPa, slowly open the startup boiler steam supply valve
to carry out the steam supply main pipe pre-warming and put the drain water into operation.
2) Slowly open the steam supply manual valve, motor-driven valves and governing valve from the
startup boiler to auxiliary steam header and supply steam to war up the header. Pay attention that
the drain water should be enough to prevent the pipe vibration. Open the drain water valve from
the pipeline drain water tank to the periodical drain flash tank, and after the chemical assay of
water quality of the drain water tank meets the requirement, close the drain valve to the periodical
blowdown flash tank and open the drain valve to the condenser according to the vacuum extraction
state of the condenser.
3) During the box and pipe warm-up, maintain the steam pressure at 0.2MPa, and the time should be
30m minutes, and monitor the pipe vibration and the system leakage.
4) After the pipe warm-up, close all the drain valves and drainer bypass valve on the pipes and on the
headers and put the drainer into operation.
3.3.5.2.2.2 With the increase of the startup boiler temperature and pressure, the startup boiler reaches rated
parameters, adjust the governing valve from the startup boiler to auxiliary steam header steam
supply governing valve to increase the pressure and temperature gradually and maintain the HP
auxiliary steam header pressure at 0.6 ～ 1.25MPa ， and temperature should be NO more than
 350oC.
3.3.5.2.2.3 Open the valves to the consumers according to the consumer requirements. Pay attention that
before the steam supply to the consumers, completely warm up the drain water to prevent the
vibration.
3.3.5.2.3 Auxiliary Steam Source Operation Mode:
3.3.5.2.3.1 When single unit is in operation, the main pipe steam is supplied by this machine. Combine the
steam of the startup boiler as the standby. When more than two units are in operation, a more
reliable machine drives the main pipe and another serves as standby.
3.3.5.2.3.2 During the operation of auxiliary steam headers of each unit, the IV extraction steam is the steam
source, and the cold reheated steam source serves as standby. During the unit shutdown, another
unit or the startup boiler supplies the steam.
3.3.5.3 Auxiliary Steam System Normal Maintenance Content
3.3.5.3.1 During the operation, control the parameter, such as pressure 0.6～1.25MPa，and temperature 335
～350℃.
3.3.5.3.2 Pay attention to adjust the pressure of each auxiliary header and check if the temperature is normal.
During pipeline activation, drain water completely to prevent the pipe vibration and flange
leakage.
3.3.5.3.3 Reinforce the monitoring of the water level of the pipe drain water tank and check if the drain
water interlock is normal or not.
3.3.5.3.4 During the startup boiler steam supply, if the startup boiler is full of water, cut off the steam supply
to the auxiliary header and drain the water completely and the auxiliary header steam supply will
be realized by the adjacent unit and this unit.
3.3.5.3.5 During the normal operation of the auxiliary steam station, the drainer should be normally put into
operation, and other low level drain water on other pipes should be properly opened according to
the actual situation.
3.3.5.3.6 If the unit with auxiliary steam main pipe has any fault, put the reheated cold section to the HP
main pipe steam supply of the normal operation unit into operation or the startup boiler closes the
failed unit cold reheated steam valve.
3.3.5.4 Auxiliary Steam Source Shutdown
3.3.5.4.1 Make sure that all the consumers of the auxiliary steam header stop using the steam.
3.3.5.4.2 Inform the startup boiler to prepare for boiler shutdown.
3.3.5.4.3 Close all the steam supply valves from the auxiliary steam to the consumers.
3.3.5.4.4 Stop the desuperheater and deactivate the automatic adjustment.
3.3.5.4.5 Close steam supply valves of startup boiler to auxiliary steam header and the governing valve is
put out of operation automatically.
3.3.5.4.6 Open the bypass valves of the drainer and close the inlet and outlet drain valve.
3.3.5.5 Control and interlock
3.3.5.5.1 Motor-driven gate valve on the cold reheated steam pipeline
This valve is on the pipeline from the cold reheated steam to auxiliary steam header to isolate the
pipeline from the cold reheated steam to the header. It is can be operated manually in the control
room or automatically.
A) Automatic open
 1) The turbine HP casing exhaust steam pressure is 1Mpa.
2) The stage IV extraction steam pressure is 0.6MPa.
3) When this unit is in service, the other unit load is lower than 30% of rated load.
B) Automatic close
1) Turbine trip
2) Turbine HP casing exhaust pressure is ≤1 Mpa or the IV extraction steam pressure reaches to 0.6
Mpa.
3) When this unit is in operation, the load of another unit le more than 75%.
3.3.5.5.2 Motor-driven valve on the cold reheated steam pipeline
This valve is located on the pipeline from the cold reheated steam to the auxiliary steam header. It is used to
adjust the pressure from the cold reheated steam to auxiliary steam header.
1) It will close automatically when turbine trips.
2) Only when the motor-driven gate valve before this valve is opened completely. The command for
adjustment is effective.
3) This valve can adjust the cold reheated steam pressure to 1MPa in control room.
3.3.5.5.3 Motor-driven gate valve on the pipeline from the stage IV extraction to auxiliary steam header
This valve is located on the pipeline from the stage IV extraction to auxiliary steam header. It is
used to isolate stage IV extraction and auxiliary steam system. It is capable of being operated
automatically or manually in the control room.
A) Conditions for automatic opening
The stage IV extraction steam pressure is 0.6MPa (adjustable) . When this valve is opened
completely, the motor-driven gate valve on the pipeline from the cold reheated steam to auxiliary
steam header will be interlock closed.
B) Conditions for automatic close
1) Turbine trips.
2) The stage IV extraction steam pressure is <0.6MPa (adjustable)，the motor-driven gate
valve of cold reheatd steam should be interlock opened.
3.3.5.5.4 The motor-driven valve on the pipeline form the auxiliary steam to deaerator
This valve is located on the steam pipeline from the auxiliary steam header to deaerator. It is used
to isolate pipeline from the auxiliary steam header to deaerator. It can be opened or closed
automatically or manually in the control room.
A) Automatic close
1) The deaerator level reaches the High High Hight valve.
2) The stage IV extraction steam pressure is >0.25Mpa.
3) The deaerator pressure is 1Mpa. Close forcedly the motor-driven governor valve on the
pipeline from the auxiliary steam header to the deaerator.
B) Automatic open
The stage IV extraction steam pressure is 0.25MPa. Open forcedly the motor-driven governor valve on the
pipeline from the auxiliary steam header to the deaerator.
3.3.5.5.5 Motor-driven governor valve on the pipeline from the auxiliary steam to deaerator.
This valve is located on the pipeline from the auxiliary steam header to the deaerator. It is used to adjust the
pressure of steam supply from deaerator.
This valve can adjust the pressure of steam to deaerator to a certain value. The conditions for automatic open
and close refer to the requirements on motor-driven valve.
3.3.5.5.6 Open the motor-driven valve on the pipeline from the starting boiler to auxiliary steam header
This valve is located on the pipeline from the starting boiler steam to auxiliary steam header. It is
used to isolate the pipeline from the starting boiler to the auxiliary steam header. It can be opened
or closed automatically or manually in control room.
A) Conditions for automatic open
When the unit starts, the load on both units is less than 30% of rated load, or the HP casing exhaust steam
pressure is lower than 1MPa.
B) Conditions for automatic close
The load on anyone unit is higher than 30% of rated load, or the anyone turbine HP casing exhaust
steam is higher than 1MPa.
3.3.5.5.7 Motor-driven stop valve from the pipeline to neighboring boiler heat header
This valve is located on the steam pipeline from the auxiliary steam header to the neighboring boiler. It is used
to heat the boiler water, improve the boiler water circulation, reduce the starting time. It can be
operated automatically or manually in control room.
A) Conditions for automatic open
When the unit starts, the auxiliary steam pressure is higher than that of the lower header of boiler
water wall.
B) Conditions for automatic close
When the unit starts, the pressure of auxiliary steam is less than or equal to the pressure of lower
header of boiler water wall.

MCS

1.3.12 Auxiliary Header Pressure Control System

1.3.12.1 Principle of Operation
This loop is to control the pressure from cold RH to auxiliary steam header, and maintain the auxiliary header
pressure in normal scale by modulating the steam pressure control valve.
1.3.12.2 Operation System
1.3.12.2.1 SP, PV of M/A Station
SP: The Setpoint of Pressure Engineering Unit: MPa Scale：0—1.1
PV: The Measurement of Pressure Engineering Unit: MPa Scale：0—1.1
When the valve is in manual, SP tracks PV; when the valve is in auto, SP is set by operators on M/A station.
1.3.12.2.2 Manual Conditions of M/A Station
 Pressure in Bad Quality
 Valve Fault
 PID Controller SP/PV Error in High/Low Deviation