Furnace Heat Absorption in Pulverized-Coal-Fired Steam Generator, Willow Island Station: Part II—Variation in Heat Absorption as Shown by Measurement of Surface Temperature of Exposed Side of Furnace Tubes

Abstract

Abstract During the month of June, 1949, a series of thirteen furnace tests were conducted at Willow Island Power Station, a new plant on the system of The Monongahela Power Company, located at Willow Island, West Va. The test program was carried out under the auspices of the ASME Special Research Committee on Furnace Performance Factors, and represents the third in a sequence of field investigations undertaken by the committee for direct measurement of operating performance of commercially important furnace types, previous tests having been conducted at Tidd Station in 1945, and at Paddy’s Run Station in 1947 and 1948. A companion paper describing the tests at Willow Island, deals with the measurement of over-all furnace heat absorption by heat-balance method. The present paper is concerned with supplementary and independent measurements of furnace heat absorption obtained from special thermocouples installed in the furnace wall tubes.