ABMA paper 9 00 Johnston Boiler（ABMA纸9 00 约翰斯顿锅炉）.pdf

Measurements and Design Enhancements in Firetube Boilers Using Improved Technology David Thornock Johnston Boiler Company Hartman Mitchell Fintube Technologies ABSTRACT Firetube, Scotch Marine boilers have been used throughout the world for over a century and have been one of the mainstays behind process steam applications and industrial heating plants. The design of the current boiler products has been in place for well over 30 years. However, both market conditions and a demand for furnace chambers that will be compatible to low NOx combustion systems have caused Johnston Boiler Company to review their firetube boiler design. This paper will report in-flame temperature measurements, utilizing precise pyrometry techniques, which were taken over a wide range of boiler sizes. These temperature measurements document the effect of furnace size, furnace volume and flame area on heat transfer and NOx formation. In addition to the in-flame temperature measurements, inlet and outlet temperatures were taken over tubes with augmented heat transfer surfaces to document the effect of this tube construction on overall boiler convection performance. Lastly, this paper will address the advantages of using augmented surface tubes for boiler design to increase steam volume and quality. INTRODUCTION Johnston Boiler Company has been making boilers on the same site for 136 years and the purpose of these boilers has not changed from the very early days. Steam has been used for many different things, but the actual steam generation has remained the same. Over the course of history, bo