Summary of BOP Inputs and Screens

This table provides a guide to the main program. In real use, each box or cell represents a screen or window that either displays information or requests input from the user. Section 1 is only entered the first session and is automatically saved to disk. Section 2 is only entered once at the start of each new session. Section 3 repeats as often as required as you enter new information.

boilerOptimizer Lite 1.2 2001-March

   yellow boxes are explanations or results    
  blue are input required    
    green are not critical info    
     sample linked pages are underlined in blue    
Section 1        
This Section 1, intro data is only entered the first        
time, it is saved and recalled each session        
         
Intro page      
  description 1 you can skip over these descriptions    
  description 2      
  description 3      
  description 4      
  description 5      
  description 6      
  description 7      
  description 8      
  company name      
  location      
  Using gas? Y N  
  Gas Units? $/1000ft3 $/Therm $/M#
  Cost of Gas      
  Types of Gas? Natural Process Coke Oven
  Using Oil? Y N  
  How many boilers?      
  Boiler Name or #      
  Boiler Type      
  Max Design Pressure      
  Max Design Load      
  Burning oil this boiler? Y N  
  Burning gas? Y N  
  Outside Exposure Y N  
  Economizer Y N  
  APH Y N  
  Superheat Y N  
  Reheat Y N  
  Change any above ?      
         
  Standard Conditions      
  Base Fuel Oil Gas  
  Load swing/base Swing Base  
  Standard Load      
  Standard O2      
  save base data      

Section 2 
        
Enter this info once Date auto entered  
  at start of each session Humidity explanation    
  assumptions are these Dry Bulb Temp    
  values unlikely to Rel Humidity    
  change during test      
    Fuel gas density    
    gas HHV    
    gas details    
    gas cost    
    Type of Oil #2 #6
    Oil info    
    Oil cost units $/Usgal $/L
    oil cost    
    Fuel temp    
    Oil density    
    Sulphur %    
    Water %    
    Ash %    
    HHV btu/lb    
    Oil Specs    

Section 3 
        
  This data needs to be Time - Testing Set # auto entered  
  input for each set Steam Rate    
    Dearator Press    
    FW Temp    
         
    Blowdown from Chemistry? if yes, 5 other screens  
    Blowdown %    
    Feed Water Rate    
    Compare Stm vs FW vs BD    
         
    steam press    
    sat steam temp    
    super heat temp    
    heat values    
         
    oil rate    
    gas rate    
         
  these may be highly gas density only needed if process gas  
  variable with time gas HHV or coke oven gas  
         
    mixed fuel specs    
         
  Air Pre Heat sub section APH description    
  if there is no APH O2 at inlet    
  then only stack O2 at stack    
  values would appear CO2 at stack    
    Stack temp data data smoothing routine  
    Stack temp    
    CO at stack    
    Combustion air temp    
    CO2 at inlet    
    CO at inlet    
    Gas temp in APH    
    Air temp out APH    
         
    Uncorrected Efficiency 1    
    Uncorrected Efficiency 2    
         
    Compare CO2 vs O2    
         
    Readings agree - Leakage    
    Corrected Stack temp    
    Corrected O2    
    Explanation    
    Uncorrected Heat Balance    
         
    correlation    
    predicted efficiency    
         
         
    data error analysis    
    inout vs loss    
    explanation    
    steam hi or lo    
    adjust stm or fw    
         
    calc fuel or steam    
    calc oil or gas    
    computed rate    
    fuel meter error    
         
    corrected heat balance    
    data correlations    
    predicted efficiency    
    best efficiency    
    measured vs predicted    
    save data set    
    choose from menu    
    1 review data  
    2 input new data  
    3 heat balance  
  5-8 only available if more 4 save and exit  
  than 6 data sets entered 5 what if we changed …...?  
    6 what found  
  multiple screens from 7 efficiency/load graph  
  any of these options 8 cost/load graph  
    9 start over/exit  
         
         
         

If this looks like a lot of screens and information, it is !!

but, to potentially save thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, don't you think it's worth some time and effort??

Remember the athletes say; "NO PAIN­ NO GAIN!"

 

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Last Updated on 3/20/02
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