Pratt & Whitney has developed a novel boiler cleaning product based on pulse detonation combustion to efficiently remove ash deposits from coal-fired power plants as well as other industrial boiler applications. This new product, the SHOCKSystem™, offers significant advantages relative to conventional boiler cleaning methodology, including a likely reduction of erosion wear, as well as non-line-of-sight cleaning while online, which not only enhances overall plant performance but also enables a reduction and/or elimination of plant outages caused by fouling. As a result, the online detonation cleaning method has been shown to save millions of dollars in annual power generation costs for the typical coal-fired utility boiler. This paper briefly describes the pulse detonation cycle, presents the new online detonation cleaning method, and discusses demonstrated plant performance improvements and power generation cost savings using this method.
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ASME 2006 Power Conference
May 2–4, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Power Division
ISBN:
0-7918-4205-3
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A Novel Boiler Ash Deposit Removal System
Thomas R. A. Bussing,
Thomas R. A. Bussing
Pratt & Whitney Material Management, Inc.
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James R. Hochstein, Jr.,
James R. Hochstein, Jr.
Pratt & Whitney Material Management, Inc.
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J. Patrick Harty
J. Patrick Harty
Pratt & Whitney Material Management, Inc.
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Thomas R. A. Bussing
Pratt & Whitney Material Management, Inc.
James R. Hochstein, Jr.
Pratt & Whitney Material Management, Inc.
J. Patrick Harty
Pratt & Whitney Material Management, Inc.
Paper No:
POWER2006-88226, pp. 551-566; 16 pages
Published Online:
October 7, 2008
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Bussing, TRA, Hochstein, JR, Jr., & Harty, JP. "A Novel Boiler Ash Deposit Removal System." Proceedings of the ASME 2006 Power Conference. ASME 2006 Power Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. May 2–4, 2006. pp. 551-566. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2006-88226
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