Burner Management System Presentation
Burner Management System Presentation
Burner Management System Presentation
System
General guidelines
Interlock and Protection
Hardware architecture
What shall w e look into, in
today’s session?
NFPA guidelines
BMS requirements
BMS architecture
What is NFPA?
NFPA is an abbreviation for National Fire Protection Association
It’s mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the
quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards,
research, training, and education.
PURPOSE
The standard provides minimum requirements for the design, installation,
operation, and maintenance of large commercial and industrial boilers, heat
recovery steam generators, and related combustion systems. These
requirements help prevent fires, explosions, and implosions, and contribute
to overall safety.
SCOPE
The standard covers structural design, purging systems, and fuel-burning
systems, including fuel supplies , the main burner, combustion control
systems, burner management systems, furnace pressure control systems,
and other system and function requirements. Procedures for normal and
emergency start-up and shut-down, fuel transfer, and firing of more than one
fuel are also covered. Some requirements are specific to certain equipment
applications.
NFPA Applicable standards for
Boilers and Furnaces
NFPA 85 is a compilation of six earlier standards:
NFPA 8501, Single-Burner Boiler Operation;
NFPA 8502, Prevention of Furnace Explosions/ Implosions in
MultipleBurner Boilers;
NFPA 8503, Pulverized Fuel Systems,
NFPA 8504, Atmospheric Fluidized-Bed Boiler Operation;
NFPA 8505, Stoker Operation; and
NFPA 8506, Heat-- Recovery Steam Generator Systems.
NFPA defines
a Boiler Control System as “The group of control systems that
regulates the boiler process, including the combustion
control system but not the burner management system.” and
NFPA defines
all parts of the BMS shall remain in good working order and in service
whenever the burner is in service if the system is to provide the protection
for which it is designed.
BMS - What are the basic
Functions?
The BMS shall be designed to perform the following functions:
Prevent firing unless a satisfactory furnace purge has first been completed.
Prohibit start-up of the equipment unless certain permissive interlocks have first
been completed.
Monitor and control the correct component sequencing during start-up and shut-
down of the equipment.
Classification
Depending on the fuels involved the fuel safety control can be
made up of the following:
Master fuel trip
Oil fuel trip
Master Fuel Trip
If any of the predetermined master fuel trip condition occurs a master fuel
trip is initiated. The first out cause of trip indication is displayed and
alarmed. Conditions of a master fuel trip are:
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – all ID fans off
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Air flow less than 2 5 %
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Loss of all fuel
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Loss of all flame
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Furnace pressure very
high/low
Furnace pressure very high /low
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Drum level very
high/low
Drum level very high / low
Source : Hydrastep and drum level transmitter
Implication:
High: Will result in Flooding of superheaters causing
a.carryover of dissolved solids and hence deposition downstream effecting
heat transfer
b. fall of steam temperature and quenching of Turbine
Low: Will result in starvation of water in the furnace tubes which will lead to
tube metal overheating as no cooling medium is present
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Critical flameout
Critical Flameout
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Delayed light-up
Delayed light up
Source : MFT reset , LDO shut off valves open and no oil
gun in operation (or in other words put into service)
within 10 mins of opening of LDO shut-off valves.
Action: MFT
MFT conditions
MFT – Re-heater protection
Re-heater protection
Source : All governor valves closed, HP bypass valve < 2% open with
a.at least one feeder running from remote
or
b. More than 8 out of 12 oil guns in
operation
Action: MFT
MFT
conditions
MFT – Condenser Vacuum
Low
Condenser Vacuum Low
Action: MFT
MFT
conditions
EFFECTS OF M F T
MFT RELAY OPERATED
LDOT
HFOT
TRIP ALL
MILLS
TRIP ALL FEEDERS
TRIP TURBINE
Oil Fuel Trip
If any of the predetermined oil fuel trip conditions is exceeded the oil fuel trip is initiated. The first
out cause of trip indication is displayed and alarmed. All oil fuel is removed from the boiler and all
oil burners are shutdown. Depending on other conditions a master fuel trip may be generated.
Conditions of an oil fuel trip are:
When : Once the boiler purge has been completed and the master fuel trip
has been reset.
How : It ensures that individual fuel and air conditions for pre lightup are
satisfactory for igniter and burner operation, which shall include following
checks and hence provide permission to light LDO,
Classification of burners
Burner for coal firing – gravity fed down shot fired, corner
fired, front fired
Individual Burner Control -
Oil
Why : To ensure on light up a healthy flame is detected at the oil burner
else burner is to be taken out of service ensuring no remnants of fuel in
the burner
Note 1:
Burner Permission to start is present
Burner start PB operated
Note 2 :
Atomising air valve open
LDO valve open
Oil gun inserted
Oil flame detected
Sequence of operation
Step 1:
Burner is in lighting mode
Burner is not in
operation
Feeder
Secondary
is not running
air dampers are initiated to move to oil position ( air flow 30 to 120
fromT/hr)
remote
Step 2:
Burner is in lighting mode
Secondary air dampers are in oil position or Feeder is running from remote
Oil gun insertion initiated
Step 3:
Burner is in lighting mode
Oil gun inserted
Atomising air valve open initiated
Oil Burner Light-up
Step 5a:
Sequence of Burner is in lighting mode
Sequence of operation
Step 5b:
Burner is in lighting mode
Oil gun inserted
Atomising air valve open
Scavenge valve closed
Spark ignitor inserted
LDO selected
LDO valve open
initiated
Oil flame is detected
Burner in lighting mode for 60 secs and oil gun not inserted
Burner in lighting mode for 60 secs and LDO valve closed
Burner in lighting mode for 60 secs and atomising air valve not full open
LDO valve not closed and oil gun not inserted
LDO valve neither full close for 15 secs nor full open
LDO valve not closed for 10 secs and oil flame not detected
LDO valve not closed and scavenge valve not closed
LDOT
MFT
Air flow < 10 %
Oil Burner Scavenging
A condition which sees LDO valve close from open condition generates Burner oil gun scavenge
required (resets when oil gun is retracted or LDO valve is not closed)
Sequence of operation
Step 1:
Burner oil scavenge required persists
Oil gun scavenge not blocked
Indicates burner oil gun in scavenge
mode
Step 2:
Oil gun in scavenge mode
Oil gun inserted
Atomising pressure
healthy
Spark ignitor insertion
Step 3a:
Spark ignitor inserted
Energise spark ignitor
Oil Burner Scavenging
Burner oil gun scavenge is blocked when
MFT
LDOT
Either scavenge valve or atomising valve not full open when burner is in
scavenge mode, oil gun is inserted, atomizing air pressure is healthy,
ignitor is inserted and sparking
Either ignitor power is not available or ignitor not inserted when burner is
in scavenge mode, oil gun is inserted, atomizing air pressure is healthy,
Oil gun scavenge required persists and Atomizing air pressure not
healthy
Oil gun scavenge required persists and Oil gun not inserted
Oil Burner stop command
Sequence of operation
Step 3b:
Oil gun in scavenge mode
Oil gun inserted
Atomising pressure healthy
Spark ignitor inserted
Spark ignitor power
available
Scavenge valve open
initiated
Step 4:
Scavenge valve open
Step 3b condition satisfied
Atomising air selected
Atomizing air valve
open initiated
Oil Burner Scavenging
Sequence of operation
Step 5:
Atomizing air valve open
Scavenge valve open
Spark ignitor inserted
Spark ignitor power
available
2 mins has not elapsed
since starting of
scavenge process
Indicates Burner oil
gun purge/scavenge
in progress
Step 6:
Step 5 all conditions remaining except that 2 mins has elapsed since
starting of scavenge process
Oil gun retract initiated
Oil Burner Scavenging
Sequence of operation
Step 7:
Oil gun retracted
Initiates
scavenge valve to close,
atomising air valve to close,
de-energise spark ignitor,
retract spark ignitor and
simultaneously “scavenge
required” message will
disappear
Back to “Individual Burner Control”
Individual Burner Control -
Coal
Why : To transfer the firing from oil to coal and attain a stable
flame in the furnace at high loads
Note:
Mill running from remote for 10 secs moves the secondary air
dampers to PF position
Mill Start Permissive
Either of the following conditions below de-energize Mill hard relay and
indicates Mill in shutdown mode
Mill is empty, Mill selected to remote, Stop Mill initiated…. Inhibits oil burner
shutdown until Mill outlet temperature is < 60°C and mill is stopped
MFT
Mill Trip relay
Mill Seal Air valve Open /
Close
Either of the following conditions will result in opening of Mill Seal Air
Valve
Mill Trip relay reset
PA to Mill inlet damper not closed
Open Seal air valve initiated
Provided no Seal air valve close signal persists
When :
On Turbine trip
Load rejection >50 %
Single FD or PA fan running
The Tricon controller uses three identical channels to process single data
from field
Inpu Main
OOuup
t tpu
t
Process
Leg or C utLteLe Loopback
Loopback
C gg
CC
Terminology and “buzz” words
Fault Tolerant
The Ability of the System to Continue to Perform its
Function in the Presence of Faults and Errors.
No Single Point of Failure will Shutdown the
System
Fail-Safe
If the System does Fail it will Fail to the Safe State or the
state of the Equipment Under Control (EUC) when safety
is achieved - de-energized for ESD Systems
PFD - Probability-to-Fail On Demand
Availability
The probability that the system will be operational at
some instant of time
WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES?
Diagnostic Features
• Input card – checks for “stuck on” points