Operation characteristics of a bubbling fluidized bed heat exchanger with internal solid circulation for a 550-MWe ultra-supercritical CFB boiler

The world first 550-MWe ultra-supercritical circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler is designed with integrated recycle heat exchangers (INTREX) and internal solid circulation. In this research, in order to investigate the heat transfer behavior and the significance of the internal circulation, the operation characteristics of the four INTREXes as final superheaters including heat transfer coefficients and ash flow rates under different load...