Journal of Quality Engineering and Management

Design for Reliability: Case Study HRSG Boiler  

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammadjavad Shamsi 1
Mahmoud Shahrokhi 2

1  Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Iran 

2   Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Kurdistan. Iran 

https://doi.org/10.48313/jqem.2020.131074
Abstract
The use of Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) in combined cycle power plants dramatically increases the efficiency of power generation. One of the most important parts of HRSG is Feed Water System (FWS). This paper describes the process of selecting the optimal configuration for the FWS of Heat Recovery Steam Generator, which has been done in MAPNA Boiler and Equipment Engineering and Manufacturing Company. First, the important equipment of the FWS is identified and is demonstrated by the reliability block diagram. Then the failure rate of each equipment is estimated using the documents of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the OREDA handbook and the IEEE 500 standard, and the system reliability is calculated in the Excel software environment. Finally, the results were analyzed and based on that, the optimal configuration of the FWS is determined. The proposed approach can also be used to design the reliability-based design of other industrial systems. 
 
 

Keywords

Heat Recovery Steam Generator
Feed Water System
Block diagram model
Reliability
Failure
Redundancy 
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Journal of Quality Engineering and Management
Volume 10, Issue 3
Autumn 2020
Pages 189-202

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