Numerical Analysis of Stress and Temperature Coupled Field for Boiler Superheater in Thermal Power Plant

Boiler failure is the main power plant boiler operation fault. And boiler superheater tube is one of the important reasons for boiler failure, which affects the safe and stable operation of power generation equipment. Structure design and calculation of boiler superheater has important influence on performance and life of boiler, so three-dimensional structural model of boiler superheater is built in this paper. Based on the finite element method boiler superheater in temperature and stress coupled field are analyzed. The highest temperature, maximum stress, and distribution characteristics of stress and temperature couple field of boiler superheater including straight and elbow section are computed. The date on the actual operation of a power plant was used in the process of analysis. And thermal physics and mechanical properties of the boiler superheater tube were taken full consideration. It provides a reliable basis for reasonable design and safety evaluation of the boiler superheater.