SmartProcess® Improves Boiler Operation and Temperature Control at WFEC’s Hugo Plant

Published By Emerson Process Management

• Published October 2007
• 2 Page(s)

Use of Powder River Basin coal has caused the Hugo station to experience high levels of slagging, which in turn can reduce heat transfer to the boiler tubes and increase differential across the furnace. WFEC sought to capture best practices in a strategic sootblowing advisory system to reduce the increased slagging as well as provide consistency in the unit’s sootblowing schedule, avoid fan stalls, and stabilize reheat temperatures. This case study describes how a collaborative effort between Emerson and WFEC Hugo plant personnel produced a customized SmartProcess® Sootblower Optimizer achieved these goals.