Advancement of steam generation process in water tube boiler using Taguchi design of experiments

T. Sathish; V. Mohanavel; Asif Afzal; M. Arunkumar; M. Ravichandran; Sher Afghan Khan; Parvathy Rajendran; Mohammad Asif

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Oct 2021)

Advancement of steam generation process in water tube boiler using Taguchi design of experiments

T. Sathish,
V. Mohanavel,
Asif Afzal,
M. Arunkumar,
M. Ravichandran,
Sher Afghan Khan,
Parvathy Rajendran,
Mohammad Asif

Affiliations

T. Sathish: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602105, Tamil Nadu, India; Corresponding author.
V. Mohanavel: Centre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 600073, Tamilnadu, India
Asif Afzal: Department of Mechanical Engineering, P. A. College of Engineering (Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi), Mangaluru, 574153, India; Corresponding author.
M. Arunkumar: Department of Agriculture Engineering, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641 062, Tamilnadu, India
M. Ravichandran: Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy, 621112, Tamilnadu, India
Sher Afghan Khan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Parvathy Rajendran: School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia; Faculty of Engineering & Computing, First City University College, Bandar Utama, 47800, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia; Corresponding author. School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
Mohammad Asif: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, PO Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27
p. 101247

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Steam generation and utilization are needed in many industries and home appliances with, specific requirements. Though there are numerous categories of boilers available for steam generation, this analysis concentrated on the water tube boiler since it produces more steam and offers better safety measures. Taguchi techniques are considered in this entire research work completed through design of experiments (DOE). Orthogonal array L16 is selected to examine the steam generation with four process parameters and four levels. Selected process parameters are namely temperature of feed water (°C), the pressure of feed water (bar), cold water supply (liters), and boiler drum pressure (bar). The response of this study is the as steam generation to since increasing the steam is a target of this investigation. The experimental value of the steam generation is compared with the desired range; most of the response values are within the predicted value. Further, the superheated steam temperature and pressure analysis were also carried out. The maximum steam generation is achieved as 84.31 L; registered in the 15th run of the experiment.

Published in Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

ISSN: 2214-157X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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