Inspection and maintenance of fluidized bed boilers

Abstract

The backbone for any economy is energy, a country cannot develop without constant supply of energy to power its industries and heating to keep homes warm during winter especially in Europe and countries with colder climate, this makes the energy industry a curial sector in every economy. Thus, the power plants should be in good shape to be able to efficiently and reliable supply energy and heat without an interruption, and at a low cost. The above knowledge makes Maintenance of Power plants and Boilers an important activity. A lot of work has gone into the research of boiler maintenance to minimize the risk of accidents during the maintenance processes.

This Thesis commenced with an introduction to maintenance in general, then narrowed to the maintenance of Fluidized Bed Boilers, it followed by clearly defining the objectives of the research, a literature review followed by identifying important parts which needs to be maintain on regular bases.

The Thesis concluded with a note on what maintenance technicians should do during inspection, and few recommendations.