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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
At the Coal
Power Plant the Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) functions as a catcher of fine
dust that is in the exhaust ducts from coal combustion. It is known that the
ash attached to the electrode which has an electric charge is difficult to drop
using a vibrator, by using the Power Off Rapping (POR) method, which is to
temporarily turn off the electric charge on the electrode; the ash attached to
the electrode plate will be more easy to miss. This research is a quantitative
research that aims to determine the effect of the ESP operating method on
energy consumption, determine the energy consumption ratio of each current
setting, determine the dust capture efficiency ratio of each current setting
and find energy saving opportunities using the following data analysis
techniques. The energy consumption calculation used is only the energy
consumption of the rectifier transformer on the electrostatic precipitator
excluding hopper heaters, box heaters and rappers. After getting the test
results from the current setting simulation, it can be concluded that the
current setting of 20% is the most optimal setting in accordance with Ministry
of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. 15 of 2019 the threshold limit for
particulate exhaust gases at coal fired power plants is 100 mg/Nm3
where the dust reading value is 80.15 mg/m3. By using a current
setting of 20%, a savings of 38.97% can be made for the operating method
without POR and 41.88% for the POR operating method. If the difference in
energy consumption is converted to rupiah by using the electricity tariff for
large industrial groups (I-4/TT) of IDR 996.74/kWh, then the savings in
electricity costs in 1 month of operation are IDR 176,802,877 without the POR
method and IDR 189,988,881 with the POR method.
Country : Indonesia
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2023 pp. 36-47