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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Metso Automation Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 3/756 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 3/756 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sootblowing a recovery boiler. Sootblowers of the recovery boiler are divided into sootblowing groups, and a sootblowing interval is determined for the sootblowers. A fouling index is produced for each sootblowing group of the recovery boiler, and relative frequency values are calculated.