The invention discloses a method and device for determining the air
leakage rate of an air pre-heater. The air pre-heater is dual-chamber air pre-heater or four-chamber air pre-heater. The method comprises: acquiring the inlet average
oxygen content of the air pre-heater; determining an outlet excess air coefficient of the air pre-heater according to the inlet average
oxygen content of the air pre-heater; determining an inlet excess air coefficient of the air pre-heater according to the outlet excess air coefficient of the air pre-heater; determining the leakage-free outlet
flue gas temperature of the air pre-heater according to the inlet
flue gas temperature of the air pre-heater, the outlet primary
air temperature of the air pre-heater, the outlet secondary
air temperature of the air pre-heater, the inlet primary
air temperature of the air pre-heater, and the inlet secondary air temperature of the air pre-heater; determining the
flue gas air leakage temperature of the air pre-heater according to secondary air temperature; determining the outlet air leakage coefficient increment of the air pre-heater according to the leakage-free outlet
flue gas temperature of the air pre-heater, a real boiler
exhaust gas temperature, and the
flue gas air leakage temperature of the air pre-heater; and determining the air
leakage rate of the air pre-heater according to the outlet air leakage coefficient increment of the air pre-heater and the inlet excess air coefficient of the air pre-heater. The method and the device may accurately acquire the air
leakage rate of the air pre-heater.