The invention provides a
system and method for adjusting the flexibility of a
coal-fired unit using water supplementing tanks. When the load of the
system is increased, the opening degree of a first water
feed pump is reduced, the water feeding amount is reduced, required steam extraction of a
steam turbine is less, and the work of the
steam turbine is increased; meanwhile, the liquid level of a condenser rises, and the cold water supplementing tank can store
condensed water to prevent the liquid level of the condenser from being too high; and the water feeding amount is reduced, so that the liquid level of a
deaerator is reduced, and at the time, the hot water supplementing tank supplements water to the
deaerator under driving of a second water
feed pump. When the load of the
system is decreased, a part of exhausted steam of a high-pressure cylinder enters a jet type
heat pump, the amount of steam entering a low-pressure cylinder is reduced, the work of the
steam turbine is reduced, the jet type
heat pump uses the exhausted steam of the steam
turbine to heat low-temperature water in the cold water supplementing tank, and the mixed high-temperature water is injected into the hot water supplementing tank. According to the system, an external water supplementing tank adjusting system is added on the system of an original heat
recovery system, the unit heat storage capacity is increased while the load of the unit is quickly increased or decreased, the equipment structure is simple, and the flexibility and economical efficiency of the unit are improved.