A novel approach to real-time performance monitoring of a coal-fired power plant

Author

Munukutla, Sastry ; Sistla, Phanikumar

Author_Institution

Center for Electr. Power, Tennessee Technol. Univ., Cookeville, TN, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

273

Lastpage

277

Abstract

Real-time performance monitoring of a coal-fired unit is essential in a deregulated market. A real-time performance monitoring system requires real-time (online) coal analysis. Since online coal analyzers are not routinely available for use in power plants, a novel approach to the determination of online coal analysis from flue gas composition measurements is taken. Using this approach, real-time performance monitoring software have been developed for several units. The principle behind the method and some field results are presented in this paper

Keywords

chemical analysis; chemical variables measurement; coal; combustion; computerized monitoring; real-time systems; steam power stations; coal-fired power plant; deregulated market; flue gas composition measurements; online coal analysis; real-time coal analysis; real-time performance monitoring; real-time performance monitoring software; Combustion; Costs; Electricity supply industry deregulation; Equations; Flue gases; Fuels; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Power generation; Real time systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring and Power Technologies, 2000. Proceedings. DRPT 2000. International Conference on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5902-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DRPT.2000.855676

Filename

855676