This paper considers the development of a PID control strategy to optimally control the power output of a High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) power plant. A specific type of HTGR called the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) that utilises a closed recuperative Brayton cycle with helium as working fluid is considered. The power control of this kind of plant is significantly different from ...

One of the most challenging times in operation of big industrial plant or utilities is the time that alert lamp of Bently Nevada connection in main board substation turn on and show the alert condition of machine. All of the maintenance groups usually make a lot of discussion with operation and together rather this alert signal is real or fake. This will be more challenging when condition monit...

Air pollution can have detrimental effects on combustion engine performance leading to blade fouling which reduces power output and requires frequent cleanings. This issue is a fairly well-known phenomenon in the power industry. However, site selection for gas turbine installation is rarely part of the decision making process, mainly due to lack of site selection options especially in an urban ...

INTRODUCTION THERE has been a trend in recent years toward larger capacity turbine generators. Larger output systems draw worldwide interest, and from the standpoint of efficient use of resources, expectations are particularly focused on large-capacity 2-pole generators for coalfired power plants. Hitachi has been in the forefront of efforts to develop better large-output 2-pole generators to m...

The use of gas turbines is widespread in several industries such as; hydrocarbons, aerospace, power generation. However, despite to their many advantages, they are subject to multiple exploitation problem that need to be solved. Indeed, the purpose of the present paper is to develop mathematical models of this industrial system using an adaptive fuzzy neural network inference system. Where the ...

The cycles of the steam-injection gas-turbine systems are studied. The analyses of the parametric effects and the optimal operating conditions for the steam-injection gas-turbine (STIG) system and the regenerative steam-injection gas-turbine (RSTIG) system are investigated to ensure the maximum performance. Using the analytic model, the performance parameters of the system such as thermal effic...