For the participation of the steam power plants in regulating the network frequency, boilers and turbines should be co-ordinately controlled in addition to the base load productions. Lack of coordinated control over boiler-turbine may lead to instability; oscillation in producing power and boiler parameters; reduction in the reliability of the unit; and inflicting thermodynamic tension on devic...

In this paper, we describe the implementation and usage of a simulation with graphical visualization for a steam-boiler [Abri94]. The simulation imitates the behaviour of the steam-boiler and can be controlled using a simple ASCII protocol. It reacts to defined commands and sends information about its state every five seconds. Furthermore, we describe the options available, the protocol which f...

Boiler Feed Water Pumps (BFWP) are considered a critical part of boilers in power plant operations. The performance the pump system is estimated by one these quantifiers (power, efficiency, head, and flow). design balance drum boiler feed for smooth flow optimum efficiency pump. wearing tolerance limits correlated with type characteristics which it installed. A study was conducted to evaluate a...

The ratio of furnace bottom ash (FBA) to flyash produced in a coal-fired boiler was historically around 25:75 with utility boilers operating with an unstaged combustion regime. With the advent of low NOx burner systems this ratio has changed and is now 15:85 or even lower. This is unfortunate since the demand for FBA is high, with 100% of is sold to the construction industry, whereas only 50% o...

Accurately and effectively calculating combustion efficiency in coal burners is crucial for industrial boiler manufacturers. Two main approaches can be used to calculate efficiency: 1) Analyzing the gas emitted from flue; 2) Visualizing chamber boiler. Flue analyzers, which are not user-friendly, come with high costs. Additionally, physical distance between flue causes measurement delayed. Meth...

This thesis goes into the task of analysing a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) bark boiler and the structure of its automatic control system. The boiler being discussed is located at Billerud Karlsborg AB, although the results are to be able to be used on any BFB bark boiler. The main objective is to try to answer the following question: Exists there any changes to be made to the current structure ...

In this paper we compare and discuss the performance of a boiler evaporator system when the system is controlled by a traditional PID-type strategy and when the system is enhanced by using fuzzy logic blocks to provide set-points for the system. The strategy used in fuzzy logic controllers (FLCs) is called fuzzy supervisory control and it generates set-points for the conventional controllers. T...