Data mining is used not only for database analyses, but also for machine learning. The data mining technique described in this paper was used for steam turbine fault diagnostics based on continuous data measurements. The classification rules are based on standardized vibration frequency data for steam turbines and field experts’ analyses of turbine vibration problems. The expert knowledge enabl...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is an important energy resource for combined heat and power (CHP) production. This study summarized an overview of CHP by MSW to energy (WtE) plants in South Korea and discussed the issues related to energy efficiency improvement. Given the dominant housing culture of apartment living in South Korea, the primary energy output of WtE plants has been for district heati...

Nowadays, economic load dispatch between generation units with least cost involved is one of the most important issues in utilizing power systems. In this paper, a new method i.e. Water Cycle Algorithm (WCA) which is similar to other intelligent algorithm and is based on swarm, is employed in order to solve the economic load dispatch problem between power plants. In order to investigate the eff...

The integration of solar energy into natural gas combined cycles has been successfully demonstrated in several integrated solar combined cycles since the beginning of this decade in many countries. There are many motivations that drive investments on integrated solar combined cycles which are primarily the repowering of existing power plants, the compliance with more severe environmental laws o...

Conceptual design of a waste heat recovery cycle is carried out in attempt to enhance the thermal efficiency of a steam power plant. In the recovery system, super-critical an CO2 is employed as the working fluid operating in a Brayton cycle. Low grade heat rejected by the flue gases through the stack is used as the primary heat source, while a secondary heat exchanger utilizes th...

This paper describes a construction and characteristics of a coal-gas-burning high e ciency power plant which emits no carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into the atmosphere. In the plant, CO 2 gas and superheated steam are used as the main and sub working uid, respectively, of a closed dual uid gas turbine power generation system. It is assumed that a coal gas whose principal compositions are CO, H 2 , CO...

This paper presents an overall control scheme for wide-range multiobjective-optimal operation of a fossil-fuel power unit. The scheme provides the means to accommodate operating scenarios characterized by multiple operating requirements, and to attain optimal operation along any arbitrary unit load-demand pattern. The proposed strategy builds upon current coordinated control schemes, which typi...