101 |
System for economic unit load distribution during process load transition |
US942947 |
1986-12-15 |
US4745758A |
1988-05-24 |
Richard E. Putman; Katherine A. Gundersen |
In a plant including a multiplicity of energy conversion units which together supply load upon demand to a given process through a common junction, a system is included to economically optimize the load distribution among the multiple units dynamically during the transition of process load demand from one state to another such that when the process load supply reaches the other process demand state, the energy conversion units are substantially in their economically optimum individual load generating states. Typical unit load dispatching plants may include a boiler house in which a multiplicity of boilers are coupled to a common header for supplying stream flow to the particular process, a power turbogeneration system in which a multiplicity of turbogenerating units supply power to a power system network through a common bus and a heat exchange industrial process in which a multiplicity of power-driven compressors are used together with corresponding chiller units for maintaining the temperature of a common coolant under varying coolant flow demand conditions. |
102 |
Advanced control system for power generation |
US388544 |
1973-08-15 |
US4027145A |
1977-05-31 |
John Patrick McDonald; Harry G. Kwatny |
Inplant sensors in the boiler and turbine units sense present values of a number of physical parameters designated process variables, and of certain control variables. Set points are developed, and deviations therefrom of the control and process variables are calculated. Utilizing a mathematical model, state variable deviations are estimated and translated into corresponding physical parameter estimates, which are used to evaluate model inaccuracy. State variable and model error estimates are translated into desired control deviations, which in turn are combined with fed forward values of the control variable set points. The combined control terms actuate controllers in the boiler and turbine units. |
103 |
Method and apparatus for controlling combustion |
US16087561 |
1961-12-20 |
US3223326A |
1965-12-14 |
LIVINGSTON WILLIAM L |
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104 |
Control systems |
US2813360 |
1960-05-10 |
US3110818A |
1963-11-12 |
PEGRUM JAMES W |
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105 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESS CONTROLLING OF PLANTS IN AN OPC-UA BASED MACHINE-TO-MACHINE NETWORK |
US15562276 |
2015-12-18 |
US20180088548A1 |
2018-03-29 |
Daryoush SANGI |
A method for process controlling of plants and plant control systems in an OPC UA based Machine-to-Machine (M2M) network is provided. A plant associated with the plant control system a plurality of interlocked elements of one or more operational units of the plant. The operation of an operational unit is controlled by the plant control system using the elements interlocked to the plant control system. The plant control system is accessible by an independent process control system in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) network via one or more network interfaces, and wherein messages containing signaling data and steering commands are transmitted between the process control system and the plant control system. |
106 |
ADAPTIVE CROSS PLANT CONTROL AND STEERING SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD THEREOF |
US15562273 |
2015-12-18 |
US20180088541A1 |
2018-03-29 |
Daryoush SANGI |
An adaptive process control system and corresponding method for independent steering of plant control systems is provided, wherein a plant associated with the plant control system includes a plurality of interlocked elements of one or more operational unit of the plant. The operation of an operational unit is controlled by the plant control system by means of the elements interlocked to the plant control system, wherein the adaptive, independent process control system is accessible by a plant process engine including a plant controller unit connected via the supervisory control and data acquisition unit with at least one programmable logic controller of the plant control system. The operation of the plant and the operational units is controlled by means of the programmable logic controller and the plurality of interlocked elements. |
107 |
Method and system for fuzzy constrained sootblowing optimization |
US15174078 |
2016-06-06 |
US09857073B2 |
2018-01-02 |
Brad Radl |
A system and method to control of sootblowers in a fossil fueled power plant, in particular to plant applications systems using a graphical programming environment in combination with a set of rules to activate sootblowers. The system can be constrained by time limits and/or rule based time limits. Actual blower activation is typically based on the current status of key control variables in the process which alter the actual activation time within a constraints system. The system does not typically require knowledge or models of specific cleanliness relationships. The result is a system without sequences or queues that readily adapts to changing system conditions. |
108 |
METHOD FOR PREDICTING SLAGGING PRODUCTION POSITION AND SLAGGING PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY IN FURNACE |
US15267297 |
2016-09-16 |
US20170177758A1 |
2017-06-22 |
Eunseong CHO; Dongkil KIM; Hyukje KIM; Byounghwa LEE |
The present disclosure relates to a method for predicting a slagging production position and a slagging production possibility in a furnace, the method including: the analyzing step of analyzing physical compositions of two or more kinds of coal; the phase diagram producing step of producing a phase diagram on the basis of the physical components of the two or more kinds of coal analyzed in the analyzing step; the deriving step of simulating the situation generated when the two or more kinds of coal are co-fired on the basis of the produced phase diagram; and the characteristic analyzing step of analyzing the characteristics in the furnace in the co-firing process of the two or more kinds of coal. |
109 |
Boiler system controlling fuel to a furnace based on temperature of a structure in a superheater section |
US14202242 |
2014-03-10 |
US09541282B2 |
2017-01-10 |
Andrew K Jones; David Fuhrmann; Tim Carlier; Mark Sargent |
A boiler system is provided comprising: a furnace adapted to receive a fuel to be burned to generate hot working gases; a fuel supply structure associated with the furnace for supplying fuel to the furnace; a superheater section associated with the furnace and positioned to receive energy in the form of heat from the hot working gases; and a controller. The superheater section may comprise a platen including a tube structure with an end portion and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the tube structure end portion and generating a signal indicative of the temperature of the tube structure end portion. The controller may be coupled to the temperature sensor for receiving and monitoring the signal from the sensor. |
110 |
Dynamic matrix control of steam temperature with prevention of saturated steam entry into superheater |
US13022324 |
2011-02-07 |
US09217565B2 |
2015-12-22 |
Robert Allen Beveridge; Richard J. Whalen, Jr. |
A technique of controlling a steam generating boiler system using dynamic matrix control includes preventing saturated steam from entering a superheater section. A dynamic matrix control block uses a rate of change of a disturbance variable, a current output steam temperature, and an output steam setpoint as inputs to generate a control signal. A prevention block modifies the control signal based on a saturated steam temperature and an intermediate steam temperature. In some embodiments, the control signal is modified based on a threshold and/or an adjustable function g(x). The modified control signal is used to control a field device that, at least in part, affects the intermediate steam and output steam of the boiler system. In some embodiments, the prevention block is included in the dynamic matrix control block. |
111 |
Method and System for Fuzzy Constrained Sootblowing Optimization |
US14546261 |
2014-11-18 |
US20150167970A1 |
2015-06-18 |
Brad Radl |
A system and method to control of sootblowers in a fossil fueled power plant, in particular to plant applications systems using a graphical programming environment in combination with a set of rules to activate sootblowers. The system can be constrained by time limits and/or rule based time limits. Actual blower activation is typically based on the current status of key control variables in the process which alter the actual activation time within a constraints system. The system does not typically require knowledge or models of specific cleanliness relationships. The result is a system without sequences or queues that readily adapts to changing system conditions. |
112 |
METHOD FOR MONITORING INSIDE-BOILER DYNAMIC WALL TEMPERATURE OF POWER PLANT BOILER HIGH-TEMPERATURE PIPING SYSTEM |
US14366247 |
2012-12-07 |
US20140316737A1 |
2014-10-23 |
Heng Wang; Menghao Wang |
A method for real-time monitoring in-furnace wall temperature of the high temperature tube systems in utility boilers consists of: Performing pre-calculation and choosing some tubes as representative tubes according the in-furnace tube wall temperature margins in a tube bundle, then installing out-furnace wall temperature measuring points on the chosen tubes; reading data from a power plant real-time database, which are the real-time operational parameters and out-furnace temperatures necessary in the calculation; saving the data into the communication database in local servers; instant calculating the in-furnace steam temperatures and wall temperatures of superheater and reheater tube systems based on the measured real-time operational parameters of the boiler and the out-furnace wall temperatures; sifting out overheated tube segments as per allowable stress, and saving these data into comprehensive overheat database. |
113 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REHEAT STEAM TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF OXY-FIRED BOILERS |
US13759151 |
2013-02-05 |
US20140216364A1 |
2014-08-07 |
Xinsheng Lou; Jundong Zhang; Shu Zhang; Greg N. Liljedahl; Bruce W. Wilhelm |
Method and system for adjusting a measured reheat outlet steam temperature (“RPV”) to approximate a reheat outlet steam temperature setpoint (“RSP”) in a boiler. An RPV is compared to an RSP. If the RPV is less than the RSP and a position of a fuel nozzle tilt (“TILTPV”) is below a high limit of the fuel nozzle tilt (“TILTHIGH”), the TILTPV is increased while a flow rate of a secondary flue gas recirculation (“SFGRPV”) is kept constant. If the RPV is less than the RSP and the TILTPV is at the TILTHIGH, the SFGRPV is increased. If the RPV is greater than the RSP and the SFGRPV is greater than a low limit of flow rate of the SFGR (“SFGRLOW”), the SFGRPV is decreased, while the TILTPV is kept constant. If the RPV is greater than the RSP and the SFGRPV is at the SFGRLOW, the TILTPV is decreased. |
114 |
Emissions prediction system for power generation system |
US13214915 |
2011-08-22 |
US08567175B2 |
2013-10-29 |
Gordon Raymond Smith; Kelvin Rafael Estrada |
A system configured to decrease the emissions of a power plant system during transient state operation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: at least one computing device adapted to adjust a temperature of an operational steam in a power generation system by performing actions comprising: obtaining operational data about components of a steam turbine in the power generation system, the operational data including at least one of: a temperature of the components and a set of current ambient conditions at the power generation system; determining an allowable operational steam temperature range for the steam turbine based upon the operational data; generating emissions predictions for a set of temperatures within the allowable steam temperature range; and adjusting the temperature of the operational steam based upon the emissions predictions. |
115 |
Method and System for Fuzzy Constrained Sootblowing Optimization |
US13315994 |
2011-12-09 |
US20130146089A1 |
2013-06-13 |
Brad Radl |
A system and method to control of sootblowers in a fossil fueled power plant, in particular to plant applications systems using a graphical programming environment in combination with a set of rules to activate sootblowers. The system can be constrained by time limits and/or rule based time limits. Actual blower activation is typically based on the current status of key control variables in the process which alter the actual activation time within a constraints system. The system does not typically require knowledge or models of specific cleanliness relationships. The result is a system without sequences or queues that readily adapts to changing system conditions. |
116 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAXIMISING THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF A POWER PLANT |
US13508719 |
2010-11-08 |
US20120283886A1 |
2012-11-08 |
Eli Yasni |
A method for maximising thermal efficiency of a power plant, the method comprising obtaining the current state of the plant from available measured data; obtaining a set of Variables representing a current state of the power plant; applying a set of constraints to the Variables; generating a revised set of Variables representing a revised state of the power plant; and testing the revised set of Variables within a mathematical model for convergence. Generating the revised set of Variable is based at least partly on: Euler's equation, the conservation of mass equation, and a mathematical description of a reversible continuum. There are also provided a related power plant thermal efficiency maximisation system and computer program. |
117 |
DYNAMIC MATRIX CONTROL OF STEAM TEMPERATURE WITH PREVENTION OF SATURATED STEAM ENTRY INTO SUPERHEATER |
US13022324 |
2011-02-07 |
US20120040299A1 |
2012-02-16 |
Robert A. Beveridge; Richard J. Whalen, JR. |
A technique of controlling a steam generating boiler system using dynamic matrix control includes preventing saturated steam from entering a superheater section. A dynamic matrix control block uses a rate of change of a disturbance variable, a current output steam temperature, and an output steam setpoint as inputs to generate a control signal. A prevention block modifies the control signal based on a saturatec temperature and an intermediate steam temperature. In some embodiments, the control signal is modified based on a threshold and/or an adjustable function g(x). The modified control signal is used to control a field device that, at least in part, affects the intermediate steam and output steam of the boiler system. In some embodiments, the prevention block is included in the dynamic matrix control block. |
118 |
Method and system for dynamic sensing, presentation and control of combustion boiler conditions |
US11456678 |
2006-07-11 |
US07661327B2 |
2010-02-16 |
John Frank Bourgein; Eric Fischer |
A method for recording changing boiler conditions over time in three spatial dimensions including: sensing the boiler conditions in real time using sensors which traverse the combustion chamber and gas path generating data from a plurality of positions in one or more supervisory spaces of interest within the boiler system; transmitting the generated data to a computer system; presenting data containing sensor position information and which optionally contains temperature, chemical species information, and other combustor condition information for delivery to a boiler management system to enable said boiler management system to make real time operational adjustments. |
119 |
Diagnosis method for boiler degradation, diagnosis apparatus for boiler degradation, diagnosis system for boiler degradation and recording medium that records operation program |
US11826619 |
2007-07-17 |
US07464002B2 |
2008-12-09 |
Yoshiharu Hayashi |
One of the thermal transmission rates that represent thermal transmission from gas to steam in a heat exchanger constituting a boiler is calculated based on thermal conductivity rate of pipes and thermal transfer of steam and gas, and the other is compared with the thermal conductivity rate calculated based on the thermal conductivity rate of the pipes and thermal transfer rate of steam and gas. |
120 |
Generated steam estimation method and device for heat recovery steam generator, and maintenance planning support method and system for power generation facility |
US11331219 |
2006-01-13 |
US20060200325A1 |
2006-09-07 |
Yoshiharu Hayashi |
A method for configuring the physical model of a heat recovery steam generator that can estimate the state quantity of generated steam from the state quantity of the exhaust gas to be introduced, and capable of establishing the physical model of a combined cycle power generation facility thereby. The optimum values for the flow rates Flp and Fhp, pressures and temperatures Tlp and Thp of the low pressure main steam and high pressure main steam are computed in such a way as to ensure that an objective function E stored in advance will come close to zero. |