Using closed-loop dynamic optimization to improve boiler efficiency at Chemopetrol's Litvinov Plant
Due to ever increasing demands by shareholders, environmental and governmental agencies, and customers, power generation and co-generating companies are looking more and more into advanced technologies to help them gain an edge on their competitors. Intelligent empirical optimization is a promising family of technologies to tune boilers for maximum efficiency and/or minimum emissions. A recent project teamed the Ultramax Corporation and Honeywell to install an on-line, closed-loop optimization solution on four new boilers at the Chemopetrol plant in Litvinov, Czech Republic, Honeywell has created an engineered solution called Individual Boiler Optimization (IBO) which utilizes the Ultramax Method and Dynamic Optimization, known as ULTRAMAX{reg{underscore}sign}, to optimize combustion of the boilers which are controlled by Honeywell's TotalPlant{reg{underscore}sign} solutions (TPS) System. IBO provides a real-time shell providing for automatic Ultramax operation in either open or closed-loop. With this system, Chemopetrol will be able to improve their boiler efficiency and NO{sub x} emissions on-line with little operator intervention. It can safely maintain best operating settings and compensate for changes that could potentially cause poor performance. The integrated dynamic solution enables greater emissions control fuel savings, and the ability to respond rapidly and flexibly to changes in operating conditions, compliance regulations and plant demands.
- Research Organization:
- Ultramax Corp., Cincinnati, OH (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20013557
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1998 International Joint Power Generation Conference, Baltimore, MD (US), 08/23/1998--08/26/1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 1998 international joint power generation conference (FACT-Vol.22). Volume 1: Fuels and combustion technologies; Gas turbines; Environmental engineering; Nuclear engineering, by Gupta, A.; Natole, R.; Sanyal, A.; Veilleux, J. [eds.], 921 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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