Illinois Power's On-Line Operator Advisory System To Control NO_x and Improve Boiler Efficiency

摘要

Compliance with the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and the developing competitive environment of the electric power industry has motivated the Illinois Power Company (IPC) to utilize boiler tuning at its Hennepin Power Station. This paper describes a two-stage application of optimization technology at Hennepin Power Station to a tangential, twin-furnace, coal-fired boiler rated at 235 MW.