Drive Technology Enables Combustion Optimization

摘要

With environmental and economic constraints driving power plants towards cleaner and more efficient operations, it is imperative that the main process in a fossil-fueled boiler, combustion, should be optimized. Precision combustion control relies on many measurements and control element actions. Long gone are the days of manually adjusting fuel and air to try for best flame quality, opacity, efficiency and so on. Now, advanced intelligent algorithms are embedded in controllers to optimize the complex combustion and heat transfer processes inside a utility boiler.