INPUT/LOSS METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE GENETICS OF FOSSILFUELS FOR DETERMINING FUEL CHEMISTRY, CALORIFIC VALUE AND PERFORMANCE OF A FOSSIL-FIRED POWER PLANT

摘要

This invention relates to any fossil fueled thermal system, and especially relates to large commercial steam generators used in power plants, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for determining fuel chemistry in essentially real time based on effluents resulting from combustion, associated stoichiometrics, and the genetics of t he fossil fuel. Knowing the system's fuel chemistry, the fuel calorific value, the fue l flow and the thermal performance associated with the thermal system may then be determine d in essentially real time.