Optimal usage of coal, gas and oil in a power plant

Access Full Text

Optimal usage of coal, gas and oil in a power plant

For access to this article, please select a purchase option:

Buy article PDF
£12.50
(plus tax if applicable)
Add to cart
Buy Knowledge Pack
10 articles for £75.00
(plus taxes if applicable)
Add to cart

IET members benefit from discounts to all IET publications and free access to E&T Magazine. If you are an IET member, log in to your account and the discounts will automatically be applied.

Learn more about IET membership 

Recommend Title Publication to library

You must fill out fields marked with: *

Librarian details
Name:*
Email:*
Your details
Name:*
Email:*
Department:*
Why are you recommending this title?
Select reason:
 
 
 
 
 
IET Control Theory & Applications — Recommend this title to your library

Thank you

Your recommendation has been sent to your librarian.

© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Published

This study addresses the problem of an optimal actuator selection when economic value is considered. The objective is to minimise the economical cost of operating a given plant. The problem has been formulated using mathematic notions from economics. Functionals describing the business objectives of operating a power plant has been established. The selection of actuator configuration has been limited to the fuel system which in the considered plant consists of three different fuels – coal, gas and oil. The changes over 24 h of operation is established and a strategy for using a plant utilising the three fuels is developed which will yield a greater profit than a coal fired plant.

Inspec keywords: steam power stations; power generation economics; mathematical analysis

Other keywords: economical cost; coal fired plant; plant utilisation; optimal actuator selection; mathematic notions; power plant; gas

Subjects: Mathematical analysis; Power system management, operation and economics; Steam power stations and plants

References

    1. 1)
      • Kragelund, M., Leth, J., Wisniewski, R.: `Selecting actuator configuration for a benson boiler: production economics', European Control Conf., 2009, Budapest, Hungary.
    2. 2)
      • L. Cesari . Optimization – theory and applications. Applications of mathematics, problems with ordinary differential equations
    3. 3)
      • Skogestad, S., Larsson, T.: `A review of plantwide control', Technical Report, 1998.
    4. 4)
      • Kragelund, M., Wisniewski, R., Mølbak, T., Nielsen, R.J., Edlund, K.: `On propagating requirements and selecting fuels for a benson boiler', Proc. 17th IFAC World Congress, 2008, Seoul, South Korea.
    5. 5)
      • S. Skogestad , I. Postlethwaite . (1996) Multivariable feedback control – analysis and design.
    6. 6)
      • Bendtsen, J., Trangbaek, K., Stoustrup, J.: `Plug-and-play process control: improving control performance through sensor addition and pre-filtering', Proc. 17th IFAC World Congress, 2008, Seoul, South Korea.
    7. 7)
      • Padula, S.L., Kincaid, R.K.: `Optimization strategies for sensor and actuator placement', Technical Report, 1999, NASA/TM-1999-209126.
    8. 8)
      • A. Mas-Colell , M.D. Whinston , J.R. Green . (1995) Microeconomic theory.
    9. 9)
      • M. van de Wal , B. de Jager . A review of methods for input/output selection. Automatica , 487 - 510
    10. 10)
      • http://www.edison-net.dk, accessed May 2009.
    11. 11)
      • M. Hovd , S. Skogestad . Simple frequency-dependent tools for control system analysis, structure selection and design. Automatica , 5 , 989 - 996
    12. 12)
      • Kragelund, M., J̈onsson, U., Leth, J., Wisniewski, R.: `Optimal production planning of a power plant', Proc. 17th IEEE Int. Conf. on Control & Automation, 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand.
    13. 13)
      • S.-E. Fleten , T.K. Kristoffersen . Short-term hydropower production planning by stochastic programming. Comput. Oper. Res. , 8 , 2656 - 2671
    14. 14)
      • G. Stephanopoulos , C. Ng . Perspectives on the synthesis of plant-wide control structures. J. Process Control , 2 , 97 - 111
    15. 15)
      • http://www.betterplace.com, accessed May 2009.
    16. 16)
      • Y. Zhang , S.J. Qin . Adaptive actuator fault compensation for linear systems with matching and unmatching uncertainties. J. Process Control , 6 , 985 - 990
    17. 17)
      • Li, F., de Oliveira, M., Skelton, R.E.: `Integrating control design and sensor/actuator selection', Proc. 45th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, 2006.
http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/iet-cta.2008.0613
Loading

Related content

content/journals/10.1049/iet-cta.2008.0613
pub_keyword,iet_inspecKeyword,pub_concept
6
6
Loading