A combustion control support expert system for a coal-fired boiler

The authors present a combustion control support expert system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to regulate emissions and to achieve high-efficiency operation. The operation support expert system has the following five main functions and subsystems: optimal combustion support using fuzzy logic; dynamic simulation for NO/sub x/ emission; diagnosis by the expert system for the boiler and combustion system; automatic unburned carbon monitoring system; and a monitoring system using a communication line. The configuration of the combustion control support expert system is described. This system has been tested at a coal-fired power plant, and the results are presented.<
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