Turbine generator plant monitoring: towards integrated systems

Effective monitoring and control strategies are essential to maintaining efficient turbine-generator operation. This paper outlines an approach to achieving this aim by integrating a number of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. An integrated architecture is described and two case studies are presented which demonstrate the potential of utilising such an approach. The paper concludes with a discussion of issues crucial to the further application of AI techniques to turbine-generator monitoring and control.