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Preface |
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Advances in power plant technology |
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1 | (16) |
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Power plant historical development |
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Plant configuration and design |
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2 | (3) |
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Control and instrumentation |
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5 | (4) |
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9 | (4) |
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Plant technology developments |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (4) |
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Part 1: Modelling and simulation |
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Modelling of power plants |
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17 | (46) |
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17 | (1) |
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Model structuring by the object-oriented approach |
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18 | (9) |
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27 | (23) |
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Modelling of distributed control systems |
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50 | (2) |
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Application of dynamic decoupling to power plant models |
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52 | (1) |
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Testing and validation of developed models |
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53 | (3) |
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Concluding remarks and open problems |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (6) |
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Modelling and control of pulverised fuel coal mills |
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63 | (38) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (7) |
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Plant tests, results and fitting model parameters |
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71 | (9) |
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80 | (12) |
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Intelligent control and operator advisory systems |
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92 | (5) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (4) |
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Generator excitation control using local model networks |
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101 | (30) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (6) |
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108 | (5) |
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Micromachine test facility |
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113 | (4) |
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117 | (7) |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (4) |
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Steam temperature control |
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131 | (30) |
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131 | (2) |
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Plant and control description |
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133 | (4) |
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Advanced evaporator control |
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137 | (10) |
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Advanced superheater control |
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147 | (12) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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Supervisory predictive control of a combined cycle thermal power plant |
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161 | (18) |
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161 | (1) |
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A combined cycle thermal power plant |
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162 | (6) |
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Design of supervisory control strategies for a combined cycle thermal power plant |
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168 | (3) |
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Application to the thermal power plant simulator |
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171 | (5) |
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Discussion and conclusions |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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Multivariable power plant control |
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179 | (26) |
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179 | (2) |
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Classical control of thermal power plants |
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181 | (3) |
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Multivariable control strategies |
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184 | (5) |
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An application: MBPC control of a 320 MW oil-fired plant |
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189 | (11) |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (4) |
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Part 3: Monitoring, optimisation and supervision |
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Extending plant load-following capabilities |
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205 | (38) |
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205 | (2) |
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Power unit requirements for wide-range operation |
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207 | (2) |
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Conventional power unit control |
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209 | (4) |
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Feedforward/feedback control strategy |
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213 | (8) |
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Knowledge-based feedforward control |
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221 | (3) |
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Design of neurofuzzy controllers |
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224 | (4) |
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Wide-range load-following |
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228 | (10) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (4) |
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Modelling of NOx emissions in coal-fired plant |
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243 | (26) |
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Emissions from coal-fired power stations |
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243 | (5) |
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An overview of NOx formation mechanisms |
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248 | (5) |
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NOx emission models for a 500 MW power generation unit |
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253 | (10) |
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263 | (4) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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Model-based fault detection in a high-pressure heater line |
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269 | (40) |
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269 | (2) |
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Description of power plant application |
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271 | (16) |
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Grey-box modelling and identification of a power plant |
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287 | (8) |
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A general approach to receding-horizon estimation for non-linear systems |
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295 | (12) |
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307 | (1) |
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307 | (2) |
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Data mining for performance monitoring and optimisation |
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309 | (36) |
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309 | (1) |
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Outline of data mining applications |
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310 | (1) |
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Identification of process and sensor faults |
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311 | (14) |
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Process monitoring and optimisation |
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325 | (9) |
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334 | (4) |
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Discussion and conclusions |
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338 | (3) |
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341 | (1) |
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341 | (4) |
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Advanced plant management systems |
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345 | (20) |
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Plant management in a deregulated electricity market |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (4) |
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System integration and HMI issues |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (3) |
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354 | (6) |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (4) |
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Physical model-based coordinated power plant control |
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365 | (30) |
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365 | (1) |
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A review of physical model-based thermal power plant control approaches |
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366 | (2) |
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Control problems of a thermal power plant |
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368 | (7) |
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Applying a physical model-based predictive control strategy |
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375 | (6) |
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381 | (8) |
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Discussion and conclusions |
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389 | (2) |
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391 | (1) |
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391 | (4) |
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Management and integration of power plant operations |
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395 | (22) |
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395 | (1) |
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Age and reliability of plants |
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396 | (5) |
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Improving asset management |
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401 | (4) |
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The impacts of cycling on power plant performance |
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405 | (2) |
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Improving maintenance approaches |
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407 | (3) |
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Power plant networks: redefining information flow |
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410 | (3) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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415 | (2) |
Index |
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