Title
Constraint-Based Control of Boiler Efficiency: A Data-Mining Approach
Abstract
In this paper, a data-mining approach is used to develop a model for optimizing the efficiency of an electric-utility boiler subject to operating constraints. Selection of process variables to optimize combustion efficiency is discussed. The selected variables are critical for control of combustion efficiency of a coal-fired boiler in the presence of operating constraints. Two schemes of generating control settings and updating control variables are evaluated. One scheme is based on the controllable and noncontrollable variables. The second one incorporates response variables into the clustering process. The process control scheme based on the response variables produces the smallest variance of the target variable due to reduced coupling among the process variables. An industrial case study and its implementation illustrate the control approach developed in this paper
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/TII.2006.890530
IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
clus- tering,coal-fired boiler,asset optimization,constrained optimization,process control,index terms—asset optimization,energy,operating constraints,combusion efficiency,constraint-based control,electric-utility boiler,boilers,data mining,process control.,clustering,efficiency,indexing terms,optimization,data,sustainability,combustion
Combustion,Coupling,Computer science,Control engineering,Control variable,Process control,Cluster analysis,Boiler (power generation),Constrained optimization
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
1
1551-3203
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
16
1.18
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhe Song1212.24
A. Kusiak2724111.33