Electric utility coal quality analysis using artificial neural network techniques

Neurocomputing

Volumn 23, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 195-206

  Salehfar, H ^a   Benson, S A ^b  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b Microbeam Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash forming species; Coal quality; Neural networks; Power plants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COAL; COMPUTER CONTROL; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS; COAL QUALITY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

COAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032494997     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(98)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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