Monitoring and prediction of fouling in coal-fired utility boilers using neural networks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 5035-5048

  Teruel, Enrique ^a   Cortés, Cristóbal ^b   Ignacio Díez, Luis ^b   Arauzo, Inmaculada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fouling; Heat transfer; Modelling; Neural networks; On line cleaning; Process control

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DEPOSITION; FOULING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MONITORING; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION;

CLEANING DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DEGRADATION; HEAT ABSORPTION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

COAL FIRED BOILERS;

HEAT TRANSFER; NEURAL NETWORK; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 21344457000     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.04.029     Document Type: Article

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