Dynamic soft sensors for NOx emissions in a circulating fluidized bed boiler

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 483-490

  Liukkonen, Mika ^a   Hälikkä, Eero ^b   Hiltunen, Teri ^b   Hiltunen, Yrjö ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Foster Wheeler Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed; Multilayer perceptron; Nitrogen oxide; Regression; Soft sensor; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FLUE GASES; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS;

ADAPTIVE APPROACH; ADAPTIVE SOFT-SENSOR; CFB BOILERS; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER; DEMOLITION WOOD; DYNAMIC SOFT SENSOR; FUEL FLEXIBILITY; MULTI LAYER PERCEPTRON; PLANT DATA; REGRESSION; SOFT SENSORS; VARIABLE SELECTION;

SENSORS;

BIOMASS POWER; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FLUIDIZATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWER PLANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSOR;

EID: 84862314588     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.01.074     Document Type: Article

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