Simulation of a coal-fired power plant using mathematical programming algorithms in order to optimize its efficiency

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 256-267

  Tzolakis, G ^a   Papanikolaou, P ^a   Kolokotronis, D ^a   Samaras, N ^b   Tourlidakis, A ^a   Tomboulides, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plants; Efficiency; Fuel mass flow rate; gPROMS; Optimization; Turbine extractions

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONTROL VARIABLE; DETAILED MODELS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; FUEL MASS; GPROMS; ITS EFFICIENCIES; LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANTS; LP TURBINES; MASS FLOW RATE; POWER PLANT COMPONENTS; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

ALGORITHMS; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; FLOW RATE; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STEAM TURBINES;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84862769671     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.04.051     Document Type: Article

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