Get smart about removing slag

More often than not, sootblowing is literally a shot in the dark. Clyde Bergemann's solution to this problem: Control sootblowing operations intelligently, based on the outputs of real-time weight and heat-flux sensors and the calculations of a computer model.

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Published in:Power 2005-10, Vol.149 (8), p.57-58
Main Author: Wicker, Ken
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
BOILERS
Case studies
CLEANING
COAL
Coal-fired power plants
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
Corrosion
Costs
DEPOSITION
Distributed control systems
Efficiency
Heat
HEAT FLUX
Intelligent systems
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
REMOVAL
S CODES
Sensors
Slag
SLAGS
STRAIN GAGES
Strain gauges
Sulfur
Temperature
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Summary:More often than not, sootblowing is literally a shot in the dark. Clyde Bergemann's solution to this problem: Control sootblowing operations intelligently, based on the outputs of real-time weight and heat-flux sensors and the calculations of a computer model.
ISSN:0032-5929
1936-7791