Patent ID: 7489990
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for calculating an incremental heat rate and a maximum capacity for at least one power generating unit, comprising: a current performance model, for performing a mass and energy balance for a power generating unit and calculating one or more performance characteristics for a first time period for the power generating unit, including at least a heat input value and an electrical output value, using at least one of data describing the unit's physical configuration, data describing the unit's operating parameters, and data describing the unit's fuel constituency; a database, for storing at least one of the performance characteristics; an incremental heat rate model, for calculating an incremental heat rate for the power generating unit for the first time period, using at least one of the performance characteristics, by a maximum capacity model, for performing an energy balance for the power generating unit and calculating a maximum capacity for the power generating unit for the first time period, using at least one of the performance characteristics.