Patent ID: 8914134
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G05B,H02J,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving operating information associated with the power plant; using a power plant dynamics model for determining a current operating state of the power plant based at least in part on the received operating information; and using the power plant dynamics model and a power plant controls model for predicting one or more future operating parameters associated with power plant based at least in part on the determined current operating state, the received operating information, and multiple controllable scenarios, wherein the multiple controllable scenarios include two or more of: time to start each generating unit in the power plant, time to start blending steam from different steam generation units in a common header, rate at which blending occurs, time to start rolling turbine shafts, acceleration rate to reach rated speed, timing of chemical dosing, magnitude of chemical dosing, time to start cooling fans, cooling fan speed, time to close a breaker, loading rate of one or more turbines, and time to transition switch operating modes; generating actionable operating information based at least in part on the one or more future operating parameters; and operating the power plant based at least in part on the actionable operating information.