Patent ID: 7844351
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: F23N,G05B,H02J,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A computer system programmed to optimize operation of a plurality of power generating units, each of said plurality of power generating units comprised of a plurality of components, the computer system comprising: a plurality of multi-component optimization systems, each multi-component optimization system respectively associated with one of said plurality of power generating units, wherein each multi-component optimization system is comprised of a plurality of component optimization systems, each component optimization system associated with optimizing one component of the respective power generating unit, wherein each component optimization system includes: said plurality of multi-component optimization systems in communication with a respective distributed control system (DCS) to provide optimal setpoint values thereto, wherein the respective DCS provides regulation control of the respective power generating unit; and a multi-unit optimization system for determining optimal values of said one or more goals and said constraints for operation of each of the component optimization system associated with each of said plurality of power generating units, wherein the multi-unit optimization system includes: wherein said optimal setpoint values determined by the multi-unit optimizer are used to determine said one or more goals and said constraints for each of the component optimization systems associated with each of said plurality of power generating units.