Patent ID: 8755940

Claim:
A system for optimizing and controlling a circulating fluidized bed combustion system and an air pollution control system, the system comprising: a circulating fluidized bed combustion system and an air pollution control system that are operably connected to each other; a controller operably connected to the fluidized bed combustion system and/or the air pollution control system; and an optimizer operably connected to the controller wherein the optimizer is operative to provide a setpoint to the controller based on an economic parameter and a system output obtained from the fluidized bed combustion system and/or the air pollution control system; wherein the controller is operative to provide an input to the fluidized bed combustion system and/or the air pollution control system based on the setpoint from the optimizer to control operation of the fluidized bed combustion system and/or the air pollution control system; and wherein the optimizer includes a steady state optimizer for providing a steady state setpoint, and a dynamic optimizer for adjusting the steady state setpoint according to dynamic behavior of the circulating fluid bed combustion system and/or the air pollution control system.