Title: Thermal Power Plant Simulation and Control
Description: The book reviews developments in the following fields: advances in power plant technology; power plant modelling; pulverised fuel coal mill modelling and control; generator excitation control; steam temperature control; supervisory predictive control of a combined cycle thermal power plant; multivariable power plant control; plant load-following capability; NO<sub>x</sub> emission modelling in coal-fired plant; model-based fault detection in a high-pressure heater line; data mining for performance monitoring and optimisation; advanced plant management systems; physical model-based coordinated power plant control; and power plant operations management.
Subjects: Steam power plants, Management, Combined cycle power plants, Electric fault location, Combined cycle power stations, Multivariable control systems, Coal, Temperature control, AC generators, Electric power systems, Electric heating, Fuel, Control, Heating elements, Pulverised fuels, Power system simulation, Fault location, Power system management, Alternating current, Power generation control, Powders, Electric generators, Steam power stations, Data mining, Simulation methods, Predictive control