Abstract
In a thermal plant, the combustion system of the coal-fired boiler is a nonlinear time-varying system, which leads to undesired responses, if traditional proportional-integral-derivative controllers are utilized. Internal process delay is an important characteristic of the steam pressure in the boiler of coal-fired power plants, which affects the closed-loop dynamics. To compensate for this significant delay and reach the desired performance, a novel control strategy based on a combination of an optimal fractional-order proportional-integral-derivative (OFOPID) controller with a Smith predictor (SP) structure is suggested in this paper that achieves the desired control performance required for the optimal operation of the boiler. The simulation results of a coal-fired power plant boiler with the power of 300 MW show that the performance is improved considerably by having lower overshoot and lower rise and settling times, as well as a lower mean square error during the operation of the power plant Boiler.
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