Research on Operation Optimization of Industrial Boiler by Principal Component Analysis

Abstract

Abstract. Thermal efficiency is an economical operation index of industrial boilers. There are many factors influencing thermal efficiency. It is difficult to keep the boiler in high efficient operation just using single automatic control method when environment has been changed. Therefore, the control of combustion systems is usually depended on artificial experience. To improve this situation, an operation optimization method is proposed. An identification model which can reflect the thermal efficiency is established by using principal component analysis based on historical data. When the boiler’s operation efficiency decreases, the parameters of influencing boiler efficiency can be directly got by contribution plot method, which can guide operators in real-time to adjust these parameters maintaining boiler efficient operation. Abstract. Thermal efficiency is an economical operation index of industrial boilers. There are many factors influencing thermal efficiency. It is difficult to keep the boiler in high efficient operation just using single automatic control method when environment has been changed. Therefore, the control of combustion systems is usually depended on artificial experience. To improve this situation, an operation optimization method is proposed. An identification model which can reflect the thermal efficiency is established by using principal component analysis based on historical data. When the boiler’s operation efficiency decreases, the parameters of influencing boiler efficiency can be directly got by contribution plot method, which can guide operators in real-time to adjust these parameters maintaining boiler efficient operation.