Method of operating a furnace based upon electrostatic precipitator operation
AssigneeESA Environmental Solutions, Inc.
InventorsBernard P. Breen, James E. Gabrielson, Dennis Tobias
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Abstract
A method is provided for controlling the operation of a furnace. A furnace generally includes a boiler having a combustion zone, a plurality of burners burning a mixture of fuel and air in the combustion zone producing a gaseous by-product, and an electrostatic precipitator in fluid communication with the boiler removing particulates from the gaseous by-products. The method includes the steps of monitoring operating conditions of the electrostatic precipitator on a section-by-section basis, and controlling a select one or more of the burners based upon the section-by-section monitored operating conditions.
Claims26
A method of controlling operation of a furnace including a boiler having a combustion zone, a plurality of burners burning a mixture of fuel and air in the combustion zone producing a gaseous by-product, and an electrostatic precipitator in fluid communication with the boiler removing particulates from the gaseous by-product, said method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring operating conditions of the electrostatic precipitator on a section-by-section basis;
- and
- controlling a select at least one of the plurality of burners based upon the section-by-section monitored operating conditions.
A method of controlling operation of a furnace including a boiler having a combustion zone, a plurality of burners burning a mixture of fuel and air in the combustion zone producing a gaseous by-product, and an electrostatic precipitator in fluid communication with the boiler removing particulates from the gaseous by-product, said method comprising the steps of:
- assigning sections of the electrostatic precipitator to the plurality of burners based on select criteria;
- monitoring operating conditions of the sections of the electrostatic precipitator;
- and
- controlling a select at least one of the plurality of burners based upon the monitored operating conditions of its assigned section of the electrostatic precipitator.
A method of controlling operation of a furnace including a boiler having a combustion zone, a plurality of burners burning a mixture of fuel and air in the combustion zone producing a gaseous by-product, and an electrostatic precipitator in fluid communication with the boiler removing particulates from the gaseous by-product, said method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring operating conditions of the electrostatic precipitator on a section-by-section basis;
- developing a dynamic process model of burner operation from the section-by-section monitored operating conditions;
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- controlling a select at least one of the plurality of burners based upon variations in the dynamic process model.
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