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Academic Journal of Engineering and Technology Science, 2022, 5(10); doi: 10.25236/AJETS.2022.051010.

Design and Simulation of a Robust Combustion Control System for a Steam Power Plant Using MATLAB Simulink

Author(s)

Yixing Xie

Corresponding Author:
Yixing Xie
Affiliation(s)

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Steam power plants are extensively utilised worldwide for electricity generation and whose operation efficiency should be improved to make better utilisation of fossil fuels. Inside a steam power plant, the combustion system is probably the most imperative system to be controlled since it guarantees the effective and secure operation of the boiler. In this paper, firstly, the block diagram and corresponding transfer functions of the combustion system were built and assumed. Then, the conventional and fuzzy PID controllers were designed and applied to control the boiler combustion system. Through the simulation using MATLAB Simulink, the closed-loop responses of the conventional PID and the fuzzy controller were obtained and compared. Furthermore, the robustness of the fuzzy PID controller was tested and verified. The results show that the overall performance of fuzzy PID controller is more excellent than the conventional one. Additionally, it is also proven that the fuzzy PID controller possesses outstanding robustness, and it can handle quite well with the disturbances appearing in the system and the uncertainties that occurred in system modelling, which is rather advantageous and practical in a steam power plant.

Keywords

Steam power plant, Combustion control system, Robust control method, MATLAB Simulink

Cite This Paper

Yixing Xie. Design and Simulation of a Robust Combustion Control System for a Steam Power Plant Using MATLAB Simulink. Academic Journal of Engineering and Technology Science (2022) Vol. 5, Issue 10: 53-59. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJETS.2022.051010.

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