Tag Archives: Low Load
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Process-Control Strategies for Low-Load Operation
This report examines control and automation approaches and improvements to help large conventional thermal power plants sustain reductions in minimum load. It also identifies opportunities to improve controls and automation as part of a case study at a coal-fired unit.
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EPRI Case Study on Operational Flexibility #9—Subcritical Once-Through Boiler: Low-Load Evaluation
Drawing on engineering reviews and operational testing, this report presents methods for improving minimum loads for fossil steam power plants. A case study applies these methods to a coal-fired, subcritical Benson boiler.
