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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Peter N. Francino, Renfrew, PA (US);
Xu Cheng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Peter N. Francino, Renfrew, PA (US);
Xu Cheng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling soot blowers near a heat exchange section includes generating models of both the ideal clean operating condition of the section and the dirty operating condition. The current operating condition of the section is used to calculate a reliability parameter that provides an indication of the reliability of the ideal and dirty models. If the reliability parameter indicates that the models are reliable, the models are used to help evaluate the cleanliness status of a particular heat exchange section and assist in making decisions on whether to blow the section or not, and whether to make any necessary adjustments to the operating sequence of the soot blowers. If the reliability parameter indicates that the models are unreliable, the models are regenerated using additional process data.