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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Jianhu Jia, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Stephen Piche, Austin, TX (US);
W. Hardey Beaver, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pegasus Technologies, Inc., Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a parameter associated with operation of a fossil fuel fired power generating unit. An optimizer determines optimal setpoint values for manipulated variables used to operate the power generating unit by accessing a model that predicts a parameter sensed by a plurality of sensors. The optimizer uses the model to minimize a cost valve of a cost function while observing at least one constraint associated with operation of the power generating unit.