Control system in thermal power plant

Can a thermal power plant be controlled from a central control room?

Today’s all subsystems of large thermal power plants can be controlled from central control room through state-of-the-art automation. In the future, it will be possible to modify or extend electrical systems without replacing the entire substation automation system.

What are the subsystems of a thermal power plant?

Today’s power plants are highly automated. All subsystems of large thermal power plants can be controlled from a central control room. One subsystems area is the electrical auxiliaries for the unit transformer, the grid connection, excitation, synchronization, generator/unit protection, auxiliary transformers, HV-, MV- and LV-switchgear.

What is a power plant control system?

Traditional power plant control systems focus on controlling the process operation of the power plant. The power plant control system controls the different processes to achieve maximum power output at lowest operational cost.

What is a coordinated control strategy for thermal power plants?

A novel coordinated control strategy, informed by the characteristics of distributed energy storage and power ramping stages of thermal power plants, is proposed.

Does a control strategy improve flexibility in thermal power plants?

(1) A control strategy based on the orderly utilization of energy storage within a thermal power plant is proposed to enhance flexibility. (2) The efficacy of the optimized control strategy is assessed across the dimensions of operational flexibility and efficiency.

What is a thermal power plant?

In thermal power plants, the fundamental objective is to supply thermal energy by the boiler as required by the turbine, to convert the energy to mechanical energy to match the electrical power delivered by the generator coupled with the turbine.