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N. Paces, M. Kozek:
"Modeling of a Grate-Firing Biomass Furnace for Real-Time Application";
Talk: International Symposium on Models and Modeling Methodologies in Science and Engineering: MMMse 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA; 2011-03-27 - 2011-03-30; in: "Symposium on Models and Modeling Methodologies in Science and Engineering: MMMse 2011", (2011), ISBN: 9781936338221; 6 pages.

A dynamic model of a grate-firing biomass furnace for
real-time applications like model predictive control is presented.
Power generation by renewable energy resources is
becoming increasingly important and the related technologies
call for suitable simulation models. The model presented
here is based on the analytical equations for solids
and gaseous components at the grate, which is divided into
five sections with different combustion stages. The freeboard
is modeled as a single volume. The parameters of the
analytical model parts are adapted by particle swarm optimisation,
and a grey-box model for oxygen and a blackbox
model for steam generation are also included. To facilitate
real-time implementation the resulting model is linearised
and reduced to 17 states. Validation results with
measured process data demonstrate the excellent performance
of the model.

Biomass Furnace, Grate-Firing, Modeling, Real-Time Model