Automatic Сontrol and Regulation Systems of the Thermal Power Plants and Approaches to their Improvement

Abstract

The paper considers main approaches to further improvement of the automatic control and regulation systems at the thermal power plants. It shows that in modern stationary and mobile thermal power plants mainly the piston internal combustion engines are used. The paper notes that equipping the plants with the automatic control and regulation systems ensures the most efficient flow of processes in various systems of the combined power plants and satisfies the modern stringent requirements for their power and dynamic indicators, as well as for the fuel efficiency and the exhaust gases toxicity. At the present stage of development of the thermal power plants with the internal combustion engines, the most important task is the need to improve the exhaust gases toxicity. The paper analyzes methods and means for improving the said indicators. In order to reduce emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere, the use of various alternative fuels in the thermal power plants is expanding. To reduce the greenhouse effect, it is advisable to use the carbon-free and low-carbon motor fuels, such as hydrogen, ammonia, natural gas and biofuels based on the ethyl alcohol and vegetable oils in the thermal power plants

The paper was based on materials of the reports of the All-Russian Scientific and Technical Conference n.a. Professor V.I. Krutov (31.01.2024)

Please cite this article in English as:
Markov V.A. Automatic control and regulation systems of the thermal power plants and approaches to their improvement. Herald of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Series Mechanical Engineering, 2025, no. 1 (152), pp. 142--168 (in Russ.). EDN: UWELZA

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