Algorithm for automated assessment of performance indicators of industrial power plants

This paper presents an algorithm that allows automated calculation of the main performance indicators of industrial thermal power plants using the original KATRAN software product. The calculation is based on the models of boilers and generators of power plants, presented in tabular form and having limitations due to maximum permissible modes and operating characteristics of the equipment. The algorithm is organized using the dynamic and linear programming method. For the studied power plants, using the algorithm, the costs and consumption of individual energy resources, the total cost of energy, the cost of steam in the whole facility and separately for the boiler units, the cost of electricity in the whole power plant and separately for generators are determined. When calculating the algorithm, we take into account the steam consumption for heating and production selections. The paper gives an example for a given thermal power plant operating on a mixture of natural, blast furnace and coke oven gases.