While the conventional design of thermal power plants is mainly focused on high process
efficiency, market requirements increasingly target operating flexibility due to the continuing …

Organic Rankine cycle systems are suitable technologies for utilization of low/medium-
temperature heat sources, especially for small-scale systems. Waste heat from engines in …

It is very important for the diesel engine to achieve a cold startup at low environmental
temperature especially in the region with the temperature in the range of− 40° C to 0° C …

It is really vital for the diesel engine to achieve a fast cold startup under low temperature
environment especially in alpine region with the winter temperature in the range of–30° C to …

After more than one century from its first use for electric power production, steam cycles are
still the object of continuous research and development efforts worldwide. Indeed, owing to …

In a parabolic trough solar power plant, the steam generation system is the junction of the
heat transfer fluid circuit and the water/steam circuit. Due to the discontinuous nature of solar …

Developed is a robust model predictive control scheme for a class of discrete-time switched
linear systems. The system is described in linear fractional transformation form in the …

Compressed air energy storage (CAES) is recognized as one of the most promising grid-
scale energy storage technology due to the increasing share of intermittent renewable …

To guarantee the safety and efficient performance of the power plant, a robust controller for
the boiler–turbine unit is needed. In this paper, a robust adaptive sliding mode controller …

Exergy-economic modelling of the integration of two black start diesel engines (BSDEs) into
the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) provides an analysis of the potential of utilizing the …