Research Article
Dec 1971
Optimization of Power Plant Cooling Water
Authors: Liang-Tseng Fan, Jie-Tsai Tseng, and Ching-Lai HwangAuthor Affiliations
Abstract
The literature on dynamic mathematical models of water quality in streams and the temperature effects on DO and BOD concentrations is reviewed. The models for predicting temperature and water quality in the stream are nonlinear distributed parameter systems. A method of optimal control for distributed parameter systems is applied to the determination of an optimal cooling water discharge policy of a power plant. Such a policy permits a plant to operate at the highest possible efficiency without violating a preassigned stream quality criterion. The spatial distribution of temperature and its temporal change and their effects on the BOD and DO distributions in a stream are simultaneously determined.
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Journal of the Power Division
Volume 97 • Issue 4 • December 1971
Pages: 841 - 860
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© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Dec 1971
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Liang-Tseng Fan
Prof. and Head, Dept. of Chemical Engrg., Institute for Systems Design and Optimization, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, Kan.
Jie-Tsai Tseng
Grad. Research Asst., Dept. of Chemical Engrg., Institute for Systems Design and Optimization, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, Kan.
Ching-Lai Hwang
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Industrial Engrg., Institute for Systems Design and Optimization, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, Kan.
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