摘要：AbstractNatural circulation steam boilers are extensively used in process and power plant industries. Availability and performance of these boilers are critical for respective process/power plants and hence are typically designed and controlled conservatively. Currently with increased focus on flexibility and cost efficient performance, advance control and optimization methods and algorithms are explored both in academia and industrial research. However, majority of these studies are limited to simulation-based, with almost zero operational data to validate the improvement based on the advancement in controls technology. Goal of our work is to bridge this gap by providing a unique innovative laboratory scale boiler setup for controls research and education. This setup is designed in such a way to mimic real-world boiler dynamics from a system and controls perspective. This setup is also expected to improve overall process control education process because of the hands-on experience on modeling, system identification, control design and implementation on an equipment which is close to real world application.
