Abstract: Knowledge of the carbon content of fly ash is important for calculating combustion efficiency in coal-fired boilers. However, present methods of measuring carbon content of fly ash are tedious ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the temperature control of a two-bed fluidized combustor using a self-tuning control algorithm to vary secondary air flow rate. The controller consists of a recursive ...

Abstract: Application of fuzzy logic control to a fluidized bed combustor (FBC) is examined. Major aspects of fuzzy control are reviewed, and design of a fuzzy controller for the FBC is described. ...

Abstract: The interaction of the gas jet with the molten layer during reactive-gas assisted laser cutting is investigated. The Navier-Stokes equations in each region are solved with an implicit finite-difference ...