Digital Twin for BIOMASS POWER PLANT

What is the challenge for Biomass Power Plants?

The main goal for power plant personnel is to assure stable power plant efficiency, reduce operation and maintenance costs. Biomass power plants typically operate 2-9% below their design efficiency limits.

Human behavior and limited capabilities of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are the main reasons why biomass power plants operate at lower efficiency than designed. Operators may not follow correct procedures or may lack sufficient knowledge, while the PLC logic cannot adapt to changing fuel moisture content, fuel quality, and real energy demand.

Next generation approach to biomass power plant operation

Digital Twin of a biomass power plant monitors, analyses, estimates efficiency and controls power plant 24/7 in the most efficient way by evaluating real-time data.

How does it work? 

EA-SAS platform continuously collects real SCADA metering data and performs calculations in the Cloud. Real-time Digital Twin is performed based on metering data. It computes biomass energy KPIs: calorific value and moisture content, evaluates biomass fuel dosing process, economizer efficiency, thermal losses with input air and exhausted gasses. Based on KPIs, operator receives control tasks for each operation hour or advanced automated control can be done directly to Scada without human interaction. Optimal control tasks allow to control biomass fuel combustion process in the most efficient way.