To reduce NO_(x) emissions of coal-fired power plant boilers,this study introduced particle swarm optimization employing opposition-based learning(OBLPSO)and particle swarm optimization employing generalized oppositio...To reduce NO_(x) emissions of coal-fired power plant boilers,this study introduced particle swarm optimization employing opposition-based learning(OBLPSO)and particle swarm optimization employing generalized opposition-based learning(GOBLPSO)to a low NO_(x) combustion optimization area.Thermal adjustment tests under different ground conditions,variable oxygen conditions,variable operation modes of coal pulverizer conditions,and variable first air pressure conditions were carried out on a 660 MW boiler to obtain samples of combustion optimization.The adaptability of PSO,differential evolution algorithm(DE),OBLPSO,and GOBLPSO was compared and analyzed.Results of 51 times independently optimized experiments show that PSO is better than DE,while the performance of the GOBLPSO algorithm is generally better than that of the PSO and OBLPSO.The median-optimized NO_(x) emission by GOBLPSO is up to 15.8 mg/m^(3) lower than that obtained by PSO.The generalized opposition-based learning can effectively utilize the information of the current search space and enhance the adaptability of PSO to the low NO_(x) combustion optimization of the studied boiler.展开更多
文摘To reduce NO_(x) emissions of coal-fired power plant boilers,this study introduced particle swarm optimization employing opposition-based learning(OBLPSO)and particle swarm optimization employing generalized opposition-based learning(GOBLPSO)to a low NO_(x) combustion optimization area.Thermal adjustment tests under different ground conditions,variable oxygen conditions,variable operation modes of coal pulverizer conditions,and variable first air pressure conditions were carried out on a 660 MW boiler to obtain samples of combustion optimization.The adaptability of PSO,differential evolution algorithm(DE),OBLPSO,and GOBLPSO was compared and analyzed.Results of 51 times independently optimized experiments show that PSO is better than DE,while the performance of the GOBLPSO algorithm is generally better than that of the PSO and OBLPSO.The median-optimized NO_(x) emission by GOBLPSO is up to 15.8 mg/m^(3) lower than that obtained by PSO.The generalized opposition-based learning can effectively utilize the information of the current search space and enhance the adaptability of PSO to the low NO_(x) combustion optimization of the studied boiler.