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Authors
Kang Li; Steve Thompson; Gareth-Guan R. Duan; Jian-Xun Peng

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3182/20020721-6-ES-1901.00432

Page Numbers:
430-430

Index Terms
nonlinear systems,modeling,power plants,power generation,pollution

Abstract
Fundamental grey-box modeling is an approach that can be used to model complex nonlinear dynamic systems for which the underlying mechanisms are either too complex or only partially known a priori. In this paper, further discussion is made on the motivations behind this method and the framework of this method is also extended. As a case study, it is used to model the NOx emission in a coal-fired power generation plant.

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