**Adaptive Robust Control of Biomass Fuel Co-Combustion Process** Adaptive Robust Control of Biomass Fuel Co-Combustion Process

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71576

Konrad Gromaszek and Andrzej Kotyra

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter Konrad Gromaszek and Andrzej Kotyra

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71576 Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

## Abstract

The share of biomass in energy production is constantly growing. This is caused by environmental and industry standards and EU guidelines. Biomass is used in the process of co-firing in large power plants and industrial installations. In the existing power stations, biomass is milled and burned simultaneously with coal. However, low-emission combustion techniques, including biomass co-combustion, have some negative side effects that can be split into two categories. The direct effects influence the process control stability, whereas the indirect ones on combustion installations via increased corrosion or boiler slagging. The effects can be minimised using additional information about the process. The proper combustion diagnosis as well as an appropriate, robust control system ought to be applied. The chapter is devoted to the analysis of modern, robust control techniques for complex power engineering applications.

Keywords: adaptive control, model predictive control, complex system, co-combustion, energy, controllability, robust
