E.A. Gilbert Generating Unit, Maysville, Kentucky : Top plants

Smart software now can decide whether a boiler section is sufficiently free of ash or slag, or needs to be cleaned by sootblowing. Such software constitutes the brains of integrated control systems capable of optimizing the order and frequency of sootbtower operations and determining achievable cleanliness levels Some of these systems can even perform adaptive setpoint control by basing cleanliness levels on real-time boiler operating parameters.