Prediction of Induced Draft Fan Power Consumption in Thermal Power Plant by using Fuzzy Logic

Abstract

The coal fired power plants auxiliary power gulp a large amount (8-13 percent) of generated
power here, the excessive auxiliary power by the improper management and usage due to the
design and classical equipments of high power ratings, the power generation in a plant is not
same/optimum over the day/period, It changes according to the load, so if the auxiliaries run
at the maximum load there is a wastage of power during the period of minimum requirement
of power. And also induced power fan (ID fan) generally consumes approximate 30-35% of
the total power consumption of in house auxiliaries. So in this paper with the help of Fuzzy
logic we are going to present a model where the auxiliary power varies simultaneously with
the power generation.