Transfer Issues of Control Optimizing Combustion from Small-scale to Medium-scale Biomass-fired Boilers

Abstract The quick development of biomass fired boilers increased the attention being paid to the ecological and economical aspects of their operation. A very important role in the process of adapting to harder regulations has been the control technology replacing older simple solutions. Lately, we have been offered a very interesting opportunity to make use of our experience with small-scale boiler control which has been gradually equipped with instruments for more sophisticated experiments and to transfer verified control algorithms to a district heating boiler of medium-scale size. The following text describes what has been achieved in experiments with the small-scale boiler and how this can be transferred to bigger scale one. An algorithm to optimize the combustion process from the efficiency point of view, as well as harmful emission reduction is described in detail.