Performance Improvement in Steam Turbine in Thermal Power Plants Using Artificial Neural Network
Artificial intelligence has proven its effectiveness in many industrial fields to enhance the existing functionality. Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms integrated with turbines can be useful in controlling important variables such as pressure, temperature, speed, and humidity. In this research, the Simulink library from MATLAB is used to build an artificial neural network. The NARMA L2 neural controller is used to generate data and for training networks. To obtain the result and compare it with the real-time power plant, data is collected. The input variables provided to the neural network have a large effect on the hidden layer and the output of the neural network. The circuit board used in this research has a DC bridge, a transformer and voltage regulators. The result comparison shows that the integration of artificial neural networks and electric circuits shows enhanced performance with high accuracy of prediction. It was observed that the ANN integration system and electric circuit design have a result deviation of less than 1%. This shows that the integration of ANN improves the performance of turbines.