Significant changes over the past decade in computing technology, along
with widespread deregulation of electricity industries, have impacted on
power plant operations while affording engineers the opportunity to
introduce monitoring and plant-wide control schemes that were previously
unfeasible. Contributors of world-class excellence are brought together
in Thermal Power Plant Simulation and Control to illustrate how
current areas of research can be applied to power plant operation,
leading to enhanced unit performance, asset management and plant
competitiveness through intelligent monitoring and control strategies.