Written by: STATISTICA News 11/29/2007 8:19 AM
TULSA, OK (Nov. .29 2007) - StatSoft Power Solutions (www.StatSoftPower.com) has been awarded a contract from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI's Cyclone Interest Group) for a project to demonstrate the effectiveness of (historical) data driven and data mining methods for achieving stable flame temperatures. While cyclone furnaces have not been commissioned for many years, numerous operators in the United States continue to improve on the operation of this versatile boiler design, to achieve consistent low-emissions. In collaboration with EPRI and Alliant Energy, StatSoft Power Solutions is using StatSoft's patent-pending methods for leveraging existing historical data to identify operational recommendations (operational parameter ranges) to achieve robust performance -- i.e., stable optimal flame temperatures in this case. The results of this demonstration project are available from EPRI, and are scheduled for publication in the first quarter of 2008.