Monitoring kraft recovery boiler fouling using principal component analysis

• Main Authors: Versteeg, Peter, Tran, Honghi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: TAPPI Press 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Pacific; Wilcox; Peace River
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/98522

Researchers analyzed high resolution operational data from three recovery boilers using the princi - pal component analysis (PCA) feature of a multivariate statistical analysis program to identify major operating varia - bles that contributed to fouling and plugging. The results show that PCA can be...