Vol. 55 No. 4 (2018)   New Power Domain Projects
Technical Papers

One Stop Solution for Everything from Prediction to Failure and Influencing Factor Detection
AI Support for Biomass Power Plant Business

YUSUKE YAMASHINA
YUDAI KATO
TAKANOBU MATSUBARA

Among renewable energy sources that are spreading toward the realization of a low carbon society, biomass power generation is expected to contribute to waste reduction. Meanwhile, against the background where operation & maintenance (O&M) has been advanced due to the progress of AI&IoT technology, the optimization of entire production lines across equipment or entire plants, in addition to the stable operation of individual pieces of equipment, is desired. This report presents a case study of utilizing AI&IoT technology for the O&M of a biomass power plant and realizing the improvement of efficiency in operation management.