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@article{207166,
        author = {Vijayan Gopalsay and Ravikiran.S and Hemanth kumar.R and Mohamed Aadhil.A and Brithivi raj. G},
        title = {Thermal Power Plant Efficiency Improvement: Technologies, Performance Analysis, and Future Perspectives},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {2},
        pages = {4489-4496},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=207166},
        abstract = {Thermal power plants continue to play a vital role in global electricity generation despite the growing adoption of renewable energy sources. Enhancing their efficiency is essential to reduce fuel consumption, operational costs, and environmental emissions while ensuring sustainable power production. This review presents recent advances in thermal power plant efficiency improvement, focusing on supercritical and ultra-supercritical technologies, waste heat recovery systems, advanced boiler and turbine designs, artificial intelligence, digital twin technology, predictive maintenance, advanced materials, and carbon capture solutions. The study critically examines the performance benefits, implementation challenges, and future prospects of these emerging technologies for developing cleaner, more reliable, and highly efficient thermal power generation systems.},
        keywords = {Digital Twin, Energy Efficiency, Supercritical Technology, Thermal Power Plant, Waste Heat Recovery},
        month = {July},
        }