Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
For some industrial applications, an accurate estimation of a light source position is needed. That is the case for a heliostat, a device that projects sunlight onto a focus hundreds of meters away from its aiming point. In this paper, we present a novel sensor design for generating an alignment error signal. Included is a detailed study of its response, which shows that certain geometrical design parameters are necessary to achieve desired accuracy. This sensor has been implemented using microelectromechanical system techniques to achieve a robust structure at low cost and it has been successfully applied to sun-tracking systems. Experimental results obtained in field tests are included |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2007 | 10.1109/TIE.2007.893075 | Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
microsensors,power generation control,solar energy concentrators,solar power stations,tracking,geometrical design parameters,heliostat,incident radiation angle microsensor,industrial applications,light source position estimation,micro-electromechanical system,power generation,sun-tracking systems,tracking control system,Microelectromechanical system (MEMS),microsensors,power generation,solar energy,sun-tracking control | Microelectromechanical systems,Metre,Signal generator,Robustness (computer science),Control engineering,Electronic engineering,Control system,Engineering,Aiming point,Radiation angle,Heliostat | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
54 | 2 | 0278-0046 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
5 | 1.93 | 7 |
Authors | ||
8 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jos M. Quero | 1 | 5 | 1.93 |
| Carmen Aracil | 2 | 22 | 5.10 |
| Leopoldo G. Franquelo | 3 | 552 | 56.44 |
| Jordi Ricart | 4 | 24 | 5.43 |
| Pablo R. Ortega | 5 | 5 | 1.93 |
| Manuel Dominguez | 6 | 34 | 5.29 |
| Luis M. Castaner | 7 | 5 | 1.93 |
| Rafael Osuna | 8 | 5 | 1.93 |