Title
Hierarchical control of a distributed solar collector field
Abstract
This article presents a hierarchical control structure aimed at optimizing the electricity production process in solar power plants with distributed collectors. In these systems, a fluid is heated using the energy provided by the solar irradiation until a desired outlet temperature range is achieved, despite of the effect of disturbances (mainly radiation and inlet temperature),using as manipulated variable the fluid flow. The heated fluid is then used for feeding a heat exchanger where steam is produced for electricity generation using a turbine. Nonlinear models are used in the design of the different layers of the control architecture.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/11556985_82
EUROCAST
Keywords
Field
DocType
solar power plant,hierarchical control structure,electricity production process,electricity generation,control architecture,inlet temperature,outlet temperature range,heated fluid,fluid flow,solar collector field,solar irradiation,heat exchanger,production process,solar irradiance
Process engineering,Electric generator,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Solar power,Scheduling (production processes),Heat exchanger,Fluid dynamics,Turbine,Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector,Electricity generation
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
3643
0302-9743
3-540-29002-8
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
1
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Manuel Berenguel19821.50
Cristina M. Cirre271.16
Ryszard Klempous36312.84
Henryk Maciejewski42711.21
Maciej Nikodem54611.95
Jan Nikodem65111.58
Imre Rudas7425.22
Loreto Valenzuela871.84