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Hierarchical Control of a Distributed Solar Collector Field

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Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2005 (EUROCAST 2005)

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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.

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  1. Dept. Lenguajes y Computación, Universidad de Almería, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain

    Manuel Berenguel & Cristina M. Cirre

  2. Institute of Engineering, Cybernetics, Wroclaw University of Technology, 11/17 Janiszewskiego Street, 50-372, Wroclaw, Poland

    Ryszard Klempous, Henryk Maciejewski, Maciej Nikodem & Jan Nikodem

  3. Budapest Polytechnic, H-1034, Budapest, Doberdo u. 6, Hungary

    Imre Rudas

  4. CIEMAT, Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. Senes s/n, E-04200, Almería, Spain

    Cristina M. Cirre & Loreto Valenzuela

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  1. Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologícas Cibernéticas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus de Tafira, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,, Las Palmas, Spain

    Roberto Moreno Díaz

  2. Systems Theory, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, A-4040, Linz, Austria

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  3. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologícas Cibernéticas, Campus de Tafira, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

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Berenguel, M. et al. (2005). Hierarchical Control of a Distributed Solar Collector Field. In: Moreno Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2005. EUROCAST 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3643. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11556985_82

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