Adaptative state-space model predictive control of a parabolic-trough field

Model Predictive control algorithms for trough solar plants make use of solar radiation measurements and the overall efficiency knowledge which are very useful in order to reject disturbances. However, direct solar radiation, mirror reflectivity and metal absorptance which affect overall efficiency,...

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Autores: Gallego Len, Antonio Javier, Camacho, Eduardo F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/166401
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/166401
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2012.05.010
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:State-space model predictive control
Unscented Kalman filter
Parabolic-trough
Solar radiation
Distributed collector field
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Sumario:Model Predictive control algorithms for trough solar plants make use of solar radiation measurements and the overall efficiency knowledge which are very useful in order to reject disturbances. However, direct solar radiation, mirror reflectivity and metal absorptance which affect overall efficiency, can only be measured locally. In this paper, an adaptative model predictive control using an unscented Kalman filter (UKF) to estimate both the effective solar radiation and the metal–fluid temperature profiles is proposed. The control algorithm is validated by tests with real data taken from the ACUREX field of the PSA in Almería (Spain).