[HTML][HTML] Functionality analysis of electric actuators in renewable energy systems—a review

A Redekar, D Deb, S Ozana - Sensors, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Various mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and hybrid actuators can alter motion
per the requirements of particular applications. However, except for electrical ones, all …

A survey on control schemes for distributed solar collector fields. Part I: Modeling and basic control approaches

EF Camacho, FR Rubio, M Berenguel, L Valenzuela - Solar Energy, 2007‏ - Elsevier
This article presents a survey of the different automatic control techniques that have been
applied to control the outlet temperature of solar plants with distributed collectors during the …

A survey on control schemes for distributed solar collector fields. Part II: Advanced control approaches

EF Camacho, FR Rubio, M Berenguel, L Valenzuela - Solar Energy, 2007‏ - Elsevier
This article presents a survey of the different advanced automatic control techniques that
have been applied to control the outlet temperature of solar plants with distributed collectors …

Polynomial chaos expansion of random coefficients and the solution of stochastic partial differential equations in the tensor train format

S Dolgov, BN Khoromskij, A Litvinenko… - SIAM/ASA Journal on …, 2015‏ - SIAM
We apply the tensor train (TT) decomposition to construct the tensor product polynomial
chaos expansion (PCE) of a random field, to solve the stochastic elliptic diffusion PDE with …

Coordinated control of concentrated solar power systems with indirect molten salt storage considering operation mode switching: Using switching model predictive …

J Wang, Y Li, J Zhang - Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems, in conjunction with thermal energy storage (TES)
systems, can deliver continuous and stable electricity even under intermittent solar …

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

AJ Gallego, EF Camacho - Control Engineering Practice, 2012‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Model predictive control in solar trough plants: A review

EF Camacho, AJ Gallego - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The importance of the use of renewable energy sources has experienced a great impulse
since the beginning of the 80s. In particular, solar energy is the most abundant source of …

Nonlinear predictive control with dead-time compensator: Application to a solar power plant

M Gálvez-Carrillo, R De Keyser, C Ionescu - Solar energy, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents the application of a Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller (NMPC)
extended with a dead-time compensator (DTC) to the control of a distributed solar collector …

A light clustering model predictive control approach to maximize thermal power in solar parabolic-trough plants

E Masero, JRD Frejo, JM Maestre, EF Camacho - Solar Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This article shows how coalitional model predictive control (MPC) can be used to maximize
thermal power of large-scale solar parabolic-trough plants. This strategy dynamically …

Modeling, simulation and advanced control of methanol production from variable synthesis gas feed

S Abrol, CM Hilton - Computers & chemical engineering, 2012‏ - Elsevier
A process relying on feedstock produced using a non-continuous energy source such as
solar energy needs detailed understanding of the dynamics to define procedures for cycling …