Model and control scheme for recirculation mode direct steam generation parabolic trough solar power plants

S Guo, D Liu, X Chen, Y Chu, C Xu, Q Liu, L Zhou - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This work describes and evaluates a new nonlinear dynamic model, and a new generalized
predictive control scheme for a collector field of direct steam generation parabolic troughs in …

Efficient hardware implementation of radial basis function neural network with customized-precision floating-point operations

HVH Ayala, DM Muñoz, CH Llanos… - Control Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper aims at the proposition of novel architectures for radial basis function neural
networks implementation on hardware with custom-precision floating-point operations for …

[PDF][PDF] A Neural Model Reference Adaptive Controller Algorithm for Nonlinear Systems

A Slama, A Errachdi, M Benrejeb - Tunis El Manar University …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Model reference adaptive control is a viable control method to impose the desired dynamics
on plants whose parameters are affected by large uncertainties. In this paper, it is proposed …

[PDF][PDF] Distributed collector system: Modelling, control and optimal performance

A Alsharkawi, JA Rossiter - Automatic Control of a …, 2017 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Continual increases in electricity demand, the global rise in oil consumption and prices, the
contribution of oil consumption to greenhouse gases emissions and the fact that the supply …