Temperature homogenization of a solar trough field for performance improvement

AJ Sánchez, AJ Gallego, JM Escaño, EF Camacho - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Optimal operation of solar plant is a challenge due to the multiple disturbances affecting the
plant. Research in optimal temperature set-point tracking is extensive whereas research …

Event-based MPC for defocusing and power production of a parabolic trough plant under power limitation

AJ Sánchez, AJ Gallego, JM Escaño, EF Camacho - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Optimal operation of a solar plant is generally understood as a tracking of the optimal
working temperatures which maximize the net electric power. However, a commercial solar …

Adaptive neuro–fuzzy control for discrete-time nonaffine nonlinear systems

P Gil, T Oliveira, L Palma - IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The problem of nonaffine time-varying nonlinear control systems is addressed in this paper
through an adaptive state-space neuro-fuzzy control scheme. It combines an eight-layered …

Thermal and Energy Management Based on Bimodal Airflow-Temperature Sensing and Reinforcement Learning

Z Zhang, C Ma, R Zhu - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Multi-physical field sensing and machine learning have drawn great attention in various
fields such as sensor networks, robotics, energy devices, smart buildings, intelligent system …

基于干扰观测器的近似最优解耦控制方法

洪成文, 富月 - 信息与控制, 2018 - xk.sia.cn
针对一类强耦合并且带非线性不可测干扰的线性系统, 提出了一种基于神经网络干扰观测器的
近似最优解耦控制方法. 首先, 采用递归神经网络对干扰进行观测; 然后设计前馈解耦控制器 …

Scheduling in Concentrating Solar Power Plants Based on Model Predictive Control and Binary-Regularization Methods

EG Cojocaru, MJ Vasallo, JM Bravo… - 2018 IEEE Conference …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes to use model predictive control with binary-regularization (MPC BR) to
manage the generation problem in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal …

Approximate Optimal Decoupling Control Method Based on Disturbance Observer

H Chengwen, FU Yue - INFORMATION AND CONTROL, 2018 - xk.sia.cn
We propose an approximate optimal decoupling control method based on a neural network
disturbance observer for a class of linear systems with strong couplings and nonlinear …

[PDF][PDF] Model Predictive Control of Solar Cooling Plants: Review and Applications

AJ Gallego Len… - Advances in Robotics …, 2018 - idus.us.es
Currently, governments are promoting the use of renewable energy sources to reduce the
environmental impact produced by the use of fossil fuels [8, 28]. Solar energy is, by far, the …

Event-Based MPC for defocusing and power production of a parabolic trough plant under power limitation

AJ Sánchez del Pozo Fernández… - Solar Energy, 174, 570 …, 2018 - idus.us.es
Optimal operation of a solar plant is generally understood as a tracking of the optimal
working temperatures which maximize the net electric power. However, a commercial solar …