The control problem was formulated in the previous chapters considering all signals to possess an unlimited range. This is not very realistic because in practice all processes are …
This work deals with the main control problems found in solar power systems and the solutions proposed in literature. The paper first describes the main solar power …
The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology impacts all areas of the …
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 …
Modern agriculture is nowadays subject to regulations in terms of quality and environmental impact and thus it is a field where the application of automatic control techniques has …
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 …
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 …
One of the most important challenges in the use of solar energy is to make it economical. This can be done by reducing investment and operating costs and by increasing solar plants …
This paper proposes a new centralized Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm for the maximization of the thermal power obtained with a parabolic-trough collector field. The …