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ANFIS and ANN models to predict heliostat tracking errors [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The efficiency and performance of solar tower power are greatly influenced by the heliostats field. To ensure accurate tracking of reflectors often requires an evaluation of the beam reflected positions. This operation is costly time-consuming due to the
Marie Pascaline Sarr +2 more
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Highly Efficient Four-Rod Pumping Approach for the Most Stable Solar Laser Emission [PDF]
Micromachines, 2022 We report a significant numerical improvement in multi-rod laser efficiency, with an enhanced solar tracking error compensation capacity for a heliostat-parabolic system.
Miguel Catela +6 more
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Method to determine the tracking angles of heliostats [PDF]
MethodsX, 2021 The heliostats with two tracking axes are considered, and the method is presented to find the tracking angles for reflection of sun light to a given target.
Victor Grigoriev +3 more
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On-Line Measurement of Tracking Poses of Heliostats in Concentrated Solar Power Plants [PDF]
SensorsThe tracking pose of heliostats directly affects the stability and working efficiency of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. Due to occlusion, over-exposure, and uneven illumination caused by mirror reflection, traditional image processing algorithms ...
Fen Xu, Changhao Li, Feihu Sun
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Automatic heliostat learning for in situ concentrating solar power plant metrology with differentiable ray tracing [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsConcentrating solar power plants are a clean energy source capable of competitive electricity generation even during night time, as well as the production of carbon-neutral fuels, offering a complementary role alongside photovoltaic plants.
Max Pargmann +5 more
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Analysis of tracking characteristics of a heliostat field using a graphical ray tracing procedure
e-Prime: Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, 2023 The tracking requirements of all heliostats in a field are not the same, and they vary according to day, time, and latitude. In this work, a graphical ray tracing (GRT) based model is developed and demonstrated with two-axis Azimuth-Elevation (AE) and ...
Sainath A. Waghmare +1 more
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Leave No Photon Behind: Artificial Intelligence in Multiscale Physics of Photocatalyst and Photoreactor Design. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)Recent strides in Language Neural Networks, like Generative Pre‐Trained Transformer (GPT), offer renewed optimism in achieving General Artificial Intelligence. This prompts a re‐evaluation of previously unsolvable problems due to scale and complexity.
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Scientific African, 2022 A recent assessment of a pilot concentrating solar power plant in Ghana noticed the failure of the tracking system to accurately align the multifaceted heliostats toward the sun and focus the sunbeams onto the target.
Eric Tutu Tchao +6 more
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SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, 2023 Heliostats represent a major cost share of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with central receiver. They are essential for system efficiency and strongly influence maintenance cost and service life.
Rupert Preßmair, Armin Buchroithner
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Design And Realization Of A Mini Heliostat Of A Solar Power Tower Plant
Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2022 The heliostat is the essential element of a solar power tower plant; a heliostatic field allows concentrating the sun rays at a single point (receiver) to have temperatures up to 1000 ° C.
Abdelfettah Zeghoudi, Riad Sendjakeddine
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