Testing and Validation of Innovative on-Site Solar Field Measurement Techniques to Increase Power Tower Plant Performance: The LEIA Project
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https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v2i.777Keywords:
Solar Power Tower Plants, Smart Solar Field, Smart Receiver Control, Operation and Maintenance Control StrategiesAbstract
LEIA project aims to contribute to the development of the next generation of central receiver power plants focusing on validating a combination and integration of pre-commercial solar field control and O&M solutions for the central tower receiver technology using molten salts, as the most promising cost-effective solution with the highest market penetration potential. To effectively remove the existing technical and industrial barriers to optimize central receiver and heliostat field operation & maintenance and thus to improve overall CSP performance, the following innovations are being developed: 1) Smart heliostat field control, 2) Smart control systems, 3) Solar Field Operation and Maintenance control strategies. These developments will be tested and demonstrated in three flagship operational environments: a) Cerro Dominador (Chile), b) CIEMAT – PSA (Spain), and c) CENER – Tudela (Spain).
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Copyright (c) 2024 Antonio Avila-Marin, Jesus Fernández-Reche, Rafael Monterreal, Jesus Ballestrin, Jose Fernando Gallego, Marina Casanova, Sonia Escorza, Amaia Mutuberria, Andreas Kämpgen, Ansgar Macke, Marc Röger, Julian Krauth, Stefan Schlau, Annette Barenbruegge, Jose Manuel Blazquez, Adriana Zurita
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Accepted 2024-08-07
Published 2024-09-16
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Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Grant numbers PCI2022-135015-2 -
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat
Grant numbers 03EE5134A;03EE5134B
