Artículo
Field-design optimization with triangular heliostat pods
Autor/es | Domínguez Bravo, Carmen Ana
Bode, Sebastian James Heiming, Gregor Richter, Pascal Carrizosa Priego, Emilio José Fernández Cara, Enrique Frank, Martin Gauché, Paul |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Análisis Numérico Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa |
Fecha de publicación | 2016-05 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-02-22 |
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Resumen | In this paper the optimization of a heliostat field with triangular heliostat pods is addressed. The use of structures which allow the combination of several heliostats into a common pod system aims to reduce the high ... In this paper the optimization of a heliostat field with triangular heliostat pods is addressed. The use of structures which allow the combination of several heliostats into a common pod system aims to reduce the high costs associated with the heliostat field and therefore reduces the Levelized Cost of Electricity value. A pattern-based algorithm and two pattern-free algorithms are adapted to handle the field layout problem with triangular heliostat pods. Under the Helio100 project in South Africa, a new small-scale Solar Power Tower plant has been recently constructed. The Helio100 plant has 20 triangular pods (each with 6 heliostats) whose positions follow a linear pattern. The obtained field layouts after optimization are compared against the reference field Helio100. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España Junta de Andalucía |
Identificador del proyecto | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/MTM2012-36136
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/MTM2013-41286-P P11-FQM-7603 TD1207 T13-00002-OC |
Cita | Domínguez Bravo, C.A., Bode, S.J., Heiming, G., Richter, P., Carrizosa Priego, E.J., Fernández Cara, E.,...,Gauché, P. (2016). Field-design optimization with triangular heliostat pods. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1734 (070006), 070006-1-070006-8. |
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