Control scheme for direct steam generation in parabolic troughs under recirculation operation mode |
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Authors: | L Valenzuela E Zarza M Berenguel EF Camacho |
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Affiliation: | aCIEMAT, Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. Senes s/n, P.O. Box 22, E-04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain;bUniversidad de Almería, Dpto. Lenguajes y Computación, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, E-04120 Almería, Spain;cUniversidad de Sevilla, Dpto. de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática, Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain |
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Abstract: | Electricity production using solar thermal energy is one of the main research areas at present in the field of renewable energies, these systems being characterised by the need of reliable control systems aimed at maintaining desired operating conditions in the face of changes in solar radiation, which is the main source of energy. A new prototype of solar system with parabolic trough collectors was implemented at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA, South-East Spain) to investigate the direct steam generation process under real solar conditions in the parabolic solar collector field of a thermal power plant prototype. This paper presents details and some results of the application of a control scheme designed and tested for the recirculation operation mode, for which the main objective is to obtain steam at constant temperature and pressure at the outlet of the solar field, so that changes produced in the inlet water conditions and/or solar radiation will only affect the amount of steam produced by the solar field. The steam quality and consequently the nominal efficiency of the plant are thus maintained. |
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Keywords: | Solar thermal energy Direct steam generation Process identification PI controllers Pressure control Temperature control |
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