Title :
On the design of wireless sensor networks for autonomous heliostats in Solar Tower Power Plants
Author :
Cabezas, J. ; Aguilar, E. ; Pastor, A. ; Méndez, A. ; Torralba, A. ; Carvajal, R.G. ; Aranda, E. ; Viguera, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Seville, Seville, Spain
Abstract :
This paper discusses the deployment of a wireless network to monitor and control a Solar Tower Power Plant, taking into account its unique characteristics like clustering or antenna orientation. An software tool is presented, with inputs based on real or estimated plant layouts and tunable network parameters. A set of solutions for cluster head location and node power output is proposed and results are exported to WSN simulators. In addition, experimental results obtained from the deployment of a wireless network based on IEEE 802.15.4 in a real power plant are presented.
Keywords :
Zigbee; power engineering computing; power plants; solar power stations; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4; WSN simulator; antenna orientation; autonomous heliostat; cluster head location; node power output; plant layout estimation; software tool; solar tower power plant control; solar tower power plant monitoring; tunable network parameter; wireless sensor network; Antennas; Argon; Receivers; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2419-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2012.6389098
