DocumentCode
3012021
Title
Servo positioning power tower collectors for solar heat conversion to electricity
Author
Parker, R.S.
Author_Institution
Honeywell, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida
fYear
1976
fDate
1-3 Dec. 1976
Firstpage
84
Lastpage
89
Abstract
An overview of Honeywell´s Power Tower concept for conversion of solar generated heat to electricity is presented. The Solar Collector Subsystem control problem is defined. Operating modes including normal tracking, offset pointing, periodic calibration, stowage, and initialization are explained. Mathematics of sun vector computation and atmospheric refraction compensation are discussed. The process of attitude command generation and communication to the individual heliostats is outlined. Features of the control concept which contribute to cost effectiveness are highlighted throughout.
Keywords
Calibration; Communication system control; Energy conversion; Mathematics; Poles and towers; Power generation; Servomechanisms; Solar heating; Solar power generation; Sun;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Decision and Control including the 15th Symposium on Adaptive Processes, 1976 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Clearwater, FL, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CDC.1976.267707
Filename
4045567
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