An artificial vision-based control system for automatic heliostat positioning offset correction in a central receiver solar power plant

Solar Energy

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 563-575

  Berenguel, M ^a   Rubio, F R ^b   Valverde, A ^c   Lara, P J ^b   Arahal, M R ^b   Camacho, E F ^b   Lopez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial vision techniques; Automatic control systems; Central receiver systems

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; VISION;

ARTIFICIAL VISION TECHNIQUES; VISION BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS);

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 1442335808     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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