Adaptive time-warped control of molten salt distributed collector solar fields

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 813-823

  Pin, G ^a   Falchetta, M ^b   Fenu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault identification; Nonlinear control system; Nonlinear filters; Parameter estimation; Predictive control; Solar energy; Time varying plants

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SALTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

HEAT TRANSFER FLUID; MOLTEN SALT; TIME-WARPED CONTROL; UNSCENTED KALMAN FILTER;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SALTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 41549115505     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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