Solar field control for desalination plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 772-786

  Roca, Lidia ^a   Berenguel, Manuel ^a   Yebra, Luis ^b   Alarcón Padilla, Diego C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feedback linearization; Nonlinear control; Solar distillation

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; DESALINATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DISTILLATION; DUST COLLECTORS; DYNAMIC MODELS; GRADIENT METHODS; LINEARIZATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PLANNING; SEAWATER; SOLAR ENERGY; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; COLLECTOR (FLOTATION); CONTINUOUS PROCESSING; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DESALINATION PLANTS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION CONTROL; FRESH WATERS; HEAT PROCESSING; INLET TEMPERATURES; NON LINEAR MODELING; REAL DATA; SEA-WATER DESALINATION PLANTS; TEMPERATURE REFERENCE; WATER FLOW RATES;

FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; EQUATION; LINEARITY; MODELING; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 47749105295     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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