Heliostat field power controller for setting a throttle to determine an optimum distribution of energy
US9500390B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/47
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for setting a throttle at a solar power plant, by a controller, the controller configured to select at least one aim point on a receiver of the solar power plant, calculate a desired energy to be delivered by two or more subgroups to each selected aim point via a search method based on an aiming scheme, and determine an optimum distribution of energy to be delivered to the receiver across the two or more subgroups via a search program based on the calculated desired energy.
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