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Advanced control of a multiple receiver concentrated solar power plant

US9535409B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

ESOLAR, INC. · US

Inventors

William Dwight Cassity · Summerlin South, US
Andrew J. Zillmer · Burbank, US
Michael Slack · South Pasadena, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 2013
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 1, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/40
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for optimizing the startup, shutdown, and running operation of a multiple receiver concentrated solar power (CSP) plant comprising a predicted variable from at least one receiver model, a predicted variable from a plant model, and a determined target from an optimizer based on the predicted variable from the at least one receiver model and the predicted variable from the plant model.

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