Publication Type : Journal
Thematic Areas : Wireless Network and Application
Publisher : 2014.
Source : 2014.
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School of Engineering
Center : Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA)
Department : Electrical and Electronics
Year : 2014
Abstract : Solar central receiver or "power tower" thermal energy systems demand high precision heliostat tracking. Large numbers of heliostats in the field need to precisely track their own targets. Such a scenario suggests a hierarchical control architecture in which a model based controller could occupy the supervisory level. A novel two-level control architecture consisting of the NREL SPA (Solar Position Algorithm) and ANFIS (Artificial Neural and Fuzzy Inference System) as supervisory control is presented. The ANFIS system offers reduced complexity and allows for the quick simulation of various heliostat geometries without solving the kinematics. The initial system design, simulation and tracking results using Matlab SimMechanics.
Cite this Research Publication : J. Freeman, Kiranlal, E. U., and Meher Madhu Dharmana, “ANFIS Based Control Architecture for Solar Energy Heliostats”. 2014.
