TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schulte, Jonas
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Frantz, Cathy
A1  - Schloms, Felix
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Control concept for a molten salt receiver in star design: Development, optimization and testing with cloud passage scenarios
T2  - SolarPACES conference proceedings
N2  - A promising approach to reduce the system costs of molten salt solar receivers is to enable the irradiation of the absorber tubes on both sides. The star design is an innovative receiver design, pursuing this approach. The unconventional design leads to new challenges in controlling the system. This paper presents a control concept for a molten salt receiver system in star design. The control parameters are optimized in a defined test cycle by minimizing a cost function. The control concept is tested in realistic cloud passage scenarios based on real weather data. During these tests, the control system showed no sign of unstable behavior, but to perform sufficiently in every scenario further research and development like integrating Model Predictive Controls (MPCs) need to be done. The presented concept is a starting point to do so.
KW  - Molten salt receiver
KW  - Star design
KW  - Control optimization
KW  - Cloud passages
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.693
SN  - 2751-9899 (online)
N1  - 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA
IS  - Vol. 1
PB  - TIB Open Publishing
CY  - Hannover
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Rendon, Carlos
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Ghiasi, Mona
A1  - Schmitz, Pascal
A1  - Bohang, Fakhri
A1  - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Modeling and upscaling of a pilot bayonettube reactor for indirect solar mixed methane reforming
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0029974
IS  - 2303
SP  - 170012-1
EP  - 170012-9
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Mahdi, Zahra
A1  - Rendón, Carlos
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Novel concept for indirect solar-heated methane reforming
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5117694
SN  - 0094-243X
VL  - 2126
SP  - 180014-1
EP  - 180014-7
PB  - AIP Publishing
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  -