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Control of Solar Energy Systems

  • Explores exciting new developments in the field of solar energy technology
  • Contains worked examples for the benefit of the student
  • A second and updated edition of Advanced Control of Solar Plants, with new material on a diverse array of solar technologies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Industrial Control (AIC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXIII
  2. Solar Energy Fundamentals

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 1-23
  3. Control Issues in Solar Systems

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 25-47
  4. Photovoltaics

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 49-66
  5. Basic Control of Parabolic Troughs

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 67-127
  6. Advanced Control of Parabolic Troughs

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 129-238
  7. Control of Central Receiver Systems

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 239-313
  8. Other Solar Applications

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 315-368
  9. Integrated Control of Solar Systems

    • Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez
    Pages 369-385
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 387-416

About this book

Control of Solar Energy Systems details the main solar energy systems, problems involved with their control, and how control systems can help in increasing their efficiency. Thermal energy systems are explored in depth, as are photovoltaic generation and other solar energy applications such as solar furnaces and solar refrigeration systems. This second and updated edition of Advanced Control of Solar Plants includes new material on: solar towers and solar tracking; heliostat calibration, characterization and offset correction; solar radiation, estimation, prediction, and computation; and integrated control of solar plants. This new edition contains worked examples in the text as well as proposed exercises and simulation models and so will be of great use to the student and academic, as well as the industrial practitioner.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Depto. de Ingeniera de Sistemas y Autom., Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    Eduardo F. Camacho, Francisco R. Rubio

  • Depto. de Lenguajes y Computación, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain

    Manuel Berenguel

  • Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctro Europeo de Ensayos de Energía Solar, CIEMAT, Tabernas, Spain

    Diego Martínez

About the authors

There is a new author in the list: Diego Martinez who is the director of the "Plataforma Solar de Almeria", one of the most important solar energy research facilities in the world where an important part of the existing solar technology has been developed. E. F. Camacho is one of the Editor of the Control Engineering Practice Journal, Associate Editor of the European Journal of Control, Chairman of the IFAC Publication Committee, chair of the IEEE CSS International Affairs Committee, and Vice president of the European Union Control Association.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Control of Solar Energy Systems

  • Authors: Eduardo F. Camacho, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco R. Rubio, Diego Martínez

  • Series Title: Advances in Industrial Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-916-1

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-915-4Published: 03 January 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6171-4Published: 22 February 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-916-1Published: 02 January 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9491

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-1577

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIV, 418

  • Topics: Control and Systems Theory, Energy Systems

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Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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