@article{10272/24562,
year = {2019},
month = {12},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24562},
abstract = {In the search for techniques that control the final energy reaching the receivers of central solar power plants, this work presents a novel combination of several methodologies for establishing a complex and valuable system within the user operating system. To establish the final energy level in the central receiver, the direct normal irradiance (DNI) was predicted at ground level using METEOSAT images combined with a novel system involving two digital cameras that determine atmospheric Extinction in the lower atmospheric layer. The predicted values were used as inputs for a solar plant model (Fiat-Lux) to trace the path of the sunlight according to the mirror features. The flux simulations presented a normalized root-mean square error (nRMSE) below 6% and correlation coefficients (R) above 0.94 when compared to real and predicted values. Therefore, it would be possible to quantify the losses produced in the path between the heliostats and the central receiver by integrating different technologies.},
organization = {The authors would like to thank the PRESOL Project (references ENE201459454-C3-1, 2 and 3) and the PVCastSOIL Project (ENE2017-83790-C3-1, 2 and 3), which were funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund. The authors also acknowledge the financial support provided by the Innova-Chile program of the Chilean Economic Development Agency, CORFO (with project code: 17BPE3-83761) and CONICYT/FONDAP/15110019 “Solar Energy Research Center” SERC-Chile.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {Intra-hour energy potential forecasting in a central solar power plant receiver combining Meteosat images and atmospheric extinction},
doi = {10.1016/j.energy.2019.116034},
author = {Alonso Montesinos, Joaquín and Monterreal, Rafael and Fernández-Reche, Jesús and Ballestrín, Jesús and Carra, Elena and Polo, Jesús and Barbero, Javier and Batlles, Francisco Javier and López Rodríguez, Gabriel and Enrique, Raúl and Martínez Durbán, Mercedes and Marzo, Aitor},
}