A Survey of Electric Drives for Solar Tracking Control of Concentrated Solar Power Heliostats

Shen Zhang; Abdulaziz M. Qwbaiban; Thomas G. Habetler

doi:10.1109/IECON.2019.8927103

A Survey of Electric Drives for Solar Tracking Control of Concentrated Solar Power Heliostats

Shen Zhang
, Abdulaziz M. Qwbaiban
, Thomas G. Habetler

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

This paper aims at presenting a thorough literature survey on existing electric drives developed for solar tracking systems in concentrated solar power plants (CSP) plants. To start with, a brief background on CSP and its low-cost initiatives are presented, followed by introducing specific requirements for the electric motor-gearbox system. In addition, existing drives adopting different types of electric motors are systematically reviewed. Finally, a comparative study of different commercial drives reveals that the drive cost per unit area and its cost share of the entire heliostat will increase with heliostats going smaller, thereby indicating more potentials and opportunities to further optimize electric drives and cut down the cost for heliostats with a small mirror size and better exploit sunlight for the maximum energy yield for solar tracking control.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	2288-2294
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728148786
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927103
State	Published - Oct 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 14 Oct 2019 → 17 Oct 2019

Publication series

Name	IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Volume	2019-October

Conference

Conference	45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	14/10/19 → 17/10/19

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

Concentrated solar power (CSP)
electric drives
gearbox
heliostats
motors
power generation
renewable energy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Zhang, S., Qwbaiban, A. M., & Habetler, T. G. (2019). A Survey of Electric Drives for Solar Tracking Control of Concentrated Solar Power Heliostats. In Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp. 2288-2294). Article 8927103 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference); Vol. 2019-October). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927103

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Zhang, S, Qwbaiban, AM & Habetler, TG 2019, A Survey of Electric Drives for Solar Tracking Control of Concentrated Solar Power Heliostats. in Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society., 8927103, IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference), vol. 2019-October, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 2288-2294, 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, 14/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2019.8927103

A Survey of Electric Drives for Solar Tracking Control of Concentrated Solar Power Heliostats. / Zhang, Shen; Qwbaiban, Abdulaziz M.; Habetler, Thomas G.
Proceedings: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Computer Society, 2019. p. 2288-2294 8927103 (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference); Vol. 2019-October).

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