Design of a Wireless Heliostat System

Mohammed Yafeai; Ibrahim Abou Shehada; Sultan Alsulami; Ibrahim Abou Mahmoud; Ali Muqaibel; Mohamed Abido; Aboubakr Salem

doi:10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615742

Design of a Wireless Heliostat System

Mohammed Yafeai, Ibrahim Abou Shehada, Sultan Alsulami, Ibrahim Abou Mahmoud, Ali Muqaibel^*, Mohamed Abido, Aboubakr Salem

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Abstract

The objective of this work is to design a wireless communicating heliostat system using microcontrollers and Zigbee communications protocol. The Arduino microcontrollers which are connected to the Zigbee modules (XBee) communicate wirelessly which eliminates the use of cables to transfer data between the heliostats and the central controller. This wireless feature is highly desired in full scale heliostat systems. The constructed prototype features four mirrors. Given the coordinates of the heliostat and the source of heat, a tracking algorithm is implemented to direct the heliostats towards the source of heat for optimum reflection of light beam into the tower. In addition, temperature sensors and photoresistors are installed in the tower to monitor the temperature and light intensity, respectively. Finally, a graphical user interface was developed to allow the user to control the operation and monitor the sensors reading.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780738113166
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615742
State	Published - 2021

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Name	2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021

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Keywords

CSP
Controller
Heliostat
Prototype
Wireless
Zigbee

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Instrumentation
Computer Networks and Communications

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Yafeai, M., Shehada, I. A., Alsulami, S., Mahmoud, I. A., Muqaibel, A., Abido, M., & Salem, A. (2021). Design of a Wireless Heliostat System. In 2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021 (2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615742

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Yafeai, M, Shehada, IA, Alsulami, S, Mahmoud, IA, Muqaibel, A , Abido, M & Salem, A 2021, Design of a Wireless Heliostat System. in 2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021. 2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615742

Design of a Wireless Heliostat System. / Yafeai, Mohammed; Shehada, Ibrahim Abou; Alsulami, Sultan et al.
2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. (2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021).

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Yafeai M, Shehada IA, Alsulami S, Mahmoud IA, Muqaibel A , Abido M et al. Design of a Wireless Heliostat System. In 2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. (2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2021). doi: 10.1109/ISNCC52172.2021.9615742

Design of a Wireless Heliostat System

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