HELIOSTATS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TOWER CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLA

Concentrated solar plant also called as concentrating solar power, concentrated solar thermal. These systems generate solar power using mirrors or lenses to concentrated large area of sunlight, or solar thermal energy onto a small area. Electricity is generated when the concentrated light is converted to heat, which drives a heat engine usually steam turbin connected to an electric power generator. Heat storage in molten salts allows some solar thermal plants to continue to generate after sunset and adds value such systems when compared to photovoltaic panels. the only drawback for this system is that the implementation cost if very high. in this paper we made an attempt to reduce the implementation cost by reducing the no of actuators controlling the heliostat