% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @PHDTHESIS{Vinnemeier:749997, author = {Vinnemeier, Philipp}, othercontributors = {Wirsum, Manfred Christian and Hoffschmidt, Bernhard}, title = {{M}odel-based optimal operation of solar thermal power cycles}, school = {Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen}, type = {Dissertation}, address = {Aachen}, reportid = {RWTH-2018-230485}, pages = {1 Online-Ressource (XII, 180 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Diagramme}, year = {2018}, note = {Veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University 2019; Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, 2018}, abstract = {This work aims to develop and analyze model-based approaches for automated optimal operation of solar tower plants. The aim is to set up an operational assistance system (OAS) which is capable to operate solar tower plants optimally under frequently changing operational conditions -especially the discontinuous solar heat input via the solar collector field- while maintaining operational safety at all times. This way, the system takes over tasks of the plant operator. In general, different possibilities of intervention into the process are available (e.g. by valves and blowers) to establish a certain operational point. According to the number of available interventions the currently optimal combination of them is not necessarily obvious, especially as several parameter limits (e.g. the live steam temperature) must be obeyed meanwhile. The focus of this work is on the thermal part of solar towers starting at the receiver -the heat transfer fluid cycle and the water/steam cycle. Exemplary the Solar Tower Jülich is in focus. "Optimal operation" is considered to be efficiency-optimized operation under maintenance of different operational limitations. A steady-state analytic model is used to systematically identify optimal combinations of controllable inputs / interventions -operational points- over the entire load range. This information is used as a basis for the development of the OAS which operates the plant situation-oriented in an automated way. Within the evaluation process of the OAS a detailed dynamic process model of the power plant is used standing for the real plant. On this model, the different OAS versions are applied and the unavoidable differences between models for optimization and the properties of the real plant are regarded appropriately. The developed OAS is capable to maneuver the plant successfully through challenging operational situations characterized by spontaneous and significant load changes. Furthermore, the OAS achieves to approximate the theoretical maximal efficiency over entire operational days with an offset of about $0,2\%$ points. A performance comparison between manual operation (as it was conducted at the solar tower in the past) and the OAS shows that the OAS achieves mean efficiencies which are about $2\%$ points higher.}, cin = {412510}, ddc = {620}, cid = {$I:(DE-82)412510_20140620$}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11}, doi = {10.18154/RWTH-2018-230485}, url = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/749997}, }