Participants
CIEMAT, ACCIONA INDUSTRIAL S.A., CSP Services GmbH, DLR, TEWER ENGINEERING, FUNDACION CENER, Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
Contacts
Antonio Luis Avila (Antonio.avila@ciemat.es)
Jesús Ballestrín (jballestrin@psa.es)
Fundsn:
AEI, CDTI. CSP ERANET Additional Call 2021
Current Situation:
In progress
Summary
The objective of the project is to contribute to the market deployment of the next generation of innovative, reliable and intelligent Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants, focusing on new control and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) solutions for central receiver technology through molten salts, as the most promising profitable solution with the greatest market potential. To achieve this, the LEIA project will develop and test at PSA, CENER and the Cerro Dominador ESTC plant:
- Intelligent heliostat field control solutions to automate and improve calibration and characterization.
- Intelligent receiver control solutions to measure receiver temperature, emittance, and distribution of high solar irradiance.
- Control strategies for the operation and maintenance of the solar field, such as automated dirt inspection and an intelligent energy management system.
CIEMAT-PSA will participate, through the development up to TRL 7/8, in the automated characterization of heliostats and the measurement of high solar irradiance in situ for plants and commercial receptors.