Control Optimization through Simulations of Large Scale Solar Plants for Industrial Heat Applications

Industrial Process Heat Applications of Solar Energy

Concentrating solar collectors of low concentration ratio can supply hot water or process heat at intermediate temperatures, i.e. 80 to 180 C, where flat plate collectors are not effective, and for which there are a number of industrial, domestic and rural applications. This paper studies the potential applications of this technology and presents case studies to prove its feasibility.

Solar Heat for Industrial Processes

Self-optimization of Large Scale Wildfire Simulations

The development of efficient parallel algorithms for large scale wildfire simulations is a challenging research problem because the factors that determine wildfire behavior are complex. These factors make static parallel algorithms inefficient, especially when large number of processors is used because we cannot predict accurately the propagation of the fire and its computational requirements a...

Adaptive Control of Large-Scale Simulations

Case Base Engineering for Large Scale Industrial Applications

Case-based reasoning (CBR) has emerged as promising technology for decision support. However, its application to large scale industrial problems has been negligible. We believe that the lack of usable problem-solving cases is the major factor limiting the wide spread use of CBR in complex industrial environment. We propose a framework of methodologies called case base engineering (CBE) that can...