dc.contributor.author | Mesas Carrascosa, Francisco Javier | |
dc.contributor.author | Verdú Santano, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Pérez Porras, Fernando | |
dc.contributor.author | Meroño de Larriva, José Emilio | |
dc.contributor.author | García-Ferrer Porras, Alfonso | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-17T10:53:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-17T10:53:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10396/15459 | |
dc.description.abstract | Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are increasingly gaining interest as a source of
renewable energy. These plants face several technical problems and the inspection of components such
as absorber tubes in parabolic trough concentrators (PTC), which are widely deployed, is necessary
to guarantee plant efficiency. This article presents a system for real-time industrial inspection of CSP
plants using low-cost, open-source components in conjunction with a thermographic sensor and an
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system, available in open-source hardware and software, is
designed to be employed independently of the type of device used for inspection (laptop, smartphone,
tablet or smartglasses) and its operating system. Several UAV flight missions were programmed as
follows: flight altitudes at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 m above ground level; and three cruising speeds:
5, 7 and 10 m/s. These settings were chosen and analyzed in order to optimize inspection time. The
results indicate that it is possible to perform inspections by an UAV in real time at CSP plants as
a means of detecting anomalous absorber tubes and improving the effectiveness of methodologies
currently being utilized. Moreover, aside from thermographic sensors, this contribution can be applied
to other sensors and can be used in a broad range of applications where real-time georeferenced data
visualization is necessary. | es_ES |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | es_ES |
dc.source | Sensors 17(6), 1329 (2017) | es_ES |
dc.subject | UAV | es_ES |
dc.subject | Monitoring | es_ES |
dc.subject | Open hardware | es_ES |
dc.subject | Concentrated solar power | es_ES |
dc.title | The Development of an Open Hardware and Software System Onboard Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Monitor Concentrated Solar Power Plants | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17061329 | es_ES |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |