TY - JOUR A1 - Jost, Michael A1 - Grote, Wolfgang A1 - Möllenbruck, Florian A1 - Mönnigmann, Martin T1 - Plant-wide control of a parabolic trough power plant with thermal energy storage JF - IFAC Proceedings Volumes N2 - We present a control scheme for a parabolic trough power plant that is equipped with a molten salt thermal energy storage system. We show that the multivariable control problem for the solar field can be decoupled by controlling the three way valve that splits the heat transfer fluid between the storage system and the steam generator. The steam generation cycle is regulated with inlet pressure control. The subsystems of the plant are modeled based on first principles, where we focus on the steam generation cycle. A multi-group extraction turbine with pre- and reheater is considered, which is suitable for solar power plants. We demonstrate the benefits of the proposed control scheme with a day-to-day simulation. KW - Control of power plants KW - Solar power plants KW - Thermal energy storage KW - Decoupling control Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.00879 SN - 2589-3653 VL - 47 IS - 3 SP - 419 EP - 425 PB - Elsevier ER -