The present paper describes the implementation of a Control System at the Platform for Research, Observation and TEchnological Applications in Solar energy (PROTEAS) in Cyprus. The Control System has been designed taking into consideration all developmental and operational needs for a modern and robust system, suitable for an experimental facility. It has been designed for a decentralized and distributed architecture and provides the flexibility to the developers to modify and extend the system easily. The functionality of the Control System is presented, giving emphasis to the special characteristics of the plant subsystems and in particular those of the cogeneration facility of electricity and desalinated seawater. The adopted safety measures to ensure the safe operation of the plant are also presented. The PROTEAS Control System has proven sufficient till now, while plans for its further improvement and expansion are underway.
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8 November 2018
SolarPACES 2017: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
26–29 September 2017
Santiago, Chile
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November 08 2018
The control system at PROTEAS
Konstantinos G. Stokos;
Konstantinos G. Stokos
a)
1
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Efstathios Stiliaris;
Efstathios Stiliaris
1
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Aristides M. Bonanos;
Aristides M. Bonanos
1
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Marios C. Georgiou;
Marios C. Georgiou
1
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Elena Guillen;
Elena Guillen
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The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Alaric Montenon;
Alaric Montenon
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The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Costas N. Papanicolas
Costas N. Papanicolas
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The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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a)Corresponding author: [email protected]
AIP Conf. Proc. 2033, 210019 (2018)
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Konstantinos G. Stokos, Efstathios Stiliaris, Aristides M. Bonanos, Marios C. Georgiou, Elena Guillen, Alaric Montenon, Costas N. Papanicolas; The control system at PROTEAS. AIP Conf. Proc. 8 November 2018; 2033 (1): 210019. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067221
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