Heliostat Correction System Based on Celestial Body Images and Its Method

Abstract

A heliostat correction system includes an image acquisition module for acquiring the image of a celestial body in a field of view and sending the image to a data analysis module which analyzes the deviation value between the celestial body image and the image center in an image coordinate system and transmits the deviation value to a correction calculation module which decomposes the deviation to a corresponding rotation axis according to the rotation mode of a heliostat to obtain the deviation angle of each rotation axis; a data storage module is used to store the correction result of the heliostat and the single correction period control command list of the heliostat; a communication module reads the single correction period control command list from the data storage module, sends the list to the heliostat, and simultaneously controls the image acquisition module to shoot according to the rotation period of the heliostat.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a Continuation-In-Part application of PCT Application No. PCT / CN2018 / 081854 filed on Apr. 4, 2018, which claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201711209150.3 filed on Nov. 27, 2017. All the above are hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a heliostat correction system based on celestial body images and its method, and belongs to the technical field of heliostat correction.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In a solar thermal power station, a certain number of heliostats are used to reflect the sunlight in an area into a heat absorber area, and the energy required for power generation is obtained by concentrating the sunlight. However, the position of the sun changes continuously with time, so the heliostats need to move continuously to correct the exit direction of the reflected light, so that the light spot can accurately fall in the area of th...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a heliostat correction system that takes advantage of regularly moving and bright celestial bodies as markers to improve correction efficiency. The system aligns the surface normal of the heliostat with the center of the marker and calculates the deviation of the mechanical motion of the heliostat to correct it simultaneously and independently. The correction system is modularized and easy to install and replace in case of failure, with low maintenance cost. The communication module can send updated control commands to the heliostat without sending data back to the upper computer for processing, reducing the possibility of error. Overall, the heliostat correction system ensures the efficiency of heliostat correction and reduces the impact on power generation efficiency.

Problems solved by technology

Although sufficient mechanical motion accuracy of the heliostat has been ensured in design, various new errors will be introduced in the process of processing, manufacturing, transportation and installation as well as daily operation, such as tilt of the rotation axis of the heliostat, foundation deformation, installation attitude deviation, deformation of the supporting structure, etc., making the newly installed heliostat unable to meet the design requirements and its reflected spot position will shift, thus directly affecting the power generation efficiency.

Although the above three methods are all traditional methods of heliostat correction, the number of heliostats that can be corrected at the same time is limited because the light spot carriers (white boards, photosensitive arrays, image acquisition devices, etc.) they use are installed on the tower.

Obviously, the traditional correction methods with low efficiency usually take a long time to make the heliostats in the whole solar thermal power station reach the optimal working state, which can no longer meet the operational requirements of modern solar thermal power stations.

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