Introduction.- Description and dynamic models of the plant.- Basic control schema.- Basic structures of adaptive control.- Model-based predictive control strategies.- Frequency-domain control and robust optimal control.- Heuristic fuzzy logic control.- Solar radiation, estimation and prediction.- Temperature control of solar parabolic trough plants.- Solar towers and solar tracking.- Heliostat control. Solar radiation and solar furnaces.- Summary and concluding remarks.
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