用深度学习从实测焦点图像反推定日镜表面,提升光热电站效率与安全
Scalable heliostat surface predictions from focal spots: Sim-to-Real transfer of inverse Deep Learning Raytracing
- 通过逆向深度学习光线追踪,从焦点图像推断定日镜真实表面形状
- 实测63台定日镜,平均误差0.17毫米,84%结果与精密测量一致
- 适用于真实运行场景,可推广至未见太阳位置和接收器投影
聚光太阳能电站(CSP)是可持续能源转型的关键技术。定日镜表面的微小变形会显著影响聚焦光斑分布,但实际部署中难以对大量定日镜进行表面测量。当前控制系统多假设理想表面,导致性能下降甚至存在安全隐患。本文提出逆向深度学习光线追踪(iDLR),通过标准校准过程拍摄的目标图像,反推定日镜表面轮廓。我们首次实现iDLR从仿真到现实的迁移,在63台真实运行的定日镜上验证:表面预测中位绝对误差为0.17毫米,84%情况下与光学干涉测量结果吻合。在光线追踪模拟中,其光强密度预测准确率达90%,较理想表面假设提升26%。在包含未见太阳角度和接收器投影的双重外推测试中仍保持高精度,证明其强大泛化能力。该方法为数字孪生系统提供了一种可扩展、自动化且低成本的真实表面建模方案,有望显著提升未来CSP电站的控制精度与运行安全性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants are a key technology in the transition toward sustainable energy. A critical factor for their safe and efficient operation is the distribution of concentrated solar flux on the receiver. However, flux distributions from individual heliostats are sensitive to surface imperfections. Measuring these surfaces across many heliostats remains impractical in real-world deployments. As a result, control systems often assume idealized heliostat surfaces, leading to suboptimal performance and potential safety risks. To address this, inverse Deep Learning Raytracing (iDLR) has been introduced as a novel method for inferring heliostat surface profiles from target images recorded during standard calibration procedures. In this work, we present the first successful Sim-to-Real transfer of iDLR, enabling accurate surface predictions directly from real-world target images. We evaluate our method on 63 heliostats under real operational conditions. iDLR surface predictions achieve a median mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.17 mm and show good agreement with deflectometry ground truth in 84% of cases. When used in raytracing simulations, it enables flux density predictions with a mean accuracy of 90% compared to deflectometry over our dataset, and outperforms the commonly used ideal heliostat surface assumption by 26%. We tested this approach in a challenging double-extrapolation scenario-involving unseen sun positions and receiver projection-and found that iDLR maintains high predictive accuracy, highlighting its generalization capabilities. Our results demonstrate that iDLR is a scalable, automated, and cost-effective solution for integrating realistic heliostat surface models into digital twins. This opens the door to improved flux control, more precise performance modeling, and ultimately, enhanced efficiency and safety in future CSP plants.
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