arXiv:2512.10886cs.LGcs.CE2025-12

用运行数据反推太阳能集热场的流量分布和散热损失,无需额外测量。

Physics-Informed Learning of Flow Distribution and Receiver Heat Losses in Parabolic Trough Solar Fields

  • 结合夜间循环数据与可微分传热模型,从运行数据中推断流量比和散热系数。
  • 重建温度误差小于2℃,准确识别出高损耗集热器位置。
  • 适合关注太阳能电站运维优化或物理信息学习的工程师与研究人员。

抛物槽式聚光太阳能发电(CSP)电站拥有复杂的集热回路水力网络,需在光学性能、散热损失和压降空间差异下维持出口温度均匀。尽管回路温度可测,但回路级质量流量和接收器散热参数无法直接观测,导致传统监测手段难以诊断水力不平衡或接收器退化。本文提出一种物理信息学习框架,直接从日常运行数据中推断:(i) 回路级质量流量比,(ii) 随时间变化的接收器传热系数。方法利用夜间均温期(无光照时油品循环)分离水力与热损失效应。采用可微分共轭传热模型,离散化后嵌入端到端学习管道,基于50MW Andasol 3电站的历史数据进行优化。模型精准重建回路温度(均方根误差 <2℃),并生成具有物理意义的回路不平衡与散热损失估计。与无人机红外热成像(QScan)对比显示高度一致,正确识别所有高损耗区域。结果表明,结合恰当建模与可微分优化,嘈杂的真实运行数据足以恢复隐含物理参数。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Parabolic trough Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants operate large hydraulic networks of collector loops that must deliver a uniform outlet temperature despite spatially heterogeneous optical performance, heat losses, and pressure drops. While loop temperatures are measured, loop-level mass flows and receiver heat-loss parameters are unobserved, making it impossible to diagnose hydraulic imbalances or receiver degradation using standard monitoring tools. We present a physics-informed learning framework that infers (i) loop-level mass-flow ratios and (ii) time-varying receiver heat-transfer coefficients directly from routine operational data. The method exploits nocturnal homogenization periods -- when hot oil is circulated through a non-irradiated field -- to isolate hydraulic and thermal-loss effects. A differentiable conjugate heat-transfer model is discretized and embedded into an end-to-end learning pipeline optimized using historical plant data from the 50 MW Andasol 3 solar field. The model accurately reconstructs loop temperatures (RMSE $<2^\circ$C) and produces physically meaningful estimates of loop imbalances and receiver heat losses. Comparison against drone-based infrared thermography (QScan) shows strong correspondence, correctly identifying all areas with high-loss receivers. This demonstrates that noisy real-world CSP operational data contain enough information to recover latent physical parameters when combined with appropriate modeling and differentiable optimization.

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