The Development of an Open Hardware and Software System Onboard Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Monitor Concentrated Solar Power Plants

Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are increasingly gaining interest as a source of renewable energy. These plants face several technical problems and the inspection of components such as absorber tubes in parabolic trough concentrators (PTC), which are widely deployed, is necessary to guarantee...

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Main Authors: Francisco Javier Mesas-Carrascosa, Daniel Verdú Santano, Fernando Pérez Porras, José Emilio Meroño-Larriva, Alfonso García-Ferrer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
UAV
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/6/1329