Publication: Structural health monitoring of solar trackers using distributed fiber optic sensors
| dc.contributor.author | Mariñelarena Ollacarizqueta, Jon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mompó Roselló, Juan José | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zurita Gabasa, Jesús | |
| dc.contributor.author | Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier | |
| dc.contributor.author | Júdez Colorado, Aitor | |
| dc.contributor.author | López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jiménez Romero, Sergio | es_ES |
| dc.contributor.author | Achaerandio, Álvaro | es_ES |
| dc.contributor.author | Loayssa Lara, Alayn | |
| dc.contributor.department | Institute of Smart Cities - ISC | en |
| dc.contributor.funder | Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua, 0011-1365-2017-000122 | es |
| dc.contributor.funder | Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa | es |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-06T10:04:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-06T10:04:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We demonstrate the application of a novel type of distributed fiber optic sensors (DFOSs) to dynamically monitor the effects of wind on solar tracker structures used in photovoltaic power stations. This DFOS is based on the stimulated Brillouin scattering nonlinear optical effect in optical fiber, which can be used to measure the distribution of strain and temperature along a given structure. However, contrary to existing solutions, the sensor provides dynamic real-time measurements with hundreds or even thousands of full simultaneous measurements for all positions in the fiber each second. Moreover, high-precision and high spatial resolution are obtained. This so-called dynamic Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (D-BOTDA) sensor provides real-time monitoring of the bending and torsion of the structure of solar trackers in response to wind load. This helps the solar tracker manufacturer asses and improve the mechanical designs so as to introduce corrective measures and develop cost-effective components that properly withstand the effects of wind at any given location. We experimentally demonstrate the application of a D-BOTDA sensing system to measure distributed bending and, for the first time to our knowledge, also distributed torsion along the stressed beam of the solar tracker. For this purpose, we have developed a procedure to instrument the torsion beam with two optical sensing fibers that are fixed helically wound along the beam in opposite directions, so that any common-mode thermal or bending effects are removed. We initially performed tests in a laboratory facility in which sections of the torsion beam could be subjected to controlled moments. Static and dynamic loads were applied and the measured deformations were compared to those obtained with fiber Bragg gratings, which just provide point measurements of strain. In both cases, full agreement was demonstrated. Finally, the system was installed in an operational solar park. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación through projects TEC2016-76021-C2-1-R and RTC-2017-6239-3, FEDER funds, Gobierno de Navarra project 0011-1365-2017-000122, the Universidad Pública de Navarra, the Smart Cities Institute and Uptech-Sensing S.L. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 11 p. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1117/12.2514226 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-5106-2595-2 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0277-786X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/36439 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.publisher | SPIE | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 10970 109701V-1 | en |
| dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/TEC2016-76021 | en |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514226 | |
| dc.rights | © 2019 SPIE | en |
| dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.accessRights | Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia | es |
| dc.subject | Distributed fiber optic sensor | en |
| dc.subject | Smart structure | en |
| dc.subject | Brillouin scattering | en |
| dc.subject | Torsion | en |
| dc.subject | Bending | en |
| dc.title | Structural health monitoring of solar trackers using distributed fiber optic sensors | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject | en |
| dc.type | Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena | es |
| dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | en |
| dc.type.version | Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa | es |
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