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Warning:

Check if there are any restrictions for the commercial use of drones in the area of your plant. A general overview on so called “No fly Zones“ can be found here (But this are NOT official zones for Restricted Airspace):

• https://fly-safe.dji.com/nfz/nfz-query

Always check local authorities for restricted airspace.

• For Example for Spain, information on restricted airspace can be found here:

  • https://drones.enaire.es/

• For UAE, a map can be downloaded from the  General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) website:

  • https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/justice-safety-and-the-law/aviation-safety

If your plant is located within a restriction zone, further steps are required to make sure that commercial drone operations are feasible.

Please fill out the following and additionally send PDF drawings:

SCE Geometry	Fill in the referring data	PDF delivered
Focal length
Aperture width
SCE length (mirror edges) (refer to annex, Fig. 1)
Dimensions of individual mirrors, mirror gaps, mirror gap at vertex
Detail of HCE support: position (refer to annex, Fig. 2)
Detail of HCE supports: length tilting parts
SCA Geometry (drawing needed)
Number of SCEs per SCA
Width of drive pylon (north-south direction)
Width of normal pylon (north-south direction)
Length of fixed pipes at the drive pylon (pipe length usually depends on position relative to cold header) (refer to annex, Fig. 3
Loop Geometry
Number of SCAs per loop (normally 2 in north-south direction and 2 in east-west direction, in total 4)
Distance between SCAs in east-west direction
Distance between SCAs within the same loop in north-south direction
Subfield/ block geometry
GPS coordinates of lower left drive pylon for each sub field
Number of loops per sub field in NS direction
Deviation of field orientation from north-south axis (most likely 0°)
Elevation model (*)
Heat transfer fluid flow direction (**)
Plant coding system for all components (***)
Sample Data Set of Solar Field Operation Time Series (****)

Elevation model: 

To adapt the flight routes to your plant, we need an elevation model of your facility. There are three options (option 1 is preferred): 

1. Please supply a list of all SCA pylon foundations and their total height coordinates (from sea level), labeled using your plant coding system (PCS). This list needs to be machine-readable and in .xlsx or .csv format.  

2. If total height coordinates are not available, please provide the same type of list with height coordinates relative to the ground, together with a file specifying the ground inclination angle for each subfield (terraces/ drain slopes etc.) and the absolute altitude of each subfield plateau in the GPS reference system (WGS 84). Please refer to section “Subfield/ block geometry” in the table above. 

3. If the heights of the pylon foundations of the individual SCAs do not vary in height, please provide a file specifying the ground inclination angle for each subfield (terraces/ drain slopes etc.) and the absolute altitude of each subfield plateau in the GPS reference system (WGS 84). Please refer to section “Subfield/ block geometry” in the table above.  

For options 2 and 3, please also attach a PDF with relevant drawings of your plant, including the location of the reference point for zero elevation. 

Heat transfer fluid flow direction 

To correctly model the dynamics of your plant, we need a file specifying the HTF flow direction in each loop (or subfield). Ideally, this is a PDF showing your plant layout with HTF flow direction indicated by arrows. 

Plant coding system of components (KKS / PCS) 

In order to integrate your specific nomenclature in the results and visualizations, we need the PCS code structure of your plant. For an HCE, e.g. Sub-09_Loop-06_SCA-03_HCE-05 (what you deliver is what you will see in the web app!): 

Sample Data Set of Solar Field Operation Time Series (for detailed explanation see Technical Scope 3.2) 

For our evaluation we also require operating data about the solar field during the measurement.

As a minimum, we need

• the HTF temperatures for each SCA and

• the SCA tracking angles.

To further improve the result quality, data about

• ambient temperature and

• wind speed

should also be provided. Temporal resolution should be

• 30s to 1min

This information needs to be delivered as point-separated .csv files. The data needs to be provided and uploaded for each day a measurement has been carried out (+ two hours before and after drone flight time), because HTF temperature and operation status must be available prior to the evaluation. An initial solar field data session will be scheduled after the first kick-off meeting to further explain these requirements.