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Reliable signaling an emergency shutdown in large-scale, wireless controlled industrial plants

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This paper considers the use of wireless mesh networks as a communication infrastructure for monitoring and controlling industrial plants and processes such as solar power plants. In the latter, several thousands, tiltable and rotatable flat mirrors (heliostats) focus sunlight on a receiver tower. Solar power plants require a reliable and highly scalable communication infrastructure. Especially in case of a hazardous situation, the safety system must rapidly alert all heliostats, so that they drive into a stow position. The paper picks up this topic and presents a concept for a reliable wirelessly controlled emergency shutdown, even in cases when the connectivity of the network no longer holds. At this juncture, we face the challenge of communication in large-scale and extremely dense wireless networks. To this end, we introduce a robust broadcasting algorithm based on connected dominating sets. Analytical results of this paper are substantiated by simulations. Finally, prospects of wireless controlled safety systems are discussed.

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        MobiWac '12: Proceedings of the 10th ACM international symposium on Mobility management and wireless access
        October 2012
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        DOI:10.1145/2386995
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        2. emergency shutdown
        3. solar power plant
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        • (2024)HELIOCOMM: A Wireless Revolution in Concentrated Solar Power SystemsIT Professional10.1109/MITP.2024.338950226:3(73-79)Online publication date: May-2024
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