Objective
Description:
The "Plataforma Solar de Almeria" (PSA) belongs to the Spanish 'Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnoligicas' (CIEMAT), a dependency of the Ministry of Industry and Energy. The PSA is the largest solar test centre in Europe and is recognised as one of the 3 foremost such centres in the world. The accumulated experience and sophisticated installations available for research in solar concentrating technologies are unequalled by any other facility.
The facilities offered for access within PSA are:
1. CESA-1: 7 MWth Heliostat Field plus Tower Receiver for solar thermal electricity production;
2. SSPS-DCS: A Distributed Collector System subdivided into two parabolic trough collector fields:
a) Single-axis tracking collector field (ACUREX): A thermal oil is used as heat transfer medium. This field is a facility for testing of advanced control algorithms;
b) Two-axis tracking collector field (MAN): A photochemical loop fordetoxification of industrial waste water by using the UV part of the solar spectrum;
3. SOLFIN FACILITY: A parabolic mirrors loop for synthesis of fine chemicals with solar energy;
4. SOLAR FURNACE. A 100 m2 parabolic mirror device which can concentrate up to 3500 times the solar light. More than 2500 K attainable.Used for thermal testing and treatment of advanced materials;
5. DISH FACILITIES. It consists of a 7.5 m diameter metal-membrane concentrator with an Stirling motor at its focus. This motor is solar powered to produce electricity directly from the sunlight;
6. LABORATORY FOR ENERGETICAL TESTING OF BUILDING COMPONENTS (LECE);
7. Solar-powered multi-effect desalination plant.
Application:
The first step for acceptance as a PSA user is to express your interest in gaining access to our facilities under the ARI programme within year 2000. For that purpose, a User's Research Proposal (URP) must be sent to the address below.
The URP must include the following parts:
a) A short explanation identifying the research group and its current research lines (1 A4 page);
b) A brief CV of the group leader, including a short list of the most relevant papers. (1 A4 page);
c) The name of the PSA facility to which the research group intends to gain access (in case you wish to apply to several facilities, please send separate proposals);
d) A description of the research project to be carried out at PSA. (1 A4 page).
Project Manager:
Diego Martinez Plaza, Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA), Carretera de Senes S/N Tabernas/Almeria 04200, P.O. BOX 22, Spain
Tel: +34-950-387950
Fax: +34-950-365015
E-Mail: Diego.Martinez@psa.es
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology environmental engineering water treatment processes wastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technology chemical engineering separation technologies desalination
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy solar energy solar thermal
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