Objective
SPECTRUM research concerns an innovative system to efficiently capture by means of modular optical collectors the solar energy and transport it by means of low loss broad band Fibre Optic cable to remote load or utilisation modules. These modules will convert the energy to heat, cool and electricity, either directly or trough a storage.
Unadulterated sun light can be used for health treatment or natural illumination.
The total SPECTRUM system efficiency can be high as compared to present conventional systems, because the available sun power can be shared, by means of a fibre switch, among different conversion modules making it possible to time share and utilise all the collected energy.
SPECTRUM system will favourably extend the present and well established use of Renewable Energy (RE) solar plant because of its installation simplicity, lightweight non dissipating optical collectors, thin and flexible fibre cables and multipurpose utilisation modules with power sharing.
Although a Proof of Concept laboratory model can be assembled with existing low performance components, SPECTRUM research is necessary to develop a valid full performance demonstrator, pre-engineering model, for which several conceptually new components, need to be developed.
This demonstrator is required for the SPECTRUM industrialisation and should be capable to reach the expected targets of efficiency, flexibility of use and cost.
A wide range of applications can be foreseen for this RE system which will integrate harmonically with urban architecture and rural landscape.
SPECTRUM project, a two and half year research program, will be undertaken by a well balanced European scientific and industrial team across the community North to South axis.
It is expected that the subsequent industrialisation phase will require less than two years and new job e)(pectations would be in the order of several thousandths in the mid term.
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 energy and fuels renewable energy solar energy
- natural sciences physical sciences optics fibre optics
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50127 Firenze
Italy
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