Transcript Thermal Solar Specialization

Thermal Solar
Specialization
Pr Pierre Neveu
Dr Quentin Falcoz
General info and location
o ST specialization supervised by UPVD and teachers from PROMES (Process
Materials and Solar Energy) Laboratory
Odeillo
Odeillo
Perpignan
Solar furnace
o PROMES laboratory located in the south of France :
University
Campus
- Font Romeu-Odeillo site in the Pyrenees mountains (Solar Furnace)
-
UPVD site in Perpignan
Low temperature solar platform
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Agenda of the « Solar Thermal » specialization
o Start the 17th of February in Perpignan (UPVD)
o 1 week in Perpignan
• Accommodation in hotel, paid by UPVD
• Registration, administrative procedure in UPVD
• Labs and courses on « low T » modules
o 1 free week
• Transfer to Font Romeu-Odeillo
• Students must find and rent an apartment
(see Eurec website, contact : [email protected])
o 14/15 weeks in Font Romeu-Odeillo
o End at the beginning of June
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Contents of the « Solar Thermal » specialization
prerequisite: basics in thermal transfer, fluid mechanics and energetics
Formation divided into 4 modules, modules are composed of 30 h blocks :
Fundamentals 60 h
• Radiative heat transfer
• Coupled heat and mass transfer
High Temperature 90 h
• Concentrating system and receiver
• Solar Plants
• Solar fuels
Low Temperature 60 h
• Solar collectors
Thermal Storage 30 h
• Solar conversion (heating, cooling, power)
• Very innovative formation with a unique focus on the CSP technologies
• Multidisciplinary skills : optics, thermal transfer, materials science,
thermodynamics, energetics,…
• Unique skills in system simulation (work with industrial softwares and
numerical tools dedicated to CSP design and simulation)
• Experience on unique solar facilities
 Solar facilities available
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Solar facilities
Low T : Solar collectors and solar cooling/heating plant in Perpignan
Solar collector test bench
Solar cooling plants
High T : Medium Size Solar facilities in Font Romeu-Odeillo
Solar chemical reactor for
solar fuels production(1 kW)
Medium size solar
furnaces (1 -1.5
kW)
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Solar facilities
High T : Large Size Solar facilities in Font Romeu-Odeillo
Big solar furnace (1 MW)
Themis solar tower (5 MW)
Dish parabola (50 kW)
In progress: Construction
of a parabolic trough
including a module
dedicated to ST
formation
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Social life
Students are fully integrated into the social life of the laboratory
They have their own lounge room for studying breaks
They can have lunch in the lab
staff restaurant
Others activities
They can enjoyed our everyday-life in the Pyrenees Mountains by skiing, hiking or
visiting the seaside.
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Merci !
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Job perspectives
Previsions of the International Energy Agency are very hopeful for CSP sector
Growth of CSP production all over the world
Status
Number
Operational
42
Under Construction
39
Planning
146
CSP is not the only sector after
ST specialization :
- Building
- Process heat
- Desalination
- Solar Fuels