thermal solar specialization

Thermal Solar Specialization

Pr Pierre NeveuDr Quentin Falcoz

o ST specialization supervised by UPVD and teachers from PROMES (Process Materials and Solar Energy) Laboratory

o PROMES laboratory located in the south of France : - Font Romeu-Odeillo site in the Pyrenees mountains (Solar Furnace)- UPVD site in Perpignan

General info and location

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UniversityCampus

Solar furnace Perpignan

Odeillo

Low temperature solar platform

Odeillo

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 : quentin.falcoz@promes.cnrs.fr)

o 14/15 weeks in Font Romeu-Odeillo

o End at the beginning of June

Agenda of the « Solar Thermal » specialization

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Contents of the « Solar Thermal » specializationprerequisite: basics in thermal transfer, fluid mechanics and energetics

• 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

High Temperature 90 h • Concentrating system and receiver• Solar Plants• Solar fuels

Thermal Storage 30 h

Fundamentals 60 h• Radiative heat transfer• Coupled heat and mass transfer

Low Temperature 60 h• Solar collectors• Solar conversion (heating, cooling, power)

Formation divided into 4 modules, modules are composed of 30 h blocks :

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Solar facilities Low T : Solar collectors and solar cooling/heating plant in Perpignan

High T : Medium Size Solar facilities in Font Romeu-Odeillo

Solar collector test bench Solar cooling plants

Medium size solar furnaces (1 -1.5 kW)

Solar chemical reactor for solar fuels production(1 kW)

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Solar facilitiesHigh T : Large Size Solar facilities in Font Romeu-Odeillo

Big solar furnace (1 MW)

Dish parabola (50 kW)

Themis solar tower (5 MW)

In progress: Construction of a parabolic trough including a module

dedicated to ST formation

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Students are fully integrated into the social life of the laboratory

Others activities They can enjoyed our everyday-life in the Pyrenees Mountains by skiing, hiking or visiting the seaside.

They can have lunch in the lab staff restaurant

Social life

They have their own lounge room for studying breaks

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Merci !

Job perspectivesPrevisions of the International Energy Agency are very hopeful for CSP sector

Growth of CSP production all over the worldStatus Number

Operational 42

Under Construction 39

Planning 146

CSP is not the only sector after ST specialization : - Building- Process heat- Desalination- Solar Fuels