Support to CSP Research Infrastructures Free Access to the European CSP facilities and their development. The SFERA II European project

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1 Solar Facilities for the European Research Area Support to CSP Research Infrastructures Free Access to the European CSP facilities and their development The SFERA II European project Emmanuel Guillot PROMES-CNRS SolarPACES, October , Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2 Presentation Index 1. Project presentation 2. Transnational Access Activities 3. Joint Research Activities 4. Networking Activities

3 Presentation Index 1. Project presentation 2. Transnational Access Activities 3. Joint Research Activities 4. Networking Activities

4 Project presentation: funding and duration SFERA II is funded by the European Union with the Framework Programme FP7 Grant Agreement # A budget of ~8,6 M Started 1 st January 2014, for 4 years: until 31/12/2017

5 Project presentation: partners 12 Partners / 7 countries : Organisation name Country Organisation name Country CIEMAT (coordinator) Spain Unilim France DLR CNRS PSI Germany France Switzerland University of Evora ESTELA University of Roma Portugal Belgium Italy ETH Switzerland CEA France ENEA Italy INESC-ID Portugal

6 3 activities 3 Activities Networking Activities Transnational Access Activities Joint Research Activities More coordination & collaboration between European CSP RIs + Dissemination To offer to the research & industrial community a free access to CSP RIs To integrate the CSP RIs complementary strengths by fostering joint R&D

7 Presentation Index 1. Project presentation 2. Transnational Access Activities 3. Joint Research Activities 4. Networking Activities

8 Transnational Access Activities FREE Access to 5 CSP Research Infrastructures Access proposals are selected by an external panel based on a 3-4 pages proposal Access duration up to 8 weeks for 3-4 people Facility operation, travel, and accommodation are paid by the SFERA2 project The deadline for this year call is 31 st of January 2017 access-sfera@sollab.eu

9 olar A-II e ergy resea ch can be lassified b the conce tration rat o of the so ar energy: Co bination o I. ow conce trated sol r energy (1 to 10 su s ). Resea ch is focused mainly n water esalinatio, disinfection or deto ification a d solar hea ing and cooling. oderate oncentrati n (10 to 1500 sun ): Mainl for solar thermal e ectricity eneration, materials rocessing r chemical production. III. igh conc ntration ( 500 to over suns ). T e main re earch do ains are nergy storage cycles, productio of enviro mentally b nign che ical energ carriers H 2, Syng s, etc.), igh-flux p otochemis ry, Available high-v in lue-added SFERA II: materials ynthesis nd knowl dge of beh viour of ultifunctio al 1 material tower s under ext eme condi ions. 4 linear facilities h on Leve s I and II is exclusi ely devote 2 to solar the va furnaces orisation f solar en rgy as a newable e ergy reso rce. Resea ch in high y 1 concentr dishe ted therm l flux on evel III s not only the valoris tion of sol r energy, ut 3 also DETOX-DISINF lea s to study f the kno ledge of under the extreme c nditions e countered in high-te perature research, i dustrial s, and spa ial applica ions. ents. II. CIEMAT-PSA, Almeria, Spain esear lean r ddress atter rocess

10 PROMES-CNRS, Odeillo, France Available in SFERA II: 12 solar furnaces 1 tower 1 trough 1 dish

11 ba ly partiall due to t e uncertai weath R II just the igh-flux s lar simula or (HFS PSI, Villigen, Switzerland Available in SFERA II: 1 solar furnace 1 solar simulator

12 SFERA-II Co bination of P & C ges f chemical ectiveness. reaction at its suitabl ENEA, Casaccia, Italy temperatu e are perf rmed in or er to appr ciate View f the PCS acilit Available in SFERA II: 1 linear facility 1 thermal storage View f the PCS acilit

13 Aerial vie sprea of the Pla over 100 afo ma So ectares of ar de Alme he Tabern ía facilitie s desert Locatio of the PS, CIESOL, Almeria, Spain Available in SFERA II: 1 low flux facility Locatio of the PS Facilities

14 Presentation Index 1. Project presentation 2. Transnational Access Activities 3. Joint Research Activities 4. Networking Activities

15 Joint Research Activities (JRA) Improve the services provided to the facilities users 5 work packages to develop or improve procedures, facilities setups, instruments The work is or will be published in 39 deliverables (reports or reviewed papers), all available on the SFERA II website, plus papers and several PhD thesis.

16 WP11: Development of joint calibration procedures and facilities for sensors General objectives WP11 in one image Measure Solar Resource Task1: Standardized Calibration of solar irradiance sensors Measure Mdot Measure cp Task 2: Calibration facility for heat transfer fluid Mdot and c p Example: automated high accuracy calibration of pyrheliometers and pyranometers

17 Overall status of implementation (IV) cont d WP12: Status Pyrometric report Task 12.1 temperature measurement for high Calibration relative to (shaded) solar blind pyrometer concentration facilities Imaging furnace Example: double Solar simulator modulation pyrometry to measure surface temperature 5 cm Development of controlled fast flux modulators Comparison between double modulation pyrometry and reference pyrometer

18 WP13: Determination of physical properties of CSP materials under concentrated solar irradiation Example: evaluation of mechanical resilience for materials under thermal stress such as solar receivers, aeronautic or spatial applications Ultrasonic monitoring of samples to localize cracks and their evolution under varying thermal loads

19 WP14: Characterisation of solar concentrators and inter-connecting elements ❶ ❸ Example: protocol for qualification and characterization of parabolic trough collectors ❷ Comparison of shape measurement between photogrammetry ❶, deflectormetry ❷ and laser scanner❸

20 WP15: Characterisation of heat transfer fluid and heat storage materials Example: collection of data for thermal fluids, both transfer fluids and heat storage materials Development of a probe and associated methods to measure the thermal conductivity of molten salts

21 Presentation Index 1. Project presentation 2. Transnational Access Activities 3. Joint Research Activities 4. Networking Activities

22 Networking Activities WP2 Dissemination and Publicity WP3 Promotion of Innovation in CSP TRAINING for Industries (next session in April 2017) WP4 Education and Outreach Activities CSP schools TRAINING for students and the research communities WP5 Exchange of Best Practices for Harmonization of Approaches Subscribe to our newsletter for more information on the next events

23 Solar Facilities for the European Research Area Thank you for your attention Visit us on our booth! SFERA II , 3 rd Coordination Meeting, Villigen, 8 th April 2016

24 Solar Facilities for the European Research Area Extra slides SFERA II , 3 rd Coordination Meeting, Villigen, 8 th April 2016

25 Joint Research Activities (JRA) Improve the services provided to the facilities users 5 workpackages to develop or improve procedures, facilities setups, instruments The work is or will be published in 39 deliverables (reports or reviewed papers), all available on the SFERA II website, plus papers and several PhD thesis.

26 Networking Activities CSP schools: Lectures by experts on a selected topic 1 per year Previous topics: Solar receivers and reactors, Solar thermal storage, Heat transfer fluids, 2017: TBD. All presentations available on website CSP training for industries Lectures and experience sharing from facilities operators 1 per year Previous topics: Parabolic troughs, Thermal storage systems, Central receiver systems, 2017: Parabolic troughs.

27 Networking Activities CSP dissemination Conference attendance Website Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter