- Objectives -
The Advanced Optics and High-Temperature Processes Unit has as main objective the development of line-focus (e.g, Parabolic Trough, Linear Fresnel Reflector) and point-focus (e.g., Central Tower Receiver, Parabolic Dish) solar concentrators using the tools from Non-Imaging Optics field, and their applications for High-Temperature processes such as industrial process heat, electricity production and thermochemical processes.
- Topics -
The main topics of the unit are:
- Design, optimization and simulation of solar concentrators applied processes using analytical models, raytracing software and genetic algorithms
- Solar-driven thermochemical processes such as biomass Pyrolysis/ Gasification for syngas production or High-temperature electrolysis for green hydrogen production
- Development of cost-competitiveness scenarios for implementation of novel solar-driven solutions under industrial and agroforestry environments
- Capacity building in the field of solar energy technologies
- Projects -
ALFR-Alentejo
ALFR-Alentejo is a local project of installation, testing and analysis of an Advanced Linear Fresnel Reflector (ALFR) concentrator to produce electricity via solar thermal with thermal storage
Funding: SAICT-ALT/39487/2018
Duration: 43 months
Status: Ended
SFERA III
Solar Facilities for the European Research Area
Funding: H2020-INFRAIA-2018-2020/H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1 Grant ID: 823802
Duration: 60 months
Status: Ended
ENBRAIN
ENBRAIN is an Erasmus+ project that aims to build higher education capacity in the field of renewable energies in Libyan universities.
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PYRAGRAF
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MSA-TROUGH
The global objective of the MSA-Trough project is to develop and demonstrate a novel parabolic trough collector which is more efficient, less costly, more reliable and more sustainable than currently commercially used trough collectors.
Funding: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
Duration: 42 months
Status: Ongoing
PRR H2 DRIVEN
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AIHRE
AIHRE will promote collaboration between entities that are part of the green hydrogen value chain, such as research groups, technology centers and companies in the Spain-Portugal cross-border area. The project will generate innovative tools to implement an economy based on the potential of renewable hydrogen.
Funding: Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)
Duration: 36 months
Status: Ongoing
FUTURETECH_H2
The main objective of the FUTURETECH_H2 project is to promote and disseminate the virtues and capabilities of green hydrogen as the industry of the future and to train its supply chain to promote the development and expansion of this energy vector, thus advancing the ecological transition and adaptation to climate change in the Spain-Portugal cross-border area.
Funding: Interreg VI-ASpain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2021-2027
Duration: 26 months
Status: Ongoing
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