SOL4R
The Évora Molten Salt Platform (EMSP) aims at the development of applied research in molten salt-driven CSP, SHIP and thermal energy storage components, systems and technologies.
Is jointly managed and operated by the Renewable Energies Chair of the University of Évora and the German Aerospace Center (DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt).
Registered in the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures of Strategic Interest (National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures, Foundation for Science and Technology, 2020) as Category 1 Infrastructure, and an integral part of the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) EU-SOLARIS – European Solar Research Infrastructure for Concentrated Solar Power, INIESC-EVORA is the reference experimental infrastructure in Portugal, in the field of medium and high temperature solar energy technologies and applications.
These infrastructural assets can be summarised in the following experimental platforms:
EMSP - Évora Molten Salt Platform
Experimental CSP plant based on the concept of large Parabolic Trough concentrators with molten salt circulation and storage thermal system to two tanks with molten salts, with a power of 3.6 MWth and a maximum operating temperature of 560ºC.
PECS - Solar Collectors Testing Platform
Solar collector test platform solar concentrators with 2-axis tracking and a prototype installation area of 234 m2, allowing the optical and thermal characterization of concentrators in accordance with the standard ISO 9806:2017 in thermal oil circuit up to maximum operating temperatures of 380ºC.
SolGrid
SolGrid testing platform aims to test and characterize full-scale electrical energy storage systems, photovoltaic systems with grid integration and energy management.
SDWT - Solar Desalination and Water Treatment Platform
Solar Desalination and Water Treatment Platform aims at the development of applied research in the fields of solar-driven water production and water treatment.