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COLLECTION,STORAGE AND USE OF SOLAR HEAT IN TEMPERATURE
STEPS, IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES.
SOLTESTO
FP7 – ENERGY – 2011 – 2
ENERGY.2011.4.1-2: Low/Medium temperature solar thermal systems for
industrial process heat
Collaborative Project with a predominant demonstration component
Solar heat, low/medium temperature, energy efficiency, heat storage
Solar thermal power is available on the Earth surface in a quantity sufficient to
provide the thermal power consumption to all mankind.
Due to the un-uniform distribution and variable intensity – maximum for short
periods of time and average for long periods of time – its use in industrial thermal
processes raise problems.
For the solar thermal power may be used in industrial thermal processes including
the electric power production, the solar thermal power need to be stored in multithermal tanks made to collect energy of a certain quality ( temperature) in order to
store it in sufficient available quantities, with no detriment to the quality of the
energy stored in the tanks. There must also be the possibility to process the thermal
power in the tanks, in the desired quantities and of the required quality
(temperature).
The installation for storing the random solar thermal power and for the controlled
use of the thermal power may be made with multi-thermal vertical tanks inside
which high-storage thermal capacity materials are placed. The materials for storing
the thermal power may be: pressurized water or balls made of a high heat capacity
material and pressurized water or another fluid with high vaporization and high heat
capacity characteristics.
Bringing and overtaking the heat from the tanks shall be by circulating a
fluid of a required temperature between the tank and the user. The assembly is
thermally insulated outside and provided with an intake collector and an outlet
collector, on vertical, to make the connection with the vertical tank at certain levels
imposed by the number of temperature levels considered for storage and/or use.
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The solar thermal power is collected in flat and concave solar panels
(focusing the solar energy) through which the water, overtaken from the lower part
of the heat tank at a temperature to provide the efficient increase of temperature in
the solar panels, is circulated. The solar panels may be installed in series or in
parallel, function of the heat temperature level in the tank and of the intensity of the
solar energy.
Function of the season and the sunny days the overtaking of the cold water
from the tank and its return after heating in the solar batteries, is carried-out at
certain temperature levels so to obtain a maximum efficiency of the heat storage
system.
Project
Description (Main
Work Packages)
Solar thermal power available on the Earth surface is enough to provide the
energy demand today.
Unfortunately such energy is not continuously available and when available,
its quantity and quality (temperature) are not the required ones. Also, the density of
energy per surface unit and its distribution on the Earth surface , is varying from
zone to zone and from season to season. For that reasons and in order to make an
efficient use of the heat in the industrial processes and heating, it is necessary to
develop some heat storage systems for the desired temperature levels.
A solution of solar heat storage systems may be made by means of some
multi-thermal vertical tanks filled with pressurized water or other fluids having a
high thermal capacity and high boiling temperature. These tanks may be also filled
with balls made of high thermal capacity materials, case in which the main role of
the fluid is to overtake the heat from the solar panels and transfer it to the balls in
the tanks, also storing the heat. The tanks are made of one or several high rotating
bodies installed in a vertical structure.
In case that the existing temperature level in the heat tank is not as per the
required value than a special system employing a vaporization-compression –
condensing of a fraction of the warm water taken from the tank is used to raise the
temperature level to the desired value.
Water taken from the tank and cooled by the vaporization process is
recirculated to the tank, at the corresponding temperature level.
The project is developing on the following work packages:
-WP1 –Analysis of the solar thermal energy characteristics and of the solar
energy collection panels;
-WP2 – Concept and design of a large capacity ( 1 MWt) model for storing
and using the solar thermal power;
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-WP3 – Construction and experimenting the model of a solar heat storage
and use system ;
-WP4 – Operation of the model of a solar heat storage and use module for 6
– 10 months and the analysis of the results;
-WP5 – Design of a prototype of a solar heat storage and use system with a
capacity larger than 100 MWth.
-WP6- Dissemination of the research results.
Current
Consortium
(Partners,
Organization
Type)
Universities, Research Institutes, SMEs with experience in machining, producers
and operators of heating systems, solar panel manufacturers which shall be part of
a Consortium to allow the development of the research in steps: concept,
mathematical modeling, design, model construction, experimets,analysis of results
and improvement of models,dissemination of results
Deadline for
Responses
December,2oth,2010.
2. Profile of the Partners Sought
Organization Type
Research Centers, Universities, SME
Required Skills
and Expertise
Experience in mathematical modeling, experiments, I&C in the domain of thermal
renewable power production and solar panel manufacturing, dissemination of
results.
Role in the project Partner or coordinator
Other
Requirements
Looking-for partners: universities, research centers, producers and operators of
renewable energy heating systems, solar panel systems, etc.,in order to make-up
a Consortium. Partners in Romania may participate in all stages.
Domains which are not fully covered are: mathematical modeling, experiments
(specially the I&C )and analysis of results.
The Consortium shall assign the tasks for each pertner after its establishment.
3. Project Proposer Information
Name of the
Organisation
Organisation Type
SITON
Research/Design
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Country
ROMANIA
Fields of Activity
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Contact Person
SERBAN VIOREL
Position in the
Organisation
Tel.
Head of the technical creation and research team.
Email
serbanv@router.citon.ro
URL
http://www.serb.ro
http://www.siton.ro
Research, design, project management.
40722615672
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