Thermal Systems
Producing, Storing and Using Thermal Energy
This platform is larger and more diverse in scope than any other thermal energy R&D facility in Europe. The platform develops technologies for thermal energy, from energy harvesting and storage (for different time horizons), and solutions for using thermal energy in industrial facilities or urban heat networks.
The platform conducts research and development in:
- Heat exchangers: performance, heat-shock, and fouling testing
Thermal storage: sensible water, sensible oil-rock, latent with phase-change materials, thermochemical
Heat converters: NH3 absorbers, Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), effluent treatment, heat pumps
Different-sized equipment and testing loops allow users to complete testing from laboratory scale up to pilot scale.