Laboratory Objetives
- Carry out applied research in the area of solar energy: Studies on local solar radiation, solar and atmospheric monitoring, applications with the use of UV, Visible and Infrared solar radiation.
- Research in renewable and alternative energies: Development of techniques for cooling with solar thermal energy, domotic systems for refrigeration and solar heating with electronic control, and alternative energies from wind sources.
- Academic laboratories: Carry out laboratory practices in the areas of Renewable Energies, heat exchange.
Equipment
Main Laboratory Equipment:
- First class pyranometer KippZonen brand.
- 5 Photovoltaic panels.
- Charge controllers.
- Solar batteries.
- Thermal solar heating system.
- 10 kWp photovoltaic solar plant connected to the UPB internal network.
- Thermal imager.