TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES

PRODUCTION

PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY

  • Photovoltaic reconfigurable systems for energy
  • Modular power conversion architectures
  • Grid-connected photovoltaic systems
  • Modelling and control of PV inverters and converters
  • Refrigeration and thermal management of PVpanels
  • Hybridization of PV power facilities with other energy sources

WIND ENERGY

  •  Transmission systems for offshore wind power plants
  •  Analysis and design of advanced controllers for wind turbines
  • Analysis of harmonics flow in wind power plants and design of mitigation measures
  •  Analysis of the performance of wind power plants
  •  Design of mini-wind generators
  •  Wind turbine blade virtual wind tunnel

HYDROPOWER

  •  Vibration analysis and diagnostics in machinery
  •  Predictive maintenance
  • Advanced monitoring and damage detection
  •  Structural dynamics, effects of fluid on structural response
  •  Experimental and numerical investigation of cavitating flows
  •  Numerical simulation in turbulent flows
  • Hydropower plant performance
  • Production analysis of mini hydropower plants

BIOENERGY & BIOFUELS

  •  Microbial fuel cells in constructed wetlands
  •  Biofuel production from algal biomass
  • Low-cost anaerobic digesters
  • Hydrogen production from biomass

SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY

  •   Integration of solar ponds: energy storage and energy production
  •  Solar collectors using transparent insulation materials (TIM)
  • Receivers in concentrating solar power plants
  •  Thermal storage in concentrating solar power plants
  •   Grid integration of solar power

OCEAN ENERGY

  •  Wave energy resource assessment
  •  Wave energy balance in wave models
  • Testing of wave energy capture devices
  •  Optimization of buoy geometry design
  •  Fluid–structure interaction for buoys and waves
  •  Overtopping devices

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

  •  Very low enthalpy geothermal energy (up to 30ºC)
  • Low enthalpy geothermal energy (from 30ºC to 90ºC)
  • Medium enthalpy geothermal energy (from 90ºC to 150ºC)

NUCLEAR ENERGY & SAFETY

  •  Nuclear safety. Probabilistic risk assessment
  •   Nuclear instrumentation
  • Nuclear power plants
  •  Nuclear fusion reactors
  •  Nuclear waste characterization

DISTRIBUTION & CONSUMPTION

 

 

 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRY

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  • Saving energy through design
  • Integration and intensification of processes
  • Integration and circular economy in chemical processes
  • Energy storage systems (heat storage tanks and accumulators, thermochemical storage)
  • Heat recovery and alternative heating
  • Heat exchangers

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

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  • Intelligent management of EV
  • Modelling EV battery aging for second life business models
  • Cooling of batteries
  • Electric traction and mechatronics for EV
  • Energy efficiency, industrial electronics and high voltage systems for EV
  • Design of charging stations

CONSUMERS IN THE ENERGY SYSTEM - SMARTS GRIDS

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  • Smart grid architecture and big data
  • Power systems design
  • Power electronics and mechatronics
  • Electrical power conversion and AC/DC grids
  • Integration of new power sources: renewable power
  • Study of demand response management schemes
  • Advanced control of electrical systems

 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS

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  • Bioclimatic architecture
  • Energy-efficient illumination systems
  • Building envelope, building insulation technologies
  • Building energy management solutions

 

REFRIGERATION HVAC SYSTEMS

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  • Compressors
  • Valves and capillary tubes
  • Refrigeration cycle analysis
  • Virtual household refrigerator
  • Domestic and industrial air-conditioning
  • Vapor compression heat pump as alternative heating
  • Sprays/evaporative cooling design
  • Fan performance analysis (virtual and tunnel)

APPLICATION SECTORS

AERONAUTICS

AUTOMOTION

INFRASTRUCTURES

HEALTH

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