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9:00 - 9:50 (50min)
Registration
Welcome and registration
9:50 - 10:00 (10min)
Welcome Ceremony
Françoise Massine
10:00 - 10:20 (20min)
EU-Solaris presentation
Jose Martin Martinez
10:20 - 12:00 (1h40)
Solar Fuels and Materials
› High Temperature Behaviour of Ceramic Particles for Concentrating Solar Power Towers
- Ana Cleia González Alves, German Aerospace Center
10:20-10:40 (20min)
› Thermodynamic analysis and first experimental study of solar vacuum pyrolysis of lunar regolith for oxygen production
- Jack Robinot, Procédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire
10:40-11:00 (20min)
› Forecasting Reflector Durability in Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems: Influence of UV Radiation, Temperature and Humidity
- Daniela Molina-Hernández, CIEMAT - Plataforma Solar de Almería
11:00-11:20 (20min)
› Iron Oxide Granules as an Energy Storage and Carrier Medium for Sustainable Energy Transition
- Nele Burchartz, German Aerospace Center - Martin Roeb, German Aerospace Center
11:20-11:40 (20min)
› Design and Plasma Synthesis of Spectrally Selective Mirror Coatings for PV/CST Compact Hybridization
- Amine Mahammou, Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
11:40-12:00 (20min)
12:00 - 13:30 (1h30)
Lunch
13:30 - 15:10 (1h40)
Solar Receivers
› Thermal enhancement analysis and performance evaluation of corrugated, ribbed and insert receiver tube solutions for salt solar power towers CSP plants with molten salt
- Jose Martin Martinez, Carlos III University of Madrid, EU-Solaris ERIC
13:30-13:50 (20min)
› Spectral analysis of turbulent solar receiver flows subjected to strong temperature gradients
- Léa Cherry, Laboratoire Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire (PROMES), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
13:50-14:10 (20min)
› Experimental investigation of a carbon-based direct absorption parabolic trough solar collector
- Miguel Sainz Manas, Laboratoire Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire (PROMES)
14:10-14:30 (20min)
› Physics-informed neural networks for crack detection in tube receiver by using ultrasound testing
- Rodolphe Barlogis, Procédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› "Numerical Analysis of Two-Phase Flow in DSG Solar Receivers Using an Euler-Euler Modelling Technique"
- Israel Aguilera-Cortés, PROMES-CNRS
14:50-15:10 (20min)
15:10 - 15:40 (30min)
Coffee break
15:40 - 17:20 (1h40)
Solar Water treatments
› Steam Production Process from Salt Water and Concentrated Solar Energy
- Samuel JOST, Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› Industrial wastewater regeneration and recovery of added-value substances
- Paula Serrano Tarí, Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT
16:00-16:20 (20min)
› Experimental characterisation of a Vacuum Multi-effect membrane distillation unit
- Alejandro Bueso, CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería
16:20-16:40 (20min)
› ASSESSMENT OF TWO SOLAR PHOTOREACTOR´S DESIGN FOR WATER DECONTAMINATION.
- Kelly Castañeda, CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería
16:40-17:00 (20min)
› Design and assessment of low-cost solar photocatalytic reactors for water treatment.
- Isabel Espinoza-Pavón, CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería
17:00-17:20 (20min)
9:00 - 10:00 (1h)
Solar Optics
› CSP data-driven digital twin enhanced by real-time image obtention: a novel universal Flux Density Measurement (FDM) method.
- Sergio Díaz, German Aerospace Center
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Inverse Deep Learning Raytracing
- Jan Lewen, DLR
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Micro-concentrators experimental setup for photovoltaic cell characterisation
- Lucile Marechal, Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire
09:40-10:00 (20min)
10:00 - 10:20 (20min)
Coffee break
10:20 - 12:00 (1h40)
Solar Fuels and Materials
› Thermochemical oxygen pumping with Perovskite in context of thermochemical fuel production
- Jens Keller, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Köln]
10:20-10:40 (20min)
› Development of a thermally coupled photovoltaic-electrochemical system for water splitting under concentrated sunlight
- Elisa Gruber, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Future Fuels, RWTH Aachen University, Chair for Solar Fuel Production
10:40-11:00 (20min)
› Construction and simulation of a Sulphur Dioxide Depolarised Electrolysis lab scale unit
- Georgios Arvanitakis, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Institute of Future Fuels
11:00-11:20 (20min)
› Numerical investigation of a directly irradiated solar rotary kiln for limestone calcination to predict CO2 production
- Jana Barabás, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Future Fuels, RWTH Aachen University, Chair for Solar Fuel Production
11:20-11:40 (20min)
› Comparative study of oxidized Fe-Cr-Al-Mo alloys
- Thiane Ndiaye, Procédés Matériaux et Energie Solaire
11:40-12:00 (20min)
12:00 - 13:30 (1h30)
Lunch
13:45 - 14:30 (45min)
Free time
15:00 - 19:00 (4h)
Social activity
19:30 - 22:00 (2h30)
Gala diner
9:00 - 10:00 (1h)
Solar Systems
› Condition Monitoring for Heliostat Fields using Artificial Intelligence
- Dominik Steinberg, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Typical Year of Atmospheric Extinction of Solar Radiation at Plataforma Solar de Almería. Validation of Extinction Models and Maps in areas of interest for thermoelectric solar tower plants
- Noelia Simal, Plataforma Solar de Almeria-CIEMAT
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Development of anti-soiling coatings for concentrating solar thermal components
- NAIA BARANDICA PÉREZ, CIEMAT-PSA
09:40-10:00 (20min)
10:00 - 10:40 (40min)
Coffee break
10:40 - 12:00 (1h20)
Solar Systems
› Development and validation of a simulation tool for parabolic trough power plants. Soiling effect on annual production as first application of the tool.
- Joaquín Vargas, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
10:40-11:00 (20min)
› Enhancement of the Flexibility of CSP Plants' Power Block: Dynamic Simulations and Potential Improvements
- Eylül Gedik, Institute of Power Plant Technology, Steam and Gas Turbines, RWTH Aachen University
11:00-11:20 (20min)
› Transformation paths for solar based industrial energy supply concepts with temporal decoupling through thermal storage
- Martin Bolten, DLR Institut für Solarforschung
11:20-11:40 (20min)
› Microwave-assisted dynamic systems for solar salt heating: design optimisation through numerical simulation
- Cristóbal Valverde, Plataforma Solar de Almeria-CIEMAT
11:40-12:00 (20min)
12:00 - 13:00 (1h)
Lunch
13:00 - 18:00 (5h)
Technical tour
Solar Furnace installations, Themis solar tower and e-Llo Fresnel solar plant
