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PROTEAS Summer School: Solar Concentration Technologies and Hybridization

Building Performance Simulation

 

Course Summary

The Summer School, which will be held in person in Cyprus, revolves around the polygenerative research facility PROTEAS. The facility has been primarily designed to cogenerate electricity and desalinated water. Over time, the facility has been upgraded with additional renewable energy sources capable of supplying the electricity needs of the auxiliaries and produce extra electricity to the grid. The facility comprises a wind turbine, two dish-Stirling units, solar PV collectors, batteries and thermal storage. The Rankine cycle associates a steam turbine and a Multi-Effect Distillation Unit to produce both electricity and desalinated water. The facility also hosts a Forward Osmosis unit.

The school focuses on the renewable energy systems featured at the PROTEAS facility as well as hybrid storage systems. The first day of the school will include lectures on solar energy concentration principles and their real-world applications, such as solar thermal processing for industry and chemical applications at very high temperatures (> 1000 degrees). There follows a hands-on training session on the benefits of machine learning in solar concentration technologies. Participants will then be transferred to PROTEAS facility in Limassol, where they will be offered a tour and hands-on training. On the second day, participants will learn about drone techniques applied to solar concentration technologies. The course will also focus on the key point of thermal storage via its environmental impacts. In addition, an overview of the ray-tracing software Tonatiuh++, developed by The Cyprus Institute will be provided. The school will conclude with a discussion on the emerging of the hydrogen. Participants will be asked to complete an assignment in the form of a multiple-choice test based on the topics covered throughout the summer school.

Please note that online participation in the summer school is not possible. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply solar concentration technologies according to the energy needs.
  • Apply thermal storage technologies according to the energy needs.
  • List the different desalination technologies.
  • Describe the drones’ scanning solution.
  • List the different hydrogen forms.
  • Define the advantages of thermal storage.

 

Course Prerequisites

Background knowledge in mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, applied physics and/or energy.

 

For more information on the course, please see the Course Handbook.

  

Instructors

Name

Email

Telephone number

Dr Alaric Montenon

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+357 222 08 672

Dr Marios Georgiou

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+357 222 08 604

Prof. Wojciech Lipiński

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+357 22 397 564

Dr Kypros Milidonis

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+357 222 08 708

Dr Nestor Fylaktos

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+357 222 08 687

 

Course Venue

The Cyprus Institute, 20 Konstantinou Kavafi, Aglantzia 2121, Nicosia & PROTEAS Research Facility, Pentakomo, Limassol (transportation provided by CyI)

 

Summer School Programme

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Venue: Richard Cooper Seminar Room, Fresnel Buiilding, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia

 

 8:45 - 9:00

Welcome

 

9:00 - 10:30

Lecture : Solar concentration principle and solar concentration technologies

(Alaric Montenon)

 

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee break

 

10:45 - 12:15

Lecture : Solar thermal processing

(Alaric Montenon and Wojciech Lipinski)

 
 

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch break

 

13:15 - 14:45

Hands-on training: Thermal storage

(Marios Georgiou)

 

14:45 - 16:15

Lecture:  Desalination technologies

(Marios Georgiou)

 

16:15 - 16:30

Coffee break

 

16:30 - 18:00

Hands-on training: software introduction to solar concentration

(Alaric Montenon)

 

 

Thursday, 20 June 2024

Venue: Richard Cooper Seminar Room, Fresnel Buiilding,The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia

& PROTEAS, Limassol

8:15 - 9:00

Transportation to PROTEAS, Pentakomo

9:00 - 10:30

Hands-on training: Tour of PROTEAS

(Alaric Montenon and Marios Georgiou)

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee break

10:45  -11:30

Lecture: Environnmental impacts

(Alaric Montenon)

11:30 - 12:15

Transportation to The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia

12:15 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 14:30

Lecture: Fundamentals of hydrogen as an energy vector

(Nestor Fylaktos)

14:30 - 16:00

Lecture: Innovation heliostat field

(Kypros Milidonis)

16:00 - 16:15

Coffee break

16:15 - 17:45

Assessment: Test based on the content of the 2 days

Summer School Conclusion

 

Registration

Please fill in the Registration Form by Monday 10/06/2024.

 


 

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