This document summarizes research activities at CIEMAT, a public research organization in Spain. It has over 1,300 employees and a budget of 98.1 million euros. CIEMAT focuses on energy, environment and technology research. It has four main units: 1) a photovoltaic solar energy unit developing solar cells and modules; 2) an energy efficiency in buildings unit researching passive and active solar systems; 3) a solar concentrating systems unit improving solar thermal technologies; and 4) additional units on socio-technical studies and information technologies.

1. CIEMAT
Plataforma Solar de Almeria
Ricardo Sanchez
CIEMAT-PSA
ricardo.sanchez@psa.es

2. Content
• CIEMAT
• Photovoltaic Solar Energy Unit
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings Research Unit
• Solar Concentrating Systems Unit

3. Content
• CIEMAT
• Photovoltaic Solar Energy Unit
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings Research Unit
• Solar Concentrating Systems Unit

4. CIEMAT: Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
OPI: Public Research Organisation
Human resources: 1,326
Budget (2013): 98.1 M€ Income from R&D (2013): 44.3 M€

5. CIEMAT: Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

6. Socio Technical
Studies (CISOT) Territorial centres
Soria
Madrid
Almería
Trujillo
(Cáceres)
CIEMAT (Madrid)
Almeria Solar
Platform (PSA)
Information Technologies
(CETA – CIEMAT)
Barcelona
Renewable
Energy (CEDER) Studies in
Environmental Law
(CIEDA)

7. CIEMAT Objectives
• Promote and execute R&D activities, in accordance with ministerial
guidelines, in the fields of energy, environment and technology,
including specific fields of basic research.
• Collaborate with other national R&D centres, universities and
enterprise.
• Carry out its activities in the framework of the EU and cooperate
with intergovernmental bodies and R&D centers from other countries.

8. CIEMAT Objectives
• Promote the activities derived from its R&D in terms of scientific-technical
communication and dissemination, education and
technology transfer.
• Provide first-rate technical services in the areas of its expertise.
• Advise the public administrations and public and private institutions,
and represent Spain in the appropriate international forums.

9. Energy activities at CIEMAT
 Pioneer team from 1985 with a strong international projection
 Staff more then 300 people

10. Energy activities at CIEMAT
• Pioneer team from 1985 with a strong international projection
• With more than 300 staff members

11. Content
• CIEMAT
• Photovoltaic Solar Energy Unit
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings Research Unit
• Solar Concentrating Systems Unit

12. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Unit
The activity focuses primarily on cost reduction of PV systems,
through enhancement of performance, development of low-cost,
high-throughput manufacturing processes, and improvement of
lifetime and reliability of PV systems and components.
MAIN ACTIVITY FIELDS
• PV devices based on deposited Si
• Advanced PV thin-film materials
• PV Solar cells, PV modules & sensors
• Characterisation and reliability of PV components
• Self-consumption & PV building integration
• Off-grid and grid-connected PV plants
2014
Researchers (PhD) 20 (17)
Technicians 7
Fellowships 2
Total 29

13. 13
PV Solar Cells, Modules & Sensors
Calibration of PV Sensors R+D on PV Cells and Modules

14. 14
PV Solar Cells, Modules & Sensors
Power determination of
commercial PV modules
Techniques for Defect and Failure Detection:
Electroluminescence and IR Thermography

15. 15
Characterisation & Reliability of PV Components:
Testing, Modelling and Improvement
Batteries & Load Regulators PV Water Pumping PV CSP

16. Grid-connected Inverters PV Marker test Hail-stones Impact test
16
Characterisation & Reliability of PV Components:
Testing, Modelling and Improvement

17. 17
Self-Consumption & PV Building Integration
• Development of new design of PV modules for building integration
• Investigation on optical, thermal and electric behaviour of PV
modules
• Characterisation of inverters & management and control systems
for self-consumption applications

18. 18
Self-Consumption & PV Building Integration
PV Inverter and management and
Testing of BIPV module control systems for self-consumption

19. 19
Grid- Connected & Off-grid PV Plants
• In-situ calibration and testing
• Modelling and evaluation
• Degradation analysis
• Sun trackers control develop
• Sizing and optimisation
• Third-countries cooperation

20. EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES
• Organization of seminar and courses
• Host for stays, scholarships and PhD’s
• Technical assessment
• Design of testing labs

21. Content
• CIEMAT
• Photovoltaic Solar Energy Unit
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings Research Unit
• Solar Concentrating Systems Unit

22. Energy Efficiency in Buildings Research Unit
Overall energy analysis of buildings: R&D in integration of passive
and active solar systems and strategies for thermal conditioning
reducing heating and cooling loads
Through the use of:
Bioclimatic strategies.
Renewable energies integration.
Distributed poligeneration.

23. Energy Efficiency in Buildings Research Unit
25 years of experience on national and international R&D projects.
20 researches: physicists, architects, engineers, chemists,
mathematicians and programmers.
R&D activities
Energy analysis and Smart Cities
• Modelling, simulation and energetic analysis:
- District and building environment.
- Passive techniques modelling.
- Active systems simulation.
- Holistic optimization of the systems.

24. R&D activities
Energy analysis and Smart Cities
• Smart Cities. Large areas analysis: urban scale.
 Energy efficiency and demand reduction by
distributed Poligeneration.
 R&D of passive solar systems and active
solar systems – solar cooling at urban scales.
 Feasibility analysis of the different systems. Precomercial proposal.
 Distributed micro generation.
 District heating and cooling.
 Distributed poly generation.
 System integration into the district heating network: Hot sanitary
water, heating, cooling, electricity… Energetic management and
control.

25. R&D activities
Experimental analysis of buildings and building components
Methodology development in:
• Measurements in building and building components
• Handling and documenting data sets
• Energy performance analysis
• Empirical modelling of passive systems (Grey-Box modelling)
• Comfort evaluation
• Validation & calibration of simulation models

26. R&D activities
Experimental analysis of buildings and building components
Applications:
• Characterization
• Standardisation and regulations
• Forecasting
• Simulation
• Control

27. LABORATORIES
Test facilities and Laboratories
Outdoors full scale test facilities:
• LECE laboratory at PSA
• ARFRISOL building prototypes
- Energy performance analysis
- Empirical modelling of passive
systems
- Comfort evaluation
- Simulation models validation and
calibration
(CEDER) CIEMAT. Lubia SORIA
Fundación Barredo
Siero ASTURIAS
Edificio 70-CIEMAT.
MADRID
PSA - CIEMAT
Tabernas ALMERIA
CIESOL - UAlm - CIEMAT.
ALMERIA

28. LABORATORIES
Test facilities and Laboratories
Digital particle image experimental Lab for Building Fluid Mechanics
(PIV)
Physical models development to describe the "element" using
mathematical equations.
Indoor Air Quality Laboratory
Contaminants levels and indoor air quality analysis.

29. Content
• CIEMAT
• Photovoltaic Solar Energy Unit
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings Research Unit
• Solar Concentrating Systems Unit

30. Solar Concentrating Systems Unit
GOAL: facilitate and promote the use of solar concentrating systems by:
• Improving the profitability of these solar systems:
- Developing more efficient and economical components
- Reducing O&M costs
- Developing new application for solar thermal concentrating
systems
• Developing design, simulation and evaluation tools:
- For pre-feasibility studies
- To optimize design using correct dimensioning of key components
- To predict system behavior in critical situations

31. Solar Concentrating Systems Unit
GOAL: facilitate and promote the use of solar concentrating systems by:
• Creating and strengthening a Spanish industry in this field by:
- Involving Spanish industrial partners in R&D projects
- Providing technical and scientific support to industrial partners
- Transferring knowledge and technology to industrial partners

32. Group of Medium-Temperature Solar Technology
• Development of innovative components for line-focus
solar fields and applications for using solar energy in the
mid-temperature range: 125°C-500°C.
– Design, Testing and Evaluation of line focusing
concentrators (parabolic-trough and linear Fresnel)
and their components (reflectors, linear receivers,
optical coatings, sun-tracking systems…)
– Research on new heat transfer fluids (direct steam
generation and pressurized gasses)
– Durability and accelerated aging of solar components
(reflectors, receivers, etc.)
– Simulation tools of complete systems.
• Thermal energy storage (TES) systems for the mid-temperature
range (sensible and latent heat storage;
materials for TES; integration concepts)

33. Group of High-Concentration solar technology
• Development of cost-effective systems and components for
high solar concentration and temperature
– Testing and Evaluation of Solar Central Receivers for the
different technologies & cooling fluids
– Testing, Evaluation and Durability of components for Solar
Central Receiver Power Plants
• Improvement of the O&M procedures and system automation
• Development of evaluation and simulation tools for Central
Receiver Plants
• Characterization of optical & thermal properties and durability
of materials used in high solar concentration and high
temperature
• Design, testing and evaluation of Dish-Stirling systems

34. Group of Solar Fuels & IPH at High Temperature
Aplication of concentrated solar energy to endothermal
processes at high temperate (up to 2000ºC) demanding a
reduction of CO2 emissions (ceramic industry and powder
metallurgy processes).
Research activities related to Solar Fuels:
Development of solar thermochemical hydrogen
production technologies and other solar fuels
R+D activities related to hydrogen production:
Decarbonization of hydrocarbons for hydrogen
Thermochemical water splitting

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