AICIA cuenta con líneas de investigación asociadas a las principales formas de generación de energía mediante renovables.
a) Solar Energy
Las capacidades de AICIA en esta área comprenden los fundamentos y las aplicaciones eléctricas y térmicas.
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Solar Radiation, Total and Spectral
The development of systems for measuring, modelling and calculating solar radiation. To this end, AICIA has a radiometric and meteorological measurement station located in the ETSI laboratories, the data from which has been used in numerous scientific works and doctoral thesis, as well as to generate data bases, statistical estimations and radiation maps which, amongst other things, have been used to determine the viability of the sites of the solar energy systems.
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Thermal Conversion of Solar Radiation
The development of the technologies and components of solar radiation concentration systems necessary for attaining average and high temperatures, and their trial, operation and integration. In this line of investigation, one of the most notable elements is the Parabolic Disc with Stirling Motor which has the peculiarity of being connected to the supply distribution network, taken in by the special regime.
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Low Temperature Solar Fixture Tests
Thermal applications of solar energy, such as hot water for bathrooms, heating processes, direct vaporization....., for which AICIA has fully equipped installations for testing low temperature solar systems, designed and carried out with the aim of applying the European Norm to domestic (compact) solar fixture tests. This testing set, as well as being the base of research tasks in this field, has been serving the industrial sector for more than 10 years by fixture certification.
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Analysis of Photovoltaic Panels and Systems
The Energy analysis of Photovoltaic installations and their electrical applications, both isolated or in the network, is a fundamental line of work for AICIA at their experimental installations at the ETSI laboratories. These installations allow the energy performance of any photovoltaic installation to be determined, from the power balance to the energy balance.
Furthermore the products and services offered by AICIA in the photovoltaic sector allow the panel fields to be integrated, optimizing the tracking of highest power and thus allowing all the electrical network connection standards to be fulfilled.
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Optical Systems for Photovoltaic Applications
Design, development and evaluation of concentrated refractive and reflective optical systems and variable parameters (lenses and mirrors) for photovoltaic solar use.
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Modelling, Optimization and Control
The modelling, optimization and control of high, medium and low temperature Photovoltaic and Thermal Solar Plants.
Automatic control of solar trackers. Calibration by artificial vision of solar panels.
b) Bioenergy
Las actividades de AICIA en el ámbito de la bioingeniería se centran fundamentalmente en la gasificación de biomasa y en la producción de biocarburantes.
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Biomass Gasification
The line of thermochemical biomass conversion of AICIA aims at contributing to the development of technology for biomass and other waste combustion and gasification.
This is achieved by an experimental laboratory and pilot plant programme, together with the development of simulation tools that permit the design and the scaling of these processes to be tackled with a reasonable amount of reliability. The development of a new gasification concept with the objective of drastically reducing the tar content in the gas produced deserves special attention.
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Biofuel Production
AICIA is working to develop a technology for 2nd generation bio-ethanol production based on the gasification of lignocellulosic biomass. AICIA activities are centred on two concrete points. The experimental evaluation of catalysers for the catalytic synthesis of alcohols at catalytic synthesis laboratory and the conceptual development and technical-economic analysis through simulation of the entire production process, from the pre-treatment of biomass to the purification of the biofuel.
c) Eolic Energy
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Eolic
AICIA offers technologically based products and engineering services for integrating wind turbines in the electricity network. We have the know-how of variable speed technology that allows wind energy to be optimized, as well as the new grid codes for connecting to the electricity grid (guarantee of continuity versus of holes).
Modelling, Optimization and Control of Eolic Systems, including energy storing.
d) Marine Energy
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Marine Energy
AICIA is taking part in European projects and platforms in which new technologies for collecting marine energy are being developed, as well as standardizing all the systems that make up the installations for generating with this new energy. We are able to develop new technology that will allow the current technological barriers to be eliminated.
