Equipment
Test Stands and Large Equipment
- 2-axle trackable test stand for measuring non-concentrating and concentrating solar collectors up to 200 °C
- High flux density test stand (30 kW and 64 kW, ADPHOS) with air circuit for determination of volumetric heat transfer coefficients
- Particle receiver test stand
- Air-sand heat exchanger test stand
- TESS, test stand for high-temperature power-to-heat & power storage systems
- Seawater desalination plant
- Test stands for measuring exhaust gas aftertreatment systems (particulate filters, SCR mixers, catalytic converters) for diesel engines
- 3D printer
- Exclusive access to the Jülich Solar Tower
Simulation Tools and Software
- SimREN: Energy supply scenarios (quasi-stationary simulation)
- SAM, Greenius: Yield and economic calculation of solar power plants
- Meteonorm
- SolCal, WinDelsol: Design and simulation of heliostat fields
- SimaPro: Life Cycle Assessment
- ProSim Plus: Visualisation and simulation of chemical processes and reactors with ProSim Plus
- ANSYS: CFD (computational fluid dynamics) / FEM (finite element model)
- COMSOL Multiphysics: modules for CFD flow simulation, ray tracing analysis and heat transfer
- Rocky-DEM (ESSS): Simulation of particles and bulk materials with CFD coupling.
- Dymola/Modelica
- Matlab/Simulink: Programme for data analysis and modelling of dynamic systems
- CARNOT Toolbox (Matlab/Simulink): Dynamic simulation of solar thermal systems and buildings
- Autodesk Inventor
- LabVIEW
- Profisignal (Delphin Technology AG)
Metrology
- Weather station incl. pyrheliometer, pyranometer and 3D wind measurement
- MDI weather station with Rotating Shadowband Irradiometer (CSP Services)
- Pyrometer
- Solar sand sensor (PSE)
- USB spectrometer (OceanOptics)
- High temperature anemometer (Dantec)
- Various anemometers and Prandtl probes
- Comfort measurement mast
- Blower Door
- Absorption/emission spectrometer
- Luminance camera (TechnoTeam)
- IR cameras, thermographic cameras (FLIR, Infratec)
- Condor reflectometer (Abengoa Solar)
- Tachymeter (Leica)
- Industrial cameras (Allied Vision GmbH, IDS)
- Precision flow measurement (air, orifice plates)
- Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters
- Bulk material ring shear tester
- Bulk material mass flow meter
- Bulk material gas pressure loss measuring system
- Particle measuring device (TSI GmbH)
- PIV measuring system (Dantec, 5K, 160Hz)
Coordinate Measurement Machine
The aim of coordinate metrology is making quick and precise statements about geometries possible. It plays an important role in production. Components that are subject to a tolerance range can be checked for accuracy of fit, thus ensuring consistent quality. The Solar-Institute Jülich has a coordinate measuring machine from DEA-Brown&Sharpe, model SCIROCCO-201009. With the help of the measuring bridge, the measuring arm can be moved on the x and y axis, as well as up and down over the z axis in the entire measuring range of the test bench. It has a Renishaw PH10M rotary and swivel element and a Renishaw TP20 probe designed for tactile measurements.
Laser Scanner LC60Dx (Nikon)
The SIJ is also equipped with a laser scanner from Nikon, model LC60Dx, for non-contact measurements with the coordinate measuring machine. The LC60Dx is capable of capturing up to 75,000 points/second at a measuring range of 60 mm x 60 mm. The probing error is ±9 µm. With the CAMIO software, we are able to evaluate surface and geometric features of the measured objects as well as analyse the generated point clouds and mesh surfaces.
