Spe - Solar Thermal & Associated Renewable Storage, Univ. de Perpignan, France
The University
University of Perpignan has been part of EUREC Master since 2011. Experience in teaching the specialisation subjects was initiated in 2005 when the master Solar Energy was launched. This cursus, mainly supported by PROMES lab staff, have graduated approximatively 250 students from 2005. PROMES is a CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) laboratory, EUREC members from 2008, specialised in concentrated solar energy.
PROMES-CNRS
7, rue du Four Solaire
66120 Font Romeu
France
Presentation of the course during the Starting Day 2018
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Teaching Methods
Combined heat and mass transfer 30 h (3 ECTS)
Radiative heat transfer 30 h (3 ECTS)
SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION, 6 ECTS
Solar conversion, Thermo-economics 30 h (3 ECTS)
Solar concentrating system and receiver 30 h (3 ECTS)
ENERGY, 6 ECTS
Solar collector theory and technologies 30 h (3 ECTS)
Solar power plants 30 h (3 ECTS)
MATERIALS, 6 ECTS
Thermal energy storage 30 h (3 ECTS)
Innovative materials for energy conservation 20 h (3 ECTS)
PROJECT/CASE STUDY, INNOVATION, 6 ECTS
Solar fuels 30 h (3 ECTS)
Project, Case study 20h (3 ECTS)
Total : 280 h of which Tutorial/labs 100h, 30 ECTS
Visits : 1 MW solar furnace, 5 MW central receiver concentrating facility (Themis), Solar collector testing facility.
Detailed syllabus in pdf format
Job perspectives
Engineers in solar industries (solar heating and cooling, solar power plant). Renewable energy project developers. Experts for National or International institutions.
Researchers in academic or industrial labs.
Research Activities
The research objectives of PROMES-laboratory are:
- To transform solar energy into heat, coldness, electricity, and hydrogen (solar fuels) using particularly thermal and thermochemical processes. It includes: low temperature solar thermal processes, solar power plants (CSP), concentrating PV (CPV) and solar chemistry.
- To qualify and to improve high temperature materials, and elaborate new materials using concentrated solar energy.
- To develop and to characterized new materials for solar energy conversion.
Original research facilities are available to reach these objectives: solar furnaces and solar concentrators, solar collector testing facility, solar cooling equipment.
Practical Information
Private Owners
Real estate agency
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Font-Romeu tourism office: https://www.font-romeu.fr/ete/ANGLAIS/index.php
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Font-Romeu city hall: https://www.mairie-fontromeu.fr/
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The University of Perpignan offers the three levels of diplomas in further education: Bachelor's Degree, Master's, and Doctorate.
The harmonisation of university courses at the level of the European Union allows each student to choose his own course of study, in one main subject, with the possibility of branching out into other disciplines.
Bureau d'Accueil des Etudiants Internationaux
Marie Queralt
Phone: +33 (0)468 662 011
E-mail: queralt@univ-perp.fr
neveu@univ-perp.fr
33 (0) 468 682 262
Quentin Falcoz
Quentin.Falcoz@promes.cnrs.fr
Postal address of the University:
UFR SEE, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
52, avenue Paul Alduy
66860 Perpignan Cedex,
France
Website: www.univ-perp.fr
