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| Solar Technology Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute PSI
and Professorship in Renewable Energy Carriers - ETH Zurich
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The research programs of the Solar Technology Laboratory at PSI and the Institute of Energy Technology at
ETH Zurich are airmed at the advancement of the thermal, thermochermical, and electrochemical
engineering sciences applied in the field of concentrated solar energy technology. The research focus is in
the investigation of radiation heat transfer in multi-phase chermical reacting flows, therrmodynamic analysis
of novel solar energy conversion processes, high-ternperature solar thermochemical reactor engineering,
and solar hydrogen production.
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The PSI/ETH's mission is to develop the
science and technology required for
transforming solar energy into chemical fuels
at an industrial scale with a thermochermical
process that effects this conversion more
competitively than any other solar-to-fuels
process.
The PSI/ETH research facilities include:
 a 40-kW 5,000-suns solar furnace,
a 50-kW 11,000-suns high-flux solar simulator,
two 75-kW 5,000-suns high-flux solar simulators,
physical chemistry laboratories.
The PSI/ETH joint staff includes 10 scientists, 9 engineers/technicians, 11 doctoral students, and 20 Master
students. PSI serves as the Operating Agent for Solar Chemistry in the International Energy Agency's
SolarPACES Program. The editorial headquarter of the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering is
located at ETH Zurich.
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Solar chemical reactor for
the production of hydrogen
in operation
Solar chemical reactor
configuration for the thermal
dissociation of Zn0 at 2000K
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The 40 kW PSI solar furnace
The PSl's High-F1ux Solar Simulator
(see SOLLAB highlight)
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SOLLAB Highlight
The PSl's new High-Flux
Solar Sirmulator features
high performance level of
combined radiative power
(up to 50 kW) and power
flux (exceeding 11,000
kW/m2).
This research facility
simulates the radiation
characteristics of highly
concentrating solar systems
and serves as an
experimental platform for
investigating the
thermochemical processing
of solar fuels and for testing
advanced high-temperature
materials in the 1000-3000
K range.
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NEWS and EVENTS |
June7-9, 2010
6th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, PROMES Odeillo, France |
September 2009
New Post-doctoral position opened at PROMES, 2009-2010 |
June 22-24, 2009
5th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, DLR Cologne, Germany |
September 10-12, 2008
4th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, PSA, Spain |
September 11-12-13, 2007
3rd SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, PROMES-Odeillo, France |
14-15 Apr. 2006
1st Workshop SOLLAB Flux and Temperature Measurement Group - Odeillo |
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