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The research and development in the field of concentrating solar technologies provided the basis for the commercial use of this technology. Subject of current research are the improvement of existing processes, materials and components and the development of innovations.
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The Institute of Solar Research offers international industrial customers of the CSP industry extensive services. Thereby the institute transfers results of its research and development work into the commercial application.
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The Institute of Solar Research operates large facilities, test rigs and laboratories at three locations in Germany and has access to the Spanish major research facility Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), operated by his cooperation partner CIEMAT. This infrastructure providea ideal conditions for solar researchers in basic research and application-oriented projects as well as for the development and deployment of managed services for industrial customers.
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New solar radiation receiver and liquid salt circuit successfully tested in the DLR Multifocus Solar Tower


Thursday, 2 December 2022

Researchers from the DLR Institute of Solar Research, together with a team from MAN Energy Solutions and other industrial partners, have developed a new type solar radiation receiver and circuit for tower power plants using liquid salt as the heat transfer medium. It is intended to enable the power plants to reach higher operating temperatures and thus higher efficiency. It was tested in solar operation in the DLR Multifocus Solar Tower from April to October 2022. The Jülich multifocus tower and the mirror field allow the system to be operated in Jülich solar weather under conditions similar to those in a real solar thermal power plant. The DLR researchers and their industrial partners are more than satisfied with the test results.
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DLR-So­lar­turm – Un­ter­neh­men Syn­he­li­on stellt so­la­res Syn­the­se­gas her


Donnerstag, 18. August 2022

Der Multifokus-Solarturm des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Jülich war in den letzten Wochen Ort einer spannenden Aktion: Das Unternehmen Synhelion hat dort erstmals erfolgreich ein solarthermisches Verfahren für die Produktion von Synthesegas in größerem Maßstab getestet. Dazu nutzt es die Wärme der Sonne in einem speziellen Reaktor. Aus Synthesegas kann anschließend mit industriellen Standardprozessen flüssiger Treibstoff gewonnen werden. Die Schweizer Firma hat mit diesem Versuch auf der Großforschungsanlage des DLR einen wichtigen Meilenstein erreicht, um solare Treibstoffe in Zukunft auch in industriellem Maßstab herzustellen.
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Hannover Messe: DLR presents tech­nolo­gies for de­car­bon­i­sa­tion in the en­er­gy, in­dus­tri­al and mo­bil­i­ty sec­tors


Friday, 25 May 2022

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will be presenting technologies, innovations and successful transfer and spin-off projects at Hannover Messe 2022. From 30 May to 2 June, at the 120-square-metre booth (Energy Solutions, Hall 13, D18), visitors will be able to gain an insight into DLR's research for a future climate-friendly energy supply system and for the decarbonisation of industrial processes and mobility.
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