CIEMAT-PSA-SOLWATER

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CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA)-SOLWATER

TA17 – CIEMAT-PSA-SOLWATER 

Location

Ctra. de Senés, km. 4,5

04200 Tabernas,  Spain 

Description

The Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) is recognised as a major European scientific facility by the European Commission and is also the largest and most complete research and development (R&D) centre in the world dedicated to solar thermal concentrating systems, solar desalination and photochemistry. It is a privileged place for the development, evaluation, demonstration, and transfer of solar concentrating technologies, both for thermal applications and for chemical processes. It offers researchers a location with insolation and climate characteristics similar to those of developing countries of the equatorial belt, with the advantages of owning the largest scientific facilities among European countries. The PSA consists of solar concentrating and solar water treatment facilities that are unique in the world due to their variety and size.

Solar photocatalytic treatment and disinfection of urban and industrial wastewaters:

This is the biggest European facility dedicated to solar water treatment and disinfection at pilot plant scale. It is composed of several photo-reactors based on Compound Parabolic Collectors (CPC) technology combined or not with other conventional and advanced technologies for achieving the scientific and development goals of wastewater (urban and industrial) treatment/disinfection and reuse in different applications (crops irrigation, industrial processes, etc.). Successful results reported in previous capacity projects such as IHP, SFERA and SFERA-II, clearly demonstrate the high-quality research outputs obtained in this particular facility.

Testing Capabilities

The facility is used for solar photocatalytic treatment and disinfection of urban and industrial wastewaters using Compound Parabolic Collectors (CPC) and other technologies for wastewater reuse in applications such as crop irrigation and industrial processes.

Technical Equipment

Solar photocatalytic treatment and disinfection of urban and industrial wastewaters using Compound Parabolic Collectors (CPC) technology, combined with other conventional and advanced methods, at the largest European pilot-scale facility dedicated to these processes.

Additional information

Technology Readiness Level: 7 or above

Special considerations: N/A 

Technology clusters: CSP/STE

Website: https://www.psa.es

Availability: All year

Provision of tools to prepare data sets in a FAIR way:  Yes 

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