Steinbeis Transfer Center Solar and Thermal Technology

Services

  • Research and testing center for solar equipment (TZS)
  • Consulting and studies on solar heating and heating technology
  • Project planning and construction of testing equipment
  • Simulation studies (solar technology, heating technology, flow processes)
  • Seminars and training

Key Areas

  • Consulting and studies on solar heating and heating technology
    • Product and process technology consulting and development
    • Energy concepts
    • Concept development and dimensioning of end-to-end systems and components
    • Measurement concepts
    • Experiments and theoretical examination of development work
    • Market research and development
  • Testing of solar energy equipment and parts
    • Testing of solar panels under EN 12975
    • Testing of solar storage units under ENV 12977-3
    • Testing of solar equipment under EN 12976 and ENV 12977
    • Special tests
  • Project planning and construction of testing equipment
    • Testing equipment for examining solar heating equipment and components, e.g. for solar energy providers, research institutions and educational establishments
    • Heat transmission in process and power station technology
  • Simulation studies (solar technology, heating technology, flow processes)
    • Simulation of power supply systems with a focus on economic viability
    • Yield computation involving solar equipment based on annual simulations
    • Cost and economic viability computations for solar equipment
    • Total irradiation panels and sites facing in various directions
    • Calculation of flow and heat transmission processes in installation parts (e.g. buildings, storage units and solar panels)
    • CFD simulation of heating equipment
    • Fixed and mobile operation of heat exchangers
  • Seminars and training
    • Fundamentals of solar heating (solar radiation, solar panels, storage units, equipment technology)
    • Training for companies, skilled workers, planners, energy consultants, architects
    • Simulation programs
    • Measurement technology and testing procedures
    • Conventional and solar powered local heating networks
    • Design of heat exchangers with and without phase change
    • Deposit formation in exchangers
    • Fundamentals of thermodynamic technology
    • Fundamentals of heat technology computations

Project Examples

  • Market research: The solar power market in Germany
  • Transfer of know-how to solar testing centers in India and Jordan
  • Concept development: Solar heating exhibition
  • Testing and evaluation of solar heating equipment including components
  • Calculation of heat loss through connections to warm water storage units
  • Workshops for planners, installation engineers and energy consultants
  • Optimization of business-critical heat exchangers at ALCOA, BASF, BP, QAL, HTRI, NESTLE, NZFP, TIOXIDE
  • CFD simulation of flows on cladding, on shell-and-tube heat exchangers
  • Performance data for compact heat exchangers in single and multiple phases systems

Media

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

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Contact

Pfaffenwaldring 6, D-70550 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 68563-553
E-mail: SU0656@stw.de
Management: Dr.-Ing. Harald Drück
(Stand: 08/30/2023)

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