The testing rig for thermal and hybrid chillers/heat pump is located in CENTROPROVE and was designed to supply the power and temperature levels needed for the operation of thermally-operated systems. The main components in the testing rig are the hot storage tank, with a volume of 1.5 m3 (1) and...
Testing rig for thermal energy storages
The testing rig available at CNR ITAE allows testing thermal energy storages employing PCM or hybrid latent/sensible technology. The thermal energy is provided by a 24 kW electric boiler, connected to a buffer storage to guarantee a quasi-constant inlet to the storage under testing. The charge is accomplished by...
Materials for Thermal Energy Systems
The activity of the laboratory is based on the synthesis and characterization of adsorbent materials and phase change materials for thermal energy storage. The synthetized materials consist in composite adsorption materials, called selective water sorbent, “SWS materials”. The SWS material is a two phase system which consist of a porous...
Compounds for Adsorption heat pumps and thermal energy storage systems
The laboratory is equipped with plants for the characterisation of key systems components for Adsorbtion heat pumps, such as heat exchangers, the abdsorber and the evaporator, as well as reactors with phase change materials for the energy storage. This plant is used to measure the adsorption dynamic efficiency under real...
