Instruments & Capabilities (Combined)
Research Facilities
Using Solar Thermal Energy for Power Generation, Desalination and other Applications
Solar Tower
A 300-kWth central receiver test facility is built in Riyadh Techno Valley. It is primarily designed to test the solid particle receiver concept. The field is north-facing and consists of 66 heliostats (8 m2 each) which are centrally controlled from the Control Room. The tower height is approximately 30 m.
Thermal Energy Storage Test Bed
The test bed has a small-scale test bin and two medium-scale rectangular and round test bins. All three test bins are constructed in multiple layers of refractory materials that can withstand temperatures up to 1000°C.
Parabolic Trough Collector Array
This is a small-scale parabolic trough array consisting of two rows of collectors. Each row consists of two modules with an aperture area of approximately 3 m2 each.
Solar Radiation Measurement Station
The station contains a rotating shadow band radiometer (RSR2) setup, as well as an Eppley Normal Incidence Pyrheliometer (NIP) and an Epply Precision Spectral Pyranometer (PSP). The station has been functional for more than one year, and it is a part of K.A.CARE’s national solar radiation monitoring network.
Solar PV Group
Transforming light into electricity
Instruments & Capabilities
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Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition PECVD For Thin Films Deposition
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Controlled Atmosphere Tube Furnace For Heat-treatment of Materials at Different Conditions |
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Spin Coating machine For Thin Film Synthesis |
Gas chromatograph (GC) For Separating and Analyzing Compounds That Can be Vaporized Without Decomposition |
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Surface Profilometer for Surface Measurements For Surface Measurements forvMeasuring Thin Film Surface Thickness And Roughness |
Semiconductor Electrical Characterization Machine For Measuring the Electrical Properties of the Semiconductor Devices |
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Bomb Calorimeter This Equipment is use to Measure The Heat of Combustion of an Organic Material (Gross Calorific Value) |
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer This Instrument is Intended to the Analysis of Heavy Metals In A Sample (Cr, Cu, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cd, Pb And Zn) for Environmental Applications |
Solar Simulators To provide a controllable indoor test facility under laboratory conditions, used for the testing of solar cells, sun screen, plastics, and other materials and devices. |
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