Current Projects ST
Solar Thermal Group
Using Solar Thermal Energy for Power Generation, Desalination and other Applications
On going projects
Development of new systems based on high temperature concentrating technologies
- High Temperature Falling Particle Receiver (Funded by US Department of Energy)
- Design & Development of a New CSP System based on Metal Oxides (Funded by US Department of Energy)
- Scientific and Technological Alliance for Guaranteeing the European Excellence in Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy (Funded by European Commission)
Development of new solar desalination systems
- Innovative Point Fresnel Collector with Polar Solar Tracking System for Solar Poly-generation (electricity and water) (Funded by KSA National Plan for Sci. & Tech.)
- Theoretical, Economical & Experimental Studies of a Natural Vacuum based Multi-Effect Solar Desalination System using Various Solar Configurations & TES (Funded by KSA National Plan for Sci. & Tech.)
SET short track projects
Development of new solar water heating systems
- Performance Improvement of Solar Stills (Funded by SET Center)
For more details on SET Short track project in Solar Thermal Energy please click here