Spe - Solar Thermal, Univ. de Perpignan, France

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The University

University of Perpignan has been part of EUREC Master since 2011. Experience in teaching the specialisation subjects was initiated in 2005 when the master Solar Energy was launched. This cursus, mainly supported by PROMES lab staff, have graduated approximatively 250 students from 2005. PROMES is a CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) laboratory, EUREC members from 2008, specialised in concentrated solar energy.

PROMES-CNRS
7, rue du Four Solaire
66120 Font Romeu
France

Presentation of the course - Starting Day 21 September 2012

Teaching Methods

Fundamentals
Radiative heat transfer 30 h
Combined heat and mass transfer 30 h
Solar Low Temperature
Solar Collectors theory and technologies 30 h
Solar Conversion (solar heating/cooling) 30 h
Solar High Temperature
Solar concentrating systems and receivers 30 h
Solar power plants 30 h
Solar Fuels 30 h
Heat Storage 30 h
Total : 240 h of which Tutorial/labs 100h
Visits : 1 MW solar furnace, 5 MW central receiver concentrating facility (Themis), Solar collector testing facility 

Detailed syllabus in pdf format

Job perspectives

Engineers in solar industries (solar heating and cooling, solar power plant). Renewable energy project developers. Experts for National or International institutions.
Researchers in academic or industrial labs.

Research Activities

The research objectives of PROMES-laboratory are:
- To transform solar energy into heat, coldness, electricity, and hydrogen (solar fuels) using particularly thermal and thermochemical processes. It includes: low temperature solar thermal processes, solar power plants (CSP), concentrating PV (CPV) and solar chemistry.
- To qualify and to improve high temperature materials, and elaborate new materials using concentrated solar energy.
- To develop and to characterized new materials for solar energy conversion.
Original research facilities are available to reach these objectives: solar furnaces and solar concentrators, solar collector testing facility, solar cooling equipment

http://www.promes.cnrs.fr

Practical Information

• Accomodation

Residential flats
Private Owners
Real estate agency
- AGENCE FONT-ROMEU IMMOBILIER   33 (0)4 68 30 04 15 - Fax : 33 (0)4 68 30 57 03
- AGENCE LEX IMMOBILIER   http://www.leximmobilier.com 33 (0)4 68 30 11 62 - Fax : 33 (0)4 68 30 18 07
- AGENCE IMMOBILIERE L'OLYMPE  http://www.agenceolympe.fr  33 (0)4 68 30 26 26 - Fax : 33 (0)4 68 30 37 58  
- AGENCE PEYROT http://www.peyrot-immo.fr 33 (0)4 68 30 05 21 - Fax : 33 (0)4 68 30 23 83
- AGENCE IMMO DES CIMES  http://www.fontromeu-66.com  33 (0)4 68 30 02 77 - Fax : 33 (0)4 68 30 32 11

Font-Romeu tourism office http://www.font-romeu.fr/ete/ANGLAIS/index.php
Tel: 33(0)4.68.30.68.30  Fax : 33 (0)4.68.30.29.70
Font-Romeu city hall http://www.mairie-fontromeu.fr/
Tel: 33 (0)4 68 30 10 22 Fax : 33 (0)4 68 30 24 82

• International Students

The University of Perpignan offers the three levels of diplomas in further education: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s, and Doctorate.
The harmonisation of university courses at the level of the European Union allows each student to choose his own course of study, in one main subject, with the possibility of branching out into other disciplines

Bureau d'Accueil des Etudiants Internationaux
Marie Queralt
33 (0)468 662 011
queralt@univ-perp.fr

• Contact details

Prof. Pierre Neveu
neveu@univ-perp.fr
33 (0) 468 682 262

Quentin Falcoz
Quentin.Falcoz@promes.cnrs.fr

Address of the University:
UFR SEE, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
52, avenue Paul Alduy
66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
http://www.univ-perp.fr

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