Annual Report 2006 - Plataforma Solar de Almería

PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA
• Minimize loss of data during
calibration periods (around 1
month if the equipment must be
sent to the manufacturer).
• Be able to increase calibration
frequency as needed: every 6
months, quarterly, monthly or
even weekly.
The calibration laboratory has
been specially designed for calibration
over the whole 200 to
2500 nm range.
Figure 2.7 New Spectral Calibration
Laboratory adjacent to the
CESA-1 building
2.12 Energy Testing of Building
Components Laboratory (LECE)
The Energy Testing of Building Components Laboratory (LECE) is another
of the facilities at the PSA. This laboratory is part of the Bioclimatic Architecture
R&D program of CIEMAT’s Renewable Energies Department and is managed
directly by it. It participates in the PASLINK EEIG, a network of European
laboratories with similar characteristics, which is of economic interest.
The laboratory consists of four fully instrumented test cells for testing conventional
and passive solar building components and, furthermore, makes use of
the excellent infrastructure at the PSA for solar applications.
The purpose of the LECE is to contribute to the knowledge on the energy
quality of building elements through experiments determining the thermal
properties of closures, such as the global heat transfer coefficient, the solar
gain factor or system response times. It also performs other types of tests
among which are important because of the climatic conditions in Spain, with
regard to ventilation phenomena. The knowledge of those properties can be
used to improve building design for increased energy savings without loss of
comfort and predicting their thermal behavior. LE high-precision time server
CE activities may be classified as:
• Experimental support for preparation of standards and regulations.
• Experiments in the CIEMAT Bioclimatic Architecture R&D program.
• Collaboration with and services for building materials and component
manufacturers.
Figure 2.15
Views of the LECE: Cells, reference buildings and solar chimney
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