Activities
The Energy Center concentrates on research and development in the following areas and can offer consultancy in related projects.
- Low-cost energy production.
- Energy conservation and recovery.
- Least-cost power planning.
- Reduction of gas emissions (mainly CO2) by efficient use of energy.
- Clean production of local energy sources.
- Capacity planning and switch gears.
- Network calculations and load forecasting.
- Fault and stability analysis.
- Power factor improvement and compensation systems.
- Rehabilitation of electrical power systems.
- Regular storage batteries.
- Large stationary block battery systems.
- Unit interruptible power supply systems (UPS).
- Meteorological stations.
- Database for solar radiation, wind speed and other weather parameters.
- Passive and active solar heating and cooling for buildings.
- Solar water heaters for domestic and industrial applications.
- Solar dryers for vegetables and fruits.
- Thermal codes for energy efficiency in buildings.
- Electrification of remote and rural areas.
- Water pumping from rural springs and wells.
- Brackish water desalination.
- Communication systems.
- Cathode protection.
- Potential studies of wind regions.
- Mechanical applications for water pumping and drip irrigation.
- Electrical applications: stand alone and grid connected systems.