IMDEA Energy gathers cutting edge skills and significant experience in R&D, testing and assessment of energy technologies. IMDEA Energy offers these services to private companies, universities and research and technological centers at both national and international levels.
- Simulation and process feasibility studies. Thermodynamic analysis, energy and exergy balance. Socio and techno-economic and sustainability studies.
- Management and life cycle analysis. Studies of LCA, LCA+DEA, LCC, “emergy” and support of environmental declarations applied to products, processes and carbon footprinting.
- Synthesis and characterisation of advanced materials. Catalysts, materials for high temperature and energy storage, nanoparticles prepared by sol-gel, coating of electrodes and electrochemical cells.
- Proactive management of power networks and electric power conversion. Design and control of power electronics interfaces. Static and dynamic modelling of power networks and microgrids. Real-time control systems.
- Opto-mechanical and thermal engineering. Concentrating solar systems and technologies. Numerical and experimental characterization under high densities of solar radiation and / or high temperatures.
- Technology watch and foresight on renewable energy and energy technologies.
- Software tools:
- Chemical process analysis and optimization: Aspen Plus.
- Biochemical process simulation: SuperPro Designer.
- Simulation of thermodynamic cycles and thermal plants: EBSILON Professional.
- Dynamic simulation of solar thermal power plants: STEC/TRNSYS.
- Life cycle assessment, LCA, and carbon footprinting: Simapro 7.2 Professional.
- Sustainability analysis: GaBi Professional and DEA-Solver Pro.
- Energy planning and thermal fluid dynamics: LEAP.
- Process simulation and data analysis: Matlab-Simulink.
- Simulation of power electronics circuits: PLECS.
- Data acquisition, process control and calorimetric loops: LabVIEW.
- 3D computer-aided design: SolidWorks and KUDO 3D.
- CFD analysis: COMSOL Multiphysics.
- Ray tracing: TracePro.
- Power systems: IPSA and PowerWorld.
- Computational chemistry: Chemcraft, Gaussian and Vasp.