Test bench for the validation of thermal fluids and control strategies in thermal systems with energy storage

• Engineering & Technology

Tel:+34 943 206 744

An experimental facility designed to evaluate the behaviour of new thermal fluids in systems for the production, storage, and supply of heating and cooling, with a nominal heat exchange capacity of 3 kW.

It enables testing with fluids featuring unconventional thermophysical properties, including non-Newtonian fluids, highly viscous fluids, and phase-change materials.

The facility is fully instrumented and equipped to support the development, validation, and optimisation of advanced control algorithms.

Equipment

• Reversible heat pump (6 kWt cooling capacity, 7 kWt heating capacity)
• 3 kWt heat exchangers suitable for non-Newtonian fluids and phase-change materials
• 600 L thermal energy storage tank
• Hydraulic circuit for thermal fluid circulation
• Cooling demand emulation system using an electric heater
• Instrumentation for measuring temperatures, flow rates, pressures, and non-Newtonian fluid properties
• Data acquisition and control system
• Platform for implementing advanced control algorithms

• Evaluation of fluid behaviour under unconventional conditions (phase change, non-Newtonian behaviour, and high viscosity)
• Performance analysis of thermal production and storage systems
• Experimental validation of advanced control strategies

TEKNIKER
Technology Park, Iñaki Goenaga, 5, 20600, Eibar (Gipuzkoa)

Thermal Systems and Energy Efficiency:

- Energy Efficiency

- Energy Technologies

Application sectors

• Energy
• Chemical industry

Industrial plan

• IRABAZI · Energy