Services

Development and application of numerical simulation

Rami Ben-Zvi, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Technion, 1978), M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Technion, 1985), specializes in the development and application of numerical simulation, in general and including heat transfer coupled computational fluid dynamics and structural analysis of volumetric solar receivers.

Solar Optics Design

This service under Dr Akiba Segal, offers assistance in the modeling of solar optics systems associated with utilizing concentrated solar energy for research at high temperatures. In this field we have remarkable experience in the development of non-imaging secondary optics devices.

For example, we designed and built a new optical element comprising a 75m² reflector attached to the Solar Tower at 49 m above ground level. Using this reflector, about one megawatt of concentrated sunlight can be beamed down onto a ground target. This beam-down reflector is unique and exists only at the Weizmann Institute.

We also designed and built the biggest solar secondary concentrator in the world located at the solar tower. Both the tower reflector and this secondary concentrator are currently used in various research projects that are recognized amongst the most advanced in the field.

We are also capable of designing small concentrators which can be used for various chemical processes requiring high temperatures. These concentrators can be used with both solar energy as provided by the solar facilities or, in laboratory, using an adequate light source as a simulator.