ASIC

is an R&D institute on the Wels campus dedicated to the dissemination of renewable energy sources in general and, in particular, to intensifying research in the field of solar technology.

The ASIC in Wels has been carrying out research and development in the field of solar technology since March 2000. Thanks to financial support from the province of Upper Austria, the city of Wels and the Wels electricity company, a platform has been created between research, education and commercial enterprises. Research and development as well as project management in the field of solar energy are among the ASIC's primary tasks.

Overview of our services

  • Testing of solar thermal collectors
  • Measurement of photovoltaic modules
  • Function and yield monitoring of solar thermal and PV systems
  • Project management and concept development in the field of renewable energy
  • Planning support, simulation and accompanying research of large-scale solar thermal systems for:
    • Water heating
    • Water heating and heating support
    • process heat supply
    • solar cooling
  • Determination of the optical characteristics of materials
  • Company and product-independent advice
  • lectures
  • training courses

Focus areas

We carry out research and development projects in the field of renewable energy technologies, particularly in the area of solar technology. The solar laboratory is also available for this purpose, where a wide range of measuring equipment can be used. For example, collector performance tests can be carried out at the indoor and outdoor measuring stations. The optical characteristics (transmission, absorption, etc.) of collector components can be measured in the optical laboratory.

Topics of our research projects

  • New collector development
  • Optimization of existing collectors
  • General solar thermal systems
  • Large-scale solar thermal systems for
    • water heating
    • Water heating and central heating backup
    • Process heat supply
    • Solar cooling
  • (Solar) thermal cooling systems
  • Thermal storage
  • photovoltaics
  • energy management

More about the ASIC research group

Contact

Energieforschungsgruppe ASIC

Ringstraße 43a
4600 Wels

Telephone: +43 5 0804 46911

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