Solar Energy Applications Research Group

RESEARCH GROUP LEADER: István Farkas DSc., professor, Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

CONTACT: Farkas.Istvan@gek.szie.hu

RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:
Professor: 1
Associate professor: 5
PhD student: 7

RESEARCH AREAS:
Renewable energies, Solar energy utilization, Solar radiation conditions, Solar thermal systems, Solar drying, Solar-assisted swimming pool heating, Greenhouses heated by solar energy, Photovoltaic (PV) systems, Use of solar energy in buildings, Grid-connected PV systems, Autonomous solar systems

MEMBERSHIPS:
Hungarian Solar Energy Society
International Solar Energy Society
International Federation of Automatic Control

LONG-TERM COLLABORATIONS:
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Meteorology, Austria
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim, Germany
Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany

SERVICES:
modelling and simulation of photovoltaic and solar thermal equipment
planning and sizing for photovoltaic and solar thermal equipments installation
external service for photovoltaic and solar thermal equipments installation

GRANTS:

OTKA Influence of spectral irradiance on the solar energy production (2011)
NKTH TÉT Influence of solar spectral irradiance and cloud formation on the biomass and solar energy production of plants (2009)
OTKA Theoretical and experimental study of grid-connected photovoltaic systems (2007)
NKTH TÉT Fruit and vegetable processing by computer technology (2005)

CONTRACTS:
Solar energy companies (about 5)