A selection from our current projects illustrates our work in hand. Should any synergy between your business and ours appear, feel free to enquire within our organization.
Please note that for confidentiality reasons only public projects are displayed. Generally, projects that are carried out for private clients are subject to non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements.
This project is the first to build, measure and optimise a recyclable asphalt collector for the regeneration of geothermal probes.
The background to this pilot and demonstration project is the increasingly dense use of geothermal probes, which leads to long-term cooling of the subsoil. Studies show that there is a considerable…
Thermal stratification is an important parameter in the energy evaluation of storage tanks. The electrical energy consumption in a heat pump system can be up to 40 % lower with a well stratified storage tank than with a poorly stratified thermal energy storage.
In the StorEx project, SPF introduced stratification efficiency as a…
SPF has the technical lead in the EU Horizon Europe project reveal. Within this project, a seasonal energy storage cycle is developed that is based on the oxidation and reduction of aluminum as an energy carrier. The main responsibilities of SPF, besides the technical lead, is the development of technologies for Alu-to-Energy…
The city of Cuenca in Ecuador is committed to sustainable development and decarbonization and aims to become an Energy City (modelled on the Swiss Energy City). To achieve this ambitious goal, the implementation of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies is being driven forward, involving all major energy…
The project HT-PCM aims at providing a feasibility study of using phase change materials (PCM), e.g. erythritol, as storage solution for temperature ranges in between 110 °C to 120 °C. The storage concept is designed to be integrated with solar thermal collectors to provide solar process heat to industries. The proposed PCM…
Together with TVP Solar and Planair SA, an industrial solar thermal system with innovative vacuum flat-plate collectors is being built in this project. A plant with a nominal output of 164 kW will be built on an area of 211 m², which will cover around 8% of the heat demand at the site. SPF's contribution includes multi-year…
Dr. Michel HallerSPF Institut für SolartechnikDozent, Leiter SPF Research, Teamleiter SPF Energiesysteme
+41 58 257 48 36michel.haller@ost.ch