Equipment and tools
The CRTE uses modelling and simulation software and various hardware equipments within its research activities.
Modeling and simulation software
- UMBERTO and SIMAPRO and openLCA for substance & energy flow management and life cycle assessment
- MATLAB/Simulink and similar simulators for process modelling and optimization
- Open source software GRASS GIS and R for spatial data management and geostatistics
- TRNSYS for the simulation of thermal processes and systems (e.g. buildings)
- National Instruments LabVIEW for measurement and control automation
Hardware equipment
- Testing of photovoltaic panels under field conditions: meteorological measurement devices, Keithley DAQ-system and Kepco source-meters, controlled by adapted measurement LabVIEW application
- Prototypes for wastewater treatment
- On-line monitoring equipment e.g. for water quality or energy production and consumption