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Technological walkway Map

Imagen que representa las diversas instalaciones del instituto de forma esquemática

The image shows the rout to follow in the Technological Walkway, which is the following.

1. INTRODUCTION. Conventional energy sources. Renewable energies.

Elements:

  • Meteorological Station: weathervane, anemometer, hygrometer, thermometer and pyranometer.
  • Sun Clock.

2. SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY.

Elements:

  • Documentary Film.
  • Solar Oven.
  • Disk-parabolic concentrator
  • Parabolic-trough concentrator
  • Efecto invernadero en tuberías
  • Greenhouse effect in pipes
  • Solar Thermal Collector: Thermo-siphon
  • Solar Thermal Collector: Forced
  • Vacuum Tube
  • Glass Solar distiller
  • Metha Solar distiller

3. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY

Elements:

  • Documentary Film.
  • Photovoltaic Streetlight
  • Solar Battery
  • Facing Photovoltaic Panel
  • Pumping System: fountain of water moved by one PV panel
  • Cabaña aislada: un ejemplo de electrificación rural
  • Concentrador Euclides

4. WIND ENERGY

Elements:

  • Documentary Film
  • Scale model of the Wind parks installed in the Canary island
  • Parts of GESA 25kw-wind turbine: blade; piece of the tower and open cabin, showing the main electric and mechanic elements of the wind turbine.
  • Visit into the cabin of a 250 kW-WEG wind turbine.
  • Basic control board of a WEG MS2 wind turbine.
  • Jib
  • Pieces of wind turbines of Granadilla's different wind parks.
  • 300 W Wind turbine: isolated applications
  • Savonius: vertical axis wind turbine
  • Two axis mobile
  • Savonius with centrifugal application.

5. OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Elements:

  • Mini-hydraulic turbine.
  • Biomass: Example of energy crops.
  • Bio-digestor

6. SAVING AND RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY

  • Educational Film