Solar Platform

Lab overview

The Masdar Institute Solar Platform (MISP) facilitates the development and testing of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technologies on a wide-range scale by providing access to high-performance CSP research and demonstration infrastructure.

The laboratory custodian will review the following safety rules and regulations with all the users and will point out the location and operation of the fire extinguishers, safety shower, eye wash, and other laboratory safety equipment available in the lab.

Safety Rules and Regulations:

  • Users must follow all written and verbal instructions carefully. Ask questions if you do not understand the instructions.
  • Only authorized and trained users can access the facility and use the instruments.
  • Users must wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required. A lab coat and safety glasses are required. Do not wear open-toed shoes, sandals, shorts or shirts with dangling sleeves.
  • Tie back long hair and avoid dangling jewelry.
  • All equipment must be booked through the KU Booking system.
  • Do not touch any equipment, supplies, or other materials in lab without permission from the Lab custodian.
  • Eating and drinking is not permitted in the lab.
  • Never leave an experiment unattended.
  • Follow your Instructor’s instructions to dispose of any waste materials generated in an experiment.
  • Clean all work areas and equipment at the end of the experiment. Return all equipment clean and in working order to the proper storage area.
  • Dispose of sharp waste properly and place other waste materials in the designed container(s).
  • Labels and equipment instructions must be read carefully and understood before the use of instruments. The equipment must be set up and used as directed by your instructor.
  • Users of the laboratory must be alert and proceed with caution at all times.
  • The lab custodian must be notified immediately of any unsafe conditions observed.
  • All equipment damages must be reported promptly, with the date and time of incident to the facility’s lab manager.
  • Consumables such as gloves, columns, vials, needles, cuvettes, standards, slides, centrifuge tubes, kimwipes that are brought to the lab by individual users are to be removed at the end of their equipment usage session. 

Online EHS Training requirements for the Solar Platform:

1

      

COVID 19 Awareness

2

      

EHS General Induction

3

      

Workplace Ergonomics

4

      

Lab Safety Induction

5

      

Basic Fire Safety

6

      

EHS Risk Assessment

7

      

Electrical Safety

8

      

Personal Protective Equipment

9

      

Emergency Response and Preparedness

10

      

Lab Waste Management

11

      

Compressed gas safety

12

      

Handling of Flammable and Combustible

13

      

Chemical Safety and Industrial Hygiene

14

      

Safety Shower and Eyewash Station
15       Lab ventilation/Chemical Fume Hood

Door is opened from 7:30 am till 5 pm from Monday to Thursday and from 7:30 am to 12:30 am on Friday.

Anyone wishing to work outside these hours must get special permission from the site custodian.

24°26'33.4"N 54°37'00.0"E

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Masdar City

Dr. Mathieu Martins (preferred contact)

Core Lab Engineer

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T +971 2 312 4319

 

Hanif Shaikh

Plant engineer

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T +971 2 312 4215