María de los Reyes Rodríguez Sánchez

Contact Information
Office: 1.1.D.12.C
Phone: +34 91 624 6034
Email: mrrsanch@ing.uc3m.es
Position: Teaching assistant


EDUCATION

    • 2005 – 2010: Mechanical Engineering (Carlos III University of Madrid).
    • 2011 – 2012: Thermal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Master (Carlos III University of Madrid).
    • 2012 – 2015: PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Carlos III University of Madrid).

PhD Thesis
On the Design of Solar External Receivers

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Solar Power Tower Plants

 Central Receivers

  • Thermal, mechanical and hydrodynamic optimization of molten salt receivers.
  • Aging of the absorber material: evolution of the thermo-radiative properties.
  • Development of new design of molten salt solar receivers:
    • Flow path optimization.
    • Variable velocity receivers.
    • Distribution of the supports.
    • Concentric and eccentric bayonet receivers.
    • Asymmetric geometries of the tubes: Ovals, ovoid, semicircles, variable thickness, properties gradation.

    Heliostat field

    • Estimation of the incident flux on central receivers.
      • Maximum allowable heat flux.
      • Experimental characterization of Thèmis heliostats.

    Power block and new systems

    • Supercritical SPT.
    • PERS.
    • Distric cooling.

    Molten salt experimental loop

    TEACHING ACTIVITIES

    • Thermal engineering.
    • Heat and mass transfer.
    • Renewable energies.

    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

    • 2010: Indra, Department of Energy (Madrid, Spain).
    • 2010 – Present: Carlos III University, Department of Thermal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics (Madrid, Spain).

    RESEARCH STAYS

     

     

    LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

     https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55964739700