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