List of Conferences

12th Constructal law conference 21-22 September 2023, Torino, Italy

  • Guil-Pedrosa J.F., García-Gutiérrez L.M., García-Hernando N., Soria-Verdugo A. Experimental characterization of steady state refrigeration of square plates with different channel shapes.

17th International Heat Transfer Conference 14–18 August 2023, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Guil-Pedrosa J.F., García-Gutiérrez L.M., Rubio-Rubio M., Soria-Verdugo A.
    On the refrigeration performance of cooling plates with different channel shapes.

16th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT) 8-10 August 2022, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • J.F. Guil-Pedrosa, A.M. Coll-Franck, L.M. García-Gutiérrez and A. Soria-Verdugo
    Experimental determination of the forced convection heat transfer coefficient of an aluminum cooling plate with a channel shape inspired by nature.

NANOTECH 28-30 June 2023 , Paris, France

  • Salas-Colera, E. García-Tabarés, M.R. Rodríguez-Sánchez, A. Acosta-Iborra, F. Hernández-Jiménez. Spectrally Selective Multilayer Coating System to Improve the Thermo-Optical Properties of New-Designed Particle Receiver for Concentrated Solar Power Plant.

Fluidization XVII, May 21, 2023 to May 25, 2023, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Soria-Verdugo, J. F. Guil-Pedrosa, F. Hernández-Jiménez, L.M. García-Gutiérrez, E. Cano-Pleite , N. García-Hernando. Experimental Analysis of a Confined Bed of Granular Material As Thermal Energy Storage System

VIII National Conference and III Iberoamerican Conference on Powder Metallurgy. CEIT y TECNALIA. May, 2th – 31 st, 2023. San Sebastián. Spain.

  • A. Sandoval Vargas; S. Sánchez-Delgado; D. Serrano; S. A. Tsipas. Surface functionalization of Al2024 powders for application in Additive Manufacturing processes. Oral Presentation.

 SolarPACES Conference, October 10 – October 13, 2023, Sydney, Australia

  • Pérez-Álvarez, R., Rahbari, A., Fontalvo, A., Wang, S., Pye, S. Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass on CSP Plants: Comparison of On-Sun and off-Sun designs. PRESENTATION.
  • González-Quiroga, A., Fontalvo, A., Rahbari, A., Pérez-Álvarez, R. Solar-Thermal Drying of Laterite Nickel Ore for Ferronickel production. POSTER.
  • López Quesada, A. Acosta-Iborra, M.R. Rodríguez-Sánchez, E. Salas-Colera, F. Hernández-Jiménez. Understanding the hydrodynamics and temperature distribution of a thin-fluidized-bed solar receiver with indirect lateral heating. POSTER
  • Soria-Verdugo, I. Jiménez-Montero, E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, L.M. García-Gutiérrez, A. Sánchez-González. Experimental Characterization of Sensible Heat Storage in Solids: Granular Material vs. Solid Blocks
  • Pardillos-Pobo D, González-Gómez P.A, Berbey-Burgos M, and Santana D. Design of Coil-Wound Once-Through Steam Generator System for Concentrating Solar Power Plants. Oral presentation

7th Central European Biomass Conference (CEBC). 18-20 January 2023. Graz, Austria

  • Steiner, K. Schulze, R. Scharler, & A. Anca-Couce. Multiscale model development for biomass-based chemical looping processes. Oral presentation.
  • Essl, K. Schulze, R. Scharler, & A. Anca-Couce. Evaluation of different numerical models for the prediction of NOx emissions of small-scale biomass boilers. Oral presentation.

XIII National and IV International Engineering Thermodynamics, Castellón de la Plana, 29/11-1/12 2023:

  • López-Quesada, A. Acosta-Iborra, M. R. Rodríguez-Sánchez, E. Salas-Colera, F. Hernández-Jiménez. Preliminary CFD simulations of a lab-scale novel design of a particle receiver for CSP applications.
  • Fernández-Torrijos, M. Díaz-Heras, J. I. Córcoles, J. A. Almendros-Ibáñez, Thermo-mechanical analysis of a tube with a gas–particle fluidized dense suspension for CSP applications, Oral presentation
  • Antonio Acosta-Iborra; Pedro Ángel González-Gómez, Rafael Pérez-Álvarez; Domingo Santana. Modelling of the flow and the temperature distribution in the perforated region of tubesheets of shell-and-tube heat exchangers. Oral presentation.
  • Laporte-Azcué, M., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M. R.  Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials in the context of tubular solar central receivers. Presentación
  • Fernández-Torrijos, M., Laporte-Azcué, M., Sobrino, C., Marugán-Cruz, C., Santana, D. Experimental measurements of clip temperatures in concentrated solar tower receivers. Presentación.
  • Pardillos-Pobo, D., González-Gómez, P.A., Laporte-Azcué, M., Santana, D. Leveraging renewable curtailments through concentrating solar power plants. Presentación.
  • Pérez-Álvarez, R., Martín-Martínez, J., Santana, D., Acosta-Iborra, A. Enhancing convective heat transfer through Corrugated Eccentric Bayonet Tubes. PRESENTATION.
  • Acosta-Iborra, A., González-Gómez, P.A., Pérez-Álvarez, R., Santana, D. Modelling of the flow and the temperature distribution in the perforated region of tubesheets of shell-and-tube heat exchangers. PRESENTATION.
  • Serrano; S. Sánchez-Delgado; A. Horvat; E. Batuecas; C. Marugán-Cruz; C. Rico. Characterisation and pyrolysis of municipal solid waste for energy recovery. Oral Presentation.
  • Pardillos-Pobo D, González-Gómez P.A, Laporte-Azcué M, Santana D. Leveraging renewable curtailments through concentrating solar power plants. Oral Presentation.

WCPT9 – World Congress on Particle Technology. 18th-22nd, 2022, Madrid (Spain).

  • E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, L.M. García-Gutiérrez, A. Soria-Verdugo, Thermo-economic optimization of a novel confined thermal energy storage system based on granular material. Oral presentation and poster.

    SolarPACES Conference September 26-30, 2022, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    • Fernández-Torrijos, C. Franzt, J. Stengler, M. Röger, T. Schilihting, R. Buck, Experimental Methods for Measuring the Efficiency of a Molten Salt Central Receiver, Oral presentation.
    • Reisch, C. Franzt, M. Sibum, M. Binder, C. Schuhbauer, M. Fernández-Torrijos, Commissioning of a Preheat Strategy of a Molten Salt Test Receiver, Oral presentation.
    • Taramona, S., Gallo, A., LaTourrette-Ghez, E., Gómez-Hernández, J., Briongos, J.V. Linear Beam-Down Solar Field Demonstrator: First Results and Validation. ORAL PRESENTATION.
    • Pérez-Álvarez, R., Cano-Pleite, E., Acosta-Iborra, A., Santana, D. Influence of the Mechanical Attachment on the Tube Temperatures of Solar Central Receivers during their Preheating and Filling. POSTER
    • Sánchez-González, A.; Erasmus, D.J.; Georgiou, M.C. Aiming strategy for circular aperture receiver: Experimental validation at PROTEAS. Online oral presentation.

    XII National and III International Conference on Engineering Thermodynamics. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 29th June – 1st July 2022. España.

    • Hernández-Jiménez, L.M. García-Gutiérrez, E. Cano-Pleite, A. Soria-Verdugo, Exergetic and economic optimization of a novel thermal energy storage system based on granular material.
    • M.R. Rodríguez-Sánchez, F. Hernández-Jiménez., A. Sánchez-González, D. Serrano. Transition to online teaching in Thermal Engineering during the pandemic situation.
    • I. Córcoles, M- Díaz-Heras, M. Fernández-Torrijos, J. A. Almendros-Ibáñez, Flow and heat transfer of a gas-particle dense suspension in a tube for CSP applications: numerical analysis, Oral presentation.
    • Marugán-Cruz, S. Sánchez-Delgado, M. Venegas, M. de Vega. Solar district heating and cooling network in Spain. Póster.
    • Zacarías, M. de Vega, N. García-Hernando, M. Venegas. An experimental investigation on thermal conductivity of aqueous theta-phase aluminum oxide nanofluids. Póster.
    • Manuel Blanco; Antonio Acosta; Adrian Blindu; Jürgen Dersch; Victor Grigoriev; Kypros Milidonis; Costas N. Papanicolas; Cristina Prieto; Domingo Santana; Manuel Silva. Concentrating Solar Thermal Technologies – Status, Cost and Research Trends. Oral presentation (Plenary Session).
    • José Martín-Martínez; Antonio Acosta-Iborra. Detailed numerical simulation of corrugated receiver tubes for molten salt solar power towers. Oral presentation.
    • Pérez-Álvarez, R., Cano-Pleite, E., Santana, D.,  Acosta-Iborra, A. Numerical evaluation of the mechanical attachment on the preheating of external tubular receiver. PRESENTATION.
    • Serrano, D., Sánchez-Delgado, S., Pérez-Álvarez, R., Acosta-Iborra, A. Convection heat transfer coefficient study in a bayonet heat exchanger. PRESENTATION.
    • Díaz-Alonso, S.; Sánchez-González, A.; Hernández-Jiménez, F.; Soria-Verdugo, A. Modeling sensible thermal energy storage in solid blocks for concentrating solar power. Oral presentation.
    • Horvat; D. Serrano; E. Batuecas; D. Czajczynska; P. Abelha. Detailed analysis of sulphur contaminants derived from gasification of waste tires. Oral Presentation.
    • Serrano; S. Sánchez-Delgado; R. Pérez-Álvarez; A. Acosta-Iborra. Convection heat transfer coefficient study in a bayonet heat exchanger. Oral Presentation.
    • Irene Ramón Álvarez; Esperanza Batuecas Fernandez; Sergio Sánchez Delgado; Manuel Torres Carrasco.  Carbon footprint and water use of alkali-activated and hybrid cement mortars used as a thermal storage media. Oral Presentation.
    • Pardillos-Pobo D, González-Gómez P.A, Santana D. Thermal design of once-through coil-wound steam generator for solar power plants. Oral Presentation.

    6th International Conference on Chemical Looping. 19-22 September 2022. Zaragoza, Spain.

    • Steiner, M. Pauritsch, K. Schulze, R. Scharler, V. Hacker, S. Bock, & A. Anca-Couce. Experiments and multiscale modeling of chemical looping processes with synthetic ilmenite. Oral presentation.

    9th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation (WasteEng), 27-30 June 2022. Copenhagen, Denmark.

    • Gonzalez Martinez, J.L. Dirion, M. Beaufort, A. Anca-Couce, M. Marin Gallego, & X. Meyer. Experimental and modelling study of volatile species released in biomass torrefaction based on extracted cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. Oral presentation.

    4th International Conference on Biomass (IconBM),  05-08 June 2022. Naples, Italy.

    • Anca-Couce. Technological developments and modelling of biomass thermo-chemical conversion in bioenergy and biorefinery concepts.Oral presentation (plenary)

    23rd International Conference on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Pyro), 15-20 May 2022. Ghent, Belgium.

    • Anca-Couce, C. Tsekos, N. Kienzl, F. Zimbardi, A. Funke, S. Banks, T. Kraia, P. Marques, R. Scharler, W. de Jong, & S. Retschitzegger. International round robin for assessing the reliability of kinetics in biomass pyrolysis TGA. Oral presentation

    Euro Powder Metallurgy 2023 Congress & Exhibition. European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA). October 1st – 4th, 2023. Lisbon. Portugal.

    • A. Sandoval Vargas; S. Sánchez-Delgado; D. Serrano; S. A. Tsipas. Properties of a fluidised bed surface modified metal alloy for optimising additive manufacturing processes. Oral Presentation.

    Alloys for Additive Manufacturing Symposium. IMDEA Materials. September 27th – 29th, 2023. Madrid. Spain

    • A. Sandoval Vargas; S. Sánchez-Delgado; D. Serrano; S. A. Tsipas. Influence of nanoparticles on the surfaces of fluidized-bed modified metal alloy powders for additive manufacturing. Oral Presentation.

    XXXVIII Reunión Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Física. Universidad de Murcia. 11 – 15 julio 2022. España.

    • Sánchez-González, A. Flux mapping in heliostat fields: Analytic function with astigmatism and defocus. Oral presentation.

    9th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D2021). 26th-30th June 2022. Portugal.

    • Irene Ramón Álvarez; Noelia Casiano; Carolina Marugán Cruz; Esther Enríquez; Sergio Sánchez Delgado; Manuel Torres Carrasco.  New eco-efficient cementitious materials for the storage of solar thermal energy. Oral Presentation.

    LVIII Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (SECV 2022). SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE CERAMICA Y VIDRIO. 3-6 Mayo 2022. España.

    • Irene Ramón Álvarez; Esperanza Batuecas Fernández; Sergio Sánchez Delgado; Manuel Torres Carrasco.  Huella de carbono e hídrica de morteros alternativos al Cemento Portland considerando una unidad de energía almacenada. Oral Presentation (Plenary Session).

    Simposio: Nuevos Desarrollos para una Economía Circular (XX Jornada de Materiales) (CIRMAT). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 24 Febrero 2022. España.

    • Irene Ramón Álvarez; Sergio Sánchez Delgado; Manuel Torres Carrasco.  Towards the search for solutions to achieve sustainable development goals 7, 11 and 13: New eco-efficient materials for solar thermal energy storage. Póster.

    IV Jornadas de Jóvenes Científicos en Materiales de Construcción. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 20 Septiembre 2021. España.

    • Irene Ramón Álvarez; Esperanza Batuecas Fernández; Sergio Sánchez Delgado; Manuel Torres Carrasco. Huella de carbono y consumo de agua de morteros híbridos y activados alcalinamente Oral Presentation (best Presentation Award).

    II International Congress on Vitrification, Geopolymerization, Wastes Management, Green Cements and Circular  economy  VITROGEOWASTES 2021). Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. 24th – 26th May 2021. España.

    • Irene Ramón Álvarez; Noelia Casiano; Carolina Marugán Cruz; Esther Enríquez; Sergio Sánchez Delgado; Manuel Torres Carrasco. New eco-efficient cementitious materials for the storage of solar thermal energy. Oral Presentation.

    Encuentro de Investigación “Materiales de Construcción  Sustentables: una contribución a la Economía Circular”. Universidad del Valle. 29 – 30 Abril 2021. Colombia.

    • Irene Ramón Álvarez; Carolina Marugán Cruz; Esther Enríquez; Sergio Sánchez Delgado; Manuel Torres Carrasco. Desarrollo de Nuevos Materiales Alternativos para el Almacenamiento de Energía Térmica Solar Solar. Oral Presentation.

    15th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics 2021. Online July 26-28, 2021:

    • Pastor-Peña, J., González-Gómez, P. A., Laporte-Azcué, M., & Santana, D. A novel storage system to recover energy during fast startups of combined cycles power plants. ORAL PRESENTATION.

    Solar World Congress 2021

    • Simón Castellano, M.J., López-Quiroz, R.A., Taramona, S, Gallo, A., Contreras-Lallana, P., Gómez-Hernández, J. Drying of Asphalt Plant Aggregates Using Concentrated Solar Energy. PÓSTER.
    • Laporte-Azcué, M., González-Gómez, P. A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M. R., & Santana, D. Creep and fatigue damage assessment for molten-salt central receivers. POSTER.
    • Rodríguez-Reviejo, T., González-Gómez, P. A., Laporte-Azcué, M., & Santana, D. Superheater Design Assessment for Flexible Solar Tower Plants. ORAL PRESENTATION.

    6th International Conference on Polygeneration 2021.  Online. 4-6 Octubre 2021

    • Taramona, S., López-Quiroz, R. A., Gallo, A., Gómez-Hernández, J. Prototype design and first tests of a linear beam-down solar field. ORAL.

    8th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation (WasteEng2020),  Virtual event,  31 May – 04 Jun, 2021.

    • Horvat, A., Ghanim, B.M., Leahy, J.J., Markussen, S., Brunsvik, A., Degnes, K.F., Wentzell, A. Liquid by-product from hydrothermal carbonization as a substrate for microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). ORAL PRESENTATION

    SolarPACES 2021. Online. September 27 – October 1, 2021.

    • Lozano-Cancelas, A.; Morales-Sánchez, R.; Castillo, J.C.; Sánchez-González, A. Quantification of Canting Errors: Technique Combining Camera Vision with Theoretical Imaging. ORAL.
    • Morales-Sánchez, R.; Lozano-Cancelas, A.; Sánchez-González, A; Castillo, J.C. Detecting the Reflection of Heliostat Facets through Computer Vision. POSTER.
    • Lozano-Cancelas, A.; Gómez, C.M.; Morales-Sánchez, R.; Sánchez-González, A; Castillo, J.C. A Testbed for Heliostat Facets Alignment by Target Reflection. POSTER.
    • Serrano-Arrabal, J.; Serrano-Aguilera, J.J.; Sánchez-González, A. Influence of Tower Height on the Optical Efficiency of Dual-Tower Plants. POSTER.
    • A. Montoya, M. Laporte-Azcué, A. Vaz-Romero, J.A. Artero-Guerrero, M.R. Rodríguez-Sánchez. Functionally Graded Materials Application in Solar Central Receivers. PRESENTATION.
    • Taramona, S., López-Quiroz, R. A., Gallo, A., Gómez-Hernández, J. Design and Construction of a Linear Beam-down Solar Field Demonstrator. PÓSTER
    • Batuecas, E., Taramona, S, Gómez-Hernández, J., Briongos, J.V. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Solar Beam-Down Prototype. PÓSTER.

    SolarPACES 2020. Online. September 28 – October 2, 2020.

    • Sánchez-González, A.; Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R.; Santana, D. FluxSPT: Tool for Heliostat Field Aiming and Flux Mapping in Solar Power Tower Plants. ORAL.
    • Erasmus, D.J.; Sánchez-González, A.; von Backström, T.W. Blossaim, a Deterministic Aiming Strategy for Circular Aperture Receivers. PRESENTACIÓN.
    • Arrif, T.; Sánchez-González, A.; Belaid, A.; Bezza, B.; Hakim, M. Shadowing and Blocking Factors in Heliostats: Comparison Between Parallel and Oblique Projections. POSTER.
    • M.R. Rodríguez-Sánchez, M. Laporte-Azcué, J.A. Artero-Guerrero, D. Santana. Asymmetric tubes to increase the lifetime of solar receivers. POSTER.
    • Laporte-Azcué, M., González-Gómez, P. A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M. R., & Santana, D. Lifecycle Estimation for Different Solar Central Receiver Configurations. POSTER
    • Pardillos-Pobo D, Taramona S, Gómez-Hernández J, Batuecas E, Otanicar T. Modelling a Conveyor-Belt Solar Receiver for Solar Drying in Mining Industry. Poster
    2nd Solar Energy Systems Conference. Online. August 12 – August 14, 2020
    • Pardillos-Pobo D, Gómez-Hernández J, Otanicar T. Modelling a Conveyor-Belt Solar Receiver to Dry and Heat Aggregates in Hot Mix Asphalt Industry. Oral Presentation.

    X Congreso Ibérico y VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío, Pamplona (España), Noviembre 11-12, 2020.

    • Venegas, M., García-Hernando, N., Zacarías, A., de Vega, M. Simulation of a solar cooling system using nanofluids and membrane-based components in the absorption chiller. POSTER.
    • Romage, G., Jiménez, C., Zacarías, A., Carvajal, I., Flores, A., Donís, F., Venegas, M. Simulación de un sistema de enfriamiento híbrido motor Stirling-compresión/absorción. PRESENTACIÓN.

    XVII Congreso Ibérico y XIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Energía Solar, CIES2020, Lisboa (Portugal), Noviembre 3-5, 2020.

    • Romage, G., de Vega, M., García, N., Zacarías, A., Moreno, A., Venegas, M. Simulación de un enfriador híbrido alimentado por energía solar térmica. POSTER.

    1st International Conference on Nanofluids (ICNf) and 2nd European Symposium on Nanofluids (ESNf), Castellón (España), Junio 26-28, 2019.

    • Venegas, M., García-Hernando, N., de Vega, M. Performance improvement of absorption cooling systems using nanoparticles: A review. POSTER.

    SolarPACES 2019, Daegu (South Korea), Octubre 1-4, 2019.

    • Pérez-Álvarez, R., Acosta-Iborra, A., Santana, D Multiresolution analysis of the thermal stresses in an absorber bayonet tube for SPT receivers. PRESENTACION.
    • A. Montoya, M.R. Rodríguez-Sánchez, J. López-Puente, D. Santana. Non-Uniformly Spaced Clips on Solar Central Receiver Tubes. POSTER.

    4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer (ICMFHT´19), Roma, Italia, Abril 10-12, 2019.

    • de Vega, M., García-Hernando, N., Venegas, M. Experimental measurement of mass transfer resistances in a membrane based adiabatic microchannel absorber. ORAL.

    11 CNIT, Albacete (España), Junio 12-14, 2019.

    • A. Sánchez-González, M.R. Rodríguez-Sánchez, D. Santana. Allowable solar flux densities for molten-salt receivers: input to the aiming strategy. PRESENTATION.
    • Laporte-Azcué, M., Gómez-Hernández, J., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., Santana, D. Solar Power Tower Plants Receiver Design Studying the Entropy of the Receiver’s Tubes. PRESENTATION.
    • Venegas, M., García-Hernando, N., de Vega, M. Performance of a membrane-based microchannel desorber using nanofluids. POSTER.
    • Pérez-Álvarez, R., Acosta-Iborra, A., Santana, D. Thermal and mechanical stresses in bayonet tubes of solar central receivers working with molten salt and liquid sodium. PRESENTACIÓN)
    • Taramona, S., Gómez-Hernández, J. Designing a linear beam-down secondary concentrator. ORAL.
    • Gómez-González, D., Taramona, S., Briongos, J. V., Gómez-Hernández, J. Study of a linear Beam-down reflector coupled with a Fresnel solar field. ORAL.

    SolarPACES 2018, Casablanca (Marruecos), Octubre 2-5, 2018.

    • Gómez-Hernández, J., González-Gómez, P.A., Sánchez-González, A., Abderrahim, M., Briongos, J.V. Integration of a Solar Linear Particle Receiver with a Gas Turbine. POSTER.
    • Laporte-Azcué, M., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., Santana, D. Elliptical tubes receivers’ efficiency analysis in solar power towers.
    • Montoya, A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., López-Puente, J., Santana, D. Thermal stress variation in a solar central receiver during daily operation.
    • Pérez-Álvarez, R.; Marugán-Cruz, C.; Santana, D.; Acosta-Iborra, A. Comparison of the heat transfer characteristics of molten salt, liquid sodium and supercritical CO2 in bayonet tubes of solar tower receivers. POSTER.
    • Pérez-Álvarez, R.; Laporte-Azcué, M.; Acosta-Iborra, A.; Santana, D.Effect of eccentricity on the thermal stresses in a bayonet tube for solar power tower receivers. ORAL

    XVI Congreso Ibérico y XII Congreso Iberoamericano de Energía Solar (CIES 2018), June 20-22, Madrid, España.

    • Montoya, A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., López-Puente, J., Santana, D. Influencia de los soportes longitudinales en los tubos de los receptores solares térmicos.
    • Laporte-Azcué, M., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., Santana, D. Análisis de la eficiencia del receptor con nuevos tubos de geometría elíptica en centrales termosolares tipo torre.
    • Pérez-Álvarez, R.; Acosta-Iborra, A.; Santana, D. Comparación del comportamiento térmico del flujo de sales y sodio fundido en tubos bayoneta de receptores solares de torre central. ORAL.

    IX Congreso Ibérico y VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío, June 19-21, 2018, Valencia, Spain

    • Moreno-Rodríguez, A., Garrido, D., Venegas M. Simulation of the operating characteristics of a H2O/LiBr absorption machine for a real process.

    SASEC 2018 (5th Southern African Solar Energy Conference). Durban, South Africa, 2018.

    • Sánchez-González, A.; Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R.; Santana, D. Aiming strategy for molten salt receivers.

    ICREPQ’18, Salamanca, Spain, 2018.

    • Montoya, A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., López-Puente, J., Santana, D. Thermal and mechanical stresses in a solar central receiver.

    13th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, HEFAT2017, July 17-19, 2017, Portoroz, Slovenia

    • de Vega, M., García-Hernando, N., Venegas M. Performance of a single effect LiBr-water absorption chiller operating with a membrane-based microchannel absorber.

    4th International Conference on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change, ESCC 2017, June 12-14, 2017, Santorini, Greece

    • de Vega, M., García-Hernando, N., Venegas M. Thermodynamic design data of a single effect LiBr-H2O absorption chiller provided with a membrane-based microchannel absorber for air conditioning applications.

    12th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology, CFB-12, Krakow (Poland), May 23-26, 2017

    • Hernández-Jiménez, F.; Sánchez-Prieto, J.; Soria-Verdugo, A.; Cano-Pleite, E.; Acosta-Iborra, A. Numerical investigation on the solids mixing in fluidized beds. ORAL.

    CNIT10, Lleida, Spain, 2017.

    • Rodríguez-Sánchez, M. R., Laporte, M., Santana, D. Creep-fatigue life of Incoloy 800H in solar tubular receivers.
    • Gómez-Hernández, J., Laporte, M., Briongos, J.V., Santana, D. Ground Solar Receptor. ORAL.
    • González-Gómez, P.A., Gómez-Hernández, J., Briongos, J.V., Santana, D., Evaporator optimization for solar tower power plants.

    SolarPACES 2017, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2017.

    • Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., Acosta-Iborra, A., Marugán-Cruz, C., Santana, D. Eccentric bayonet receiver for solar power tower.
    • Gómez-Hernández, J., González-Gómez, P.A., Ni-Song, T., Briongos, J.V., Santana, D. Design of a Solar Linear Particle Receiver Placed at the Ground Level. ORAL.
    • González-Gómez, P.A., Gómez-Hernández, J., Briongos, J.V., Santana, D. Assesment of Evaporators using Solar Salt as Heat Transfer Fluid. POSTER.
    • Pérez-Alvarez, R., Rodríguez-Sánchez, M.R., Acosta-Iborra, A., Santana, D. Effect of eccentricity on the hydrodynamics and heat transfer of molten salt in bayonet receivers for solar power towers.

    25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (25th EUBCE). Stockholm(Sweeden). June 12-15, 2017. (One poster)

    • Sepiolite performance as bed material towards gas and tar compositions during C. cardunculus L. gasification.

    AGU Fall Meeting, USA (San Francisco), December 13-16, 2016. (1 presentation)

    • On- and off-grid operation of hybrid renewable power plants: When are the economics favorable?

    Fluidization XV, May 22-27, 2016, Quebec, Canada (Seven presentation)

    • Pressure and X-ray tomography characterization of the fluidization behavior of TiO2 nanoparticles.
    • Effect of sieving and isopropanolon the fluidization behavior of TiO2 nanoparticles.
    • Simulation of fuel particles motion in a 2D fluidized bed using a hybrid-model considering wall friction.
    • Segregation of equal-sized particles of different densities in a vertically vibrated fluidized bed
    • Experimental study of solid mixing mechanism in a 2D fluidized bed
    • Reversal of gulf stream circulation in a vertically vibrated triangular fluidized bed
    • The role of fuel mixing on char conversion in a fluidized bed

    Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPaces 2016). Abu-Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). October 11-14, 2016 (Poster)

    • Variable Velocity in Solar External Receivers.
    • Steam Generator Design for Solar Towers using Solar Salt as Heat Transfer Fluid.
    • Dynamic Test of Tubular External Molten Salt Receivers
    • Solar Tower Enhanced Natural Draft Dry Cooling Tower
    • Solar Thermal Power & Gas Turbine Hybrid Design with Molten Salt Storage Tank

    5th International Conference on Micro and Nano Flows (MNF2016). Milan (Italia). September 11-14, 2016. (One presentation)

    • Comparison of working fluid combinations in a microchannel membrane absorber.

    Heat Powered Cycles 2016 Proceedings (HPC 2016). Nottingham (UK). June 27-29, 2016. (One presentation)

    • Comparison between adiabatic and non-adiabatic H2O-LiBr membrane-based absorbers.

    VIII Congreso Ibérico y VI Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío. Coimbra (Portugal). May 3-6, 2016. (One presentation)

    • Evaluación del rendimiento de un sistema de refrigeración por absorción al implementar un preenfriador.

    1st Thermal and Fluid Engineering Summer Conference (TFESC). New York (USA). August 9-12, 2015. (One presentation)

    • Performance evaluation of H2O-LiBr absorber operating with microporous membrane technology.

    Energy & Materials Research Conference (EMR2015). Madrid (Spain). February 25-27, 2015. (Two posters)

    • Micro-absorption chiller components based on membrane technology.
    • Modelling of membrane-based micro-absorbers for absorption cooling technology.

    International Conference on Applied Energy, UAE (Abu Dhabi), March 28-31, 2015. (1 presentation)

    • Advanced Exergoeconomic Analysis of a Power Plant with CO2 Capture

    VII Congreso Ibérico y V Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío. Tarragona (Spain). June 18-20, 2014. (One presentation)

    • Modelado y simulación del calentamiento de aire en invernaderos utilizando colectores solares planos.

    14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, CEST2013, Greece (Rodos), September 3-4, 2014. (1 presentation)

    • Thermodynamic analysis of three solar thermal power plants

    AGU Fall Meeting, USA (San Francisco), December 15-19, 2014. (2 posters)

    • Exergetic analysis of parabolic trough solar thermal power plants
    • Exergetic Analysis of Hybrid Power Plants with Biomass and Photovoltaics Coupled with Intermediate Temperature Steam Electrolysis

    The Mediterranean City 2014, Greece (Athens), June 10-11, 2014. (1 poster)

    • Towards Energy Independence for Skyros: The Social Dimension

    13th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, CEST2013, Greece (Athens), September 5-7, 2013, scientific committee

    21st European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Denmark (Copenhagen), June 3-7, 2013. (1 presentation)

    • Life cycle assessment of bioethanol from microalgae

    8th Conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems, Sep 22-27, 2013. Dubrovnik, Croatia (Invited presentation)

    • On the validity of the DAEM Model using low heating rate devolatilatization curves

    19th International Conference Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES 2013). Las Vegas (USA). September 17-20, 2013. (One presentation)

    • District cooling using central tower power plants.

    24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (24th EUBCE). Amsterdam (The Netherlands). June 6-9, 2016. (Two posters)

    • Ash properties from Cynara cardunculus L. gasification.
    • Magnesite and olivine performance during Cynara cardunculus L. gasification: gas and tar analysis.

    4th International Symposium on Gasification and it’s Applications (iSGA4). Viena (Austria). September 2-5, 2014. (One poster)

    • Dynamics and agglomeration of a fluidized bed reactor under Cynara cardunculus L. gasification with a new catalyst (sepiolite).

    Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPaces 2013). Las Vegas (USA). September 17-20, 2013. (Two posters)

    • New designs of molten-salt tubular-receiver for solar power tower plants.

    8th NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THERMODYNAMICS EENGINEERING (CNIT8). Burgos (Spain).June 19-21, 2013. (One poster)

    • New design of central receivers for solar power tower plants: Bayonet receiver.

    Fluidization XIV: From Fundamentals to Products. May 26-31, 2013. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands (Seven presentations)

    • Estimation of the circulation time in a large-scale fluidized bed using DBM simulation data.
    • Design of a statisticall strategy to the control of a fluidized bed equipped with a rotating distributor.
    • Characterization of the bubble behavior in vibrated fluidized beds by means of two-fluid CFD simulations coupled with accelerometry data.
    • Object motion in the freeboard of a bubbling fluidized bed.
    • Experimental studies of phase change materials in a bubbling fluidized bed.
    • Euler-Euler and Euler-Lagrangian evaluation of a pseudo-2D gas fluidized bed: An estimation of the wall boundary condition from DEM.
    • Linking of the pressure oscillation in a pseudo two-dimensional bed with the spatiotemporal distribution of particles.

    VI Congreso Universidad y Cooperación al Desarrollo, Valencia, 24-26 Abril, 2013.

    • Evaluación de las posibilidades del secado solar en Nicaragua

    International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality, ICREPQ’13, Bilbao, 20-22 Marzo, 2013

    • Thermal, mechanical and hydraulic analysis to optimize the design of molten salt central receivers of solar tower power plants
    • Modelling and design of indirect solar dryers for batch drying

    19th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Canada (Toronto), June 3-7, 2012. (1 poster)

    • Life cycle assessment of hydrogen production via lignocellulosic biomass gasification

    The 2nd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts, USA (San Diego), June 10-13, 2012. (1 poster)

    • On the Cumulative Exergy Demand of Two Processes Producing Biodiesel from Algae

    20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Italy (Milan), June 18-22, 2012. (1 poster)

    • Thermodynamic evaluation of the gasification of lignocellulosic biomass for hydrogen production

    ANQUE International Conference of Chemical Engineering, Spain (Sevilla), June 24-27, 2012, (1 poster)

    • Environmental and thermodynamic comparison of post-combustion CO2 capture systems

    25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS), Italy (Perugia), June 26-29, 2012. (1 presentation)

    • The relationship between costs and environmental impacts in power plants: an exergy-based study.

    Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPaces 2012). Marrakech (Morocco). September, 11-14, 2012. (One poster)

    • Potential Energy Recovery System for Central Receiver solar power plants using molten salts as working fluid.

    21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION (21FBC), Naples (Italy), June 3-6, 2012 (Three presentations)

    • Characterization of the gas interchange between bubble and emulsion using two-fluid model simulations.
    • Using DBM to study the effects of biomass feeding in the dynamic behaviour of a large-scale bubbling fluidized bed.
    • Quantitative Evaluation of inert Solids Mixing in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed.

    19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Jun 6-10, 2011, Berlin, Germany (One poster)

    • An evaluation of the DAEM model validity for wood pellets

    7th NATIONAL (Spain) CONGRESS OF THERMODYNAMICS EENGINEERING, June, 2011 (One presentation)

    • Modelling of biomass fluidized bed reactors: application to biomass gasification.

    10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS (CFB10), Sunriver (USA), May 1-5, 2011 (One presentation)

    • Critical evaluation of Euler-Euler and Euler-Lagrangian modelling strategies in a 2-D gas fluidized bed.

    13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLUIDIZATION NEW PARADIGM IN FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING -, Gyeong-ju (Korea), May 16-21, 2010 (Three presentations)

    • Motion of a large object in a 2D bubbling fluidized bed
    • Multiple orifice bubble generation in gas-solid fluidized beds: the activation region approach
    • Experimental and computational study on the bubble behaviour in a 3-D fluidized bed with a vertical axis, rotating distributor

    Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena VI: Fluid, Thermal, Biological, Materials, and Space Sciences. Oct 4-9, 2009. Volterra, Italy (One presentation)

    • Transport phenomena in a bubbling fluidized bed with a rotating distributor

    Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena V: Fluid, Thermal, Biological, Materials, and Space Sciences. Oct 14-19, 2008. Bansko, Bulgary (One presentation)

    • Exergy optimization in a steady moving bed heat exchanger

    4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER (CHT-08), Marrakech (Morroco), May 11-16, 2008 (One presentation)

    • Thermal analysis and optimization of a heat regenerator composed of two coupled moving bed heat exchangers

    9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS (CFB9), Hamburg (Germany), May 13-16, 2008 (Two presentations)

    • Distributor effect in the bottom region of turbulent fluidized bed: implications to scale-up
    • Coherent structures and bubble-particle velocity in 2-D fluidized beds”.

    16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS POF´07, Turin (France), 2007 (One presentation)

    • Plastic fiber-optic probes for characterizing fluidized beds in bubbling regime”. Proceedings of the PDF

    2ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (IICIIEM2007), Badajoz (Spain), 2007 (One presentation)

    • Exergy Optimization of a Moving Bed Heat Exchanger

    12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLUIDIZATION – NEW HORIZONS IN FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING May 13-17, 2007 – Vancouver, Canada (Two presentations)

    • Throughflow velocity crossing the dome of erupting bubbles in 2-D fluidized beds
    • Hydrodynamic characteristics of a fluidized bed with rotating distributor