Investigación en Termodinámica de plantas termosolares híbridas tipo Brayton:
- Con proyectos de investigación tanto nacionales como de la Junta de Castilla y León.
- Dirigiendo tesis, trabajos Fin de Grado y Trabajos Fin de Máster.
- Asistiendo a congresos para divulgación de resultados.
- Publicando artículos en revistas internacionales (Q1) relacionados con este tema.
Artículos
“Seasonal thermodynamic prediction of the performance of a hybrid solar gas-turbine power plant”
M.J. Santos, R.P. Merchán, A. Medina, and A. Calvo Hernández. Energ. Convers. Manage., 134: 89-102, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2016.02.019
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“Modeling hybrid solar gas-turbine power plants: Thermodynamic projection of annual performance and emissions”
R.P. Merchán, M.J. Santos, I. Reyes-Ramírez, A. Medina, and A. Calvo Hernández. Energ. Convers. Manage., 115: 314-326, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2016.12.044
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890416311372
“Thermodynamic model of a hybrid Brayton thermosolar plant”
R.P. Merchán, M.J. Santos, A. Medina, and A. Calvo Hernández. Renewable Energy. 115: 473-483, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.05.081
“Roads to improve the performance of hybrid thermosolar gas turbine power plants: Working fluids and multi-stage configurations”
M.J. Santos, C. Miguel-Barbero, R.P. Merchán, A. Medina, and A. Calvo Hernández, Energy conversion and Management, 165: 578-592, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.03.084
“Optimization and Stability of Heat Engines: The Role of Entropy Evolution”
Gonzalez-Ayala, J., Santillán, M., Santos, M., Calvo Hernández, A., and Mateos Roco, J. Entropy, 20(11), 865, 2018
https://doi.org/10.3390/e20110865
“On-design pre-optimization and off-design analysis of hybrid Brayton thermosolar tower power plants for different fluids and plant configurations”
Merchán, R. P., Santos, M. J., Heras, I., Gonzalez-Ayala, J., Medina, A., & Hernández, A. C. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020, vol. 119, p. 109590.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109590
“On‐and off‐design thermodynamic analysis of a hybrid polar solar thermal tower power plant”
Merchán, R. P., Santos, M. J., Medina, A., & Hernández, A. C. International Journal of Energy Research, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5854
“Thermodynamic and Cost Analysis of a Solar Dish Power Plant in Spain Hybridized with a Micro-Gas Turbine”
J. García-Ferrero, I. Heras, M.J. Santos, R.P. Merchán, A. Medina, A. González, A. Calvo Hernández. Energies 2020, 13(19), 5178
https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195178
“Thermo-economic analysis of a central tower hybrid Brayton thermo-solar plant: sensitivity to main design parameters”
R.P. Merchán, M.J. Santos, J. García-Ferrero, A. Medina, A. Calvo Hernández. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021, 186, 116454
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116454
“High Temperature Central Tower Plants for Concentrated Solar Power: 2021 Overview”
R.P. Merchán, M.J. Santos, A. Medina, A. Calvo Hernández. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022, 155, 111828
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111828
“Brayton technology for CSP plants: comparative analysis of central tower plants and parabolic dish farms”
J. García-Ferrero, R.P. Merchán, M.J. Santos, A. Medina, A. Calvo-Hernández, Energy Conversion and Management
DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890422010901
“Modeling a solar pressurized volumetric receiver integrated in a parabolic dish: off-design heat transfers, temperaturas, and efficiencies”
J. García-Ferrero, R.P. Merchán, M.J. Santos, A. Medina, A. Calvo-Hernández, Paolo Canhoto, Andrea Giostri Energy Conversion and Management, 2023, 293, 117436
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117436
“Validation of a 3D Local-Scale Adaptive Solar Radiation Model by Using Pyranometer Measurements and a High-Resolution Digital Elevation Model”
Rodríguez, E., García-Ferrero, J., Sánchez-Aparicio, M., Iglesias, J. M., Oliver-Serra, A., Santos, M. J., Andrés-Anaya, P., Cascón, J.M., Montero García, G., Medina, A., Lagüela S., Asensio, M.I., & Montenegro Armas, R.
Sensors, 2024, 24(6), 182
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/6/1823