Turbinas Termosolares

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

Enlace a Seasonal

“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

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2016.12.044

“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

Enviados

“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