Team

The Sosreceiver Project is developed thanks to the participation of a team integrated into two different research groups, both belonging to UC3M

Research groups

Two research groups at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M), belonging to different Departments and scientific fields, are working co-ordinately in the SOSreveiver project.

The Energy Systems Engineering group of the Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering, UC3M

This group contributes to the project, not only with its expertise in thermal system analysis, but also with expensive and singular experimental facilities such as a molten salt loop.

The Lightweight Structures Dynamics group of the Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, UC3M

This group contributes with its expertise in numerical and experimental analysis of mechanical systems as well as with their also expensive three dimensional digital image correlation (DIC) equipment.

People

The following researchers are working in the SOSreceiver project:

Antonio Acosta

Antonio Acosta Iborra

Principal investigador – Simulation (subproject 1 & coordination)
Full Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Antonio Acosta

Antonio Acosta Iborra

Principal investigador – Simulation (subproject 1 & coordination)
Full Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Organization (2004, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). and MSc in Industrial Engineering (2000, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). He has been teaching and researching at the Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering of UC3M for more than 20 years. His research is currently focused on the Solar Energy in general, including the analysis and thermo-structural modelling of tubular receivers of SPT plants in particular, and the numerical simulation of heat and mass transfer processes of industrial interest. Since 2012 he is associate professor at Carlos III University of Madrid.

Domingo José Santana

Domingo José Santana Santana

Principal investigator – Experiments (subproject 1 & coordination)
Full Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Domingo José Santana

Domingo José Santana Santana

Principal investigator – Experiments (subproject 1 & coordination)
Full Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: Domingo Santana studied at the Universidad de La Laguna where he obtained a degree in Mathematics in 1994. After finishing his studies, he got a scholarship for the Spanish Government and moved as research assistant to the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria where he obtained his Master in Energy and Environmental and PhD in Chemical Engineering. His thesis concerned the modeling and design of fluidized bed aerosol generators. He received the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the outstanding PhD dissertation award in the areas of Architecture and Engineering for theses defended in 1999. Since then, he has been a faculty member at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where in 2017 he was promoted to full professor in the Department of Thermal and Fluid Engineering. His research activities involve the study of the Solid-Gas Systems and Renewable Energies.

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Jorge López Puente

Principal investigador – Experiments and simulation (Subproject 2)
Full Professor
Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Carlos III University of Madrid

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Jorge López Puente

Principal investigador – Experiments and simulation (Subproject 2)
Full Professor
Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: Doctorado en Ingeniería Mecánica y de Organización Industrial (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Ingeniería Industrial (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). Her current research topics are Concentrated Solar Power, Thermal Energy storage and Heat Transfer. Brief career history: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, october 2004 – june 2008, Delft University of Technology, june 2008 – june 2009, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, june 2009 – present.

Celia Sobrino

Celia Sobrino Fernández

Research team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Celia Sobrino

Celia Sobrino Fernández

Research team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: Doctorado en Ingeniería Mecánica y de Organización Industrial (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Ingeniería Industrial (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). Her current research topics are Concentrated Solar Power, Thermal Energy storage and Heat Transfer. Brief career history: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, october 2004 – june 2008, Delft University of Technology, june 2008 – june 2009, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, june 2009 – present.

Carolina Marugán

Carolina Marugán Cruz

Research team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Carolina Marugán

Carolina Marugán Cruz

Research team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: PhD Mathematical Engineering (2008 University Carlos III de Madrid), Master in Mathematical Engineering (2006, University Carlos III de Madrid) and Industrial Engineering Degree (2004, University Carlos III de Madrid). Her current research topics are the experimental and numerical analyses of the thermal gradients and thermal tensions in the solar tubes of receivers, the improvement of the efficiency and performance of concentrated solar tower power plants and the technologies involving sustainable heating and cooling.

María de los Reyes Rodríguez Sánchez

María de los Reyes Rodríguez Sánchez

Research team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

María de los Reyes Rodríguez Sánchez

María de los Reyes Rodríguez Sánchez

Research team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: María de los Reyes Rodríguez studied at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid where she obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2010. She got a scholarship for the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid to study a master in Thermal and Fluids Engineerig from 2011 to 2012 and to develop a PhD thesis in Mechanical Engineering from 2012 to 2015. Her thesis entitled «On the design of solar external receivers” concerned the thermal, mechanical and hydrodynamic optimization of solar central receivers. Her research activities involve the study of solar power tower plants. She has developed several numerical models to predict the behavior of the heliostat field and the receiver, stablishing the guidelines to design these plants. Additionally, she has carried out several international stays in CNRS-PROMES, where she worked in the demonstration solar power tower of Themis. Since 2021 she is associate professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

International expert

Manuel Blanco Muriel

Manuel J. Blanco Muriel

International expert (subproject 1)
Full Professor
Senior Scientist German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institut für Solarforschung and The Cyprus Institute (part-time)
The Cyprus Institute

Manuel Blanco Muriel

Manuel J. Blanco Muriel

International expert (subproject 1)
Full Professor
Senior Scientist German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institut für Solarforschung and The Cyprus Institute (part-time)
The Cyprus Institute

Biography: Thirty-six years of experience as a solar researcher and engineer, leading research teams and advancing the state-of-the-art of Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) technologies. Expert on Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Optics, and Modelling of Energy Systems. Full Professor with Tenure of the Cyprus Institute (CYI) and Holder of the European Research Area (ERA) Chair in Solar Thermal Technologies for the Eastern Mediterranean. Current Vice-Chair and former Chair of the Executive Committee of SolarPACES, the Technology Collaboration Program of the International Energy Agency responsible for promoting the development and deployment of solar thermal power technologies and the solar-assisted manufacture of fuels and chemicals. Earlier, he served as Science Leader of the Solar Energy Systems Research Group of CSIRO (Australia’s National Research Agency); Director of the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI); General Coordinator of EU-SOLARIS; Director of the Solar Thermal Energy Department of CENER, the National Renewable Energy Centre of Spain; Chair and Full Professor of the Engineering Department of the University of Texas at Brownsville; Director of the Plataforma Solar de Almería of CIEMAT -the largest European solar research infrastructure; and Principal Investigator of the EC SOLGAS and SIREC solar tower technology R&D projects, which paved the way towards PS10, the first commercial solar tower power plant. Author of numerous scientific publications, and participation in a senior capacity in a large number of national and international expert groups and committees.

Working Team

Andrés Montoya Sacha

Andrés Montoya

Research team (subproject 2)
Research associate
Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Carlos III University of Madrid

Andrés Montoya Sacha

Andrés Montoya

Research team (subproject 2)
Research associate
Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Carlos III University of Madrid

Bibliography: Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Technology Engineering by Universidad de Málaga (2015), Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2017), Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Organization by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2020). His current research topics are the characterization of the thermal stress in solar tubular receivers and the behavior of structures against Impact loads. The career of Andrés Montoya has been developed in the Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid since 2017, as a research and teaching assistant during his Ph.D. Since December 2020, he is a research associate in the mentioned department.

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Pedro Ángel González Gómez

Working team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

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Pedro Ángel González Gómez

Working team (subproject 1)
Associate Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: Degree in Mechanical Engineering (University of Castilla-La Mancha), Master in Industrial Engineering (University Carlos III of Madrid), Master in Industrial Mechanics (University Carlos III of Madrid) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering (University Carlos III of Madrid). His main research interests are focused on heat transfer, thermal stress and fatigue-creep analyses of critical components of concentrating solar power plants as steam generators or solar central receivers. Other research interests are exergetic, exergoeconomic and transient analyses of thermal power plants. Pedro Ángel González Gómez is visiting professor at the Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering in the University Carlos III of Madrid. He has been working in the research and teaching activities in that institution since 2014. 

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María Fernández Torrijos

Working team (subproject 1)
Assistant Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

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María Fernández Torrijos

Working team (subproject 1)
Assistant Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

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Rafael Pérez Álvarez

Working team (subproject 1)
Postdoctoral Specific Assistant Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

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Rafael Pérez Álvarez

Working team (subproject 1)
Postdoctoral Specific Assistant Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: Degree in Mechanical Engieneering and Master in Industrial Engieneering in Carlos III University of Madrid. Master in Numerical Simulation in Engineering with ANSYS in Polytechnic University of Madrid. PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Organization in Carlos III University of Madrid. His current research topics are the Design and optimization of receivers of Solar Tower Power plants. He is currently finishing his Ph.D thesis on these topics through CFD and structural simulations. He was awarded with a PhD fellowship of Predoctoral Investigator (FPI) by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad in the framework of solar research project at Carlos III University of Madrid from April 2017 to September 2021.

Marta Laporte

Marta Laporte Azcue

Working team (subproject 1)
Postdoctoral Specific Assistant Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Marta Laporte

Marta Laporte Azcue

Working team (subproject 1)
Postdoctoral Specific Assistant Professor
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering (2011-2015, University of Cantabria). Master degree in Industrial Engineering (University Carlos III of Madrid, 2015-2017). PhD fellow of the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Organization program (University Carlos III of Madrid, 2017-2021). Her current research topics are focused on the thermal and mechanical behaviour of external tubular receivers of Solar Power Tower plants. She has been project manager trainee (Airbus Getafe, March-July 2017). Her research activities have started with a PhD fellowship at University Carlos III of Madrid (2017-present).

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Celia Roldan Gil

Working team (subproject 1)
Predoctoral Investigator (FPI)
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

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Celia Roldan Gil

Working team (subproject 1)
Predoctoral Investigator (FPI)
Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering
Carlos III University of Madrid

Biography: Degree in Industrial Technologies (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and Máster in Industrial Mechanics (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia). Her research activities comprise the study of solar power plant technologies including the solar receivers and high efficiency power cycles for concentrated solar power. ). Her research started at CIEMAT (Department of high temperature solar energy). From 2019 to 2020 she worked as a researcher at the Madrid Research Centre of Excellence IMDEA (Energy institute, Department of high temperature). He was awarded with a PhD fellowship of Predoctoral Investigator (FPI) by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad in the framework of the present research project at Carlos III University of Madrid from 2021 to September 2024.

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Javier Antonio Moreno Moreno

Working team (subproject 2)
Research associate
Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Carlos III University of Madrid

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Javier Antonio Moreno Moreno

Working team (subproject 2)
Research associate
Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Carlos III University of Madrid