sample of publications

• articles 

  • Environmental and energetic behavior of a Beam-down linear Fresnel solar field for low-grade thermal energy applications.  APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING.  231. 2023
  • Carbon dioxide and acetone mixtures as refrigerants for industry heat pumps to supply temperature in the range 150-220 ºC.  Energy.  269(126821):1-13. 2023
  • Designing a flat beam-down linear Fresnel reflector.  Renewable Energy.  187:484-499. 2022
  • Solar and biomass hybridization through hydrothermal carbonization.  Renewable Energy.  177:268-279. 2021
  • Superficial oscillation as an identifier of phenomena governing dynamics of solid-gas fluidized systems.  POWDER TECHNOLOGY.  362:770-780. 2020
  • Technical feasibility analysis of a linear particle solar receiver.  Solar Energy.  195:102-113. 2020
  • Lifetime analysis of the steam generator of a solar tower plant.  APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING.  159:1-14. 2019
  • Distributor performance in a bubbling fluidized bed: Effects of multiple gas inlet jet and bubble generation.  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE.  195:367-380. 2019
  • Maximizing the power block efficiency of solar tower plants: Dual-pressure level steam generator.  APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING.  144:583-592. 2018
  • Two-phase heat transfer model of a beam-down gas-solid fluidized bed solar particle receiver.  Solar Energy.  171:740-750. 2018
  • Fatigue analysis of the steam generator of a parabolic trough solar power plant.  Energy.  155:565-577. 2018
  • Influence of the steam generator on the exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis of solar tower plants.  Energy.  145:313-328. 2018
  • Transient thermo-mechanical analysis of steam generators for solar tower plants.  APPLIED ENERGY.  212:1051-1068. 2018
  • Thermo-economic optimization of molten salt steam generators.  ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT.  146:228-243. 2017
  • Cost-based design optimization of the heat exchangers in a parabolic trough power plant.  Energy.  123:314-325. 2017
  • Multiresolution Analysis of a Drying Process in a Rotating-Distributor Fluidized Bed.  DRYING TECHNOLOGY.  34:119-131. 2016
  • Stagnant regions estimation in fluidized beds from bed surface observations.  Chemical Engineering Journal.  281:109-118. 2015
  • Maldistribution detection in bubbling fluidized beds.  Chemical Engineering Journal.  270:272-281. 2015
  • Unfolding the Phase Space Structure of Noisy Time Series by means of Angular First-Return Maps.  DISCRETE DYNAMICS IN NATURE AND SOCIETY.  2015
  • Feedback PID-like fuzzy controller for pH regulatory control near the equivalence point.  JOURNAL OF PROCESS CONTROL.  24:1023-1037. 2014
  • The effect of temperature on the distributor design in bubbling fluidized beds.  POWDER TECHNOLOGY.  261:176-184. 2014
  • Wide band energy analysis of fluidized bed pressure fluctuation signals using a frequency division method.  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE.  105:92-103. 2014
  • Characterization of flow-induced vibrations in gas-solid fluidized beds: elements of the theory.  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE.  93:181-196. 2013
  • A novel methodology for simulating vibrated fluidized beds using two-fluid models.  Chemical Engineering Journal.  198-199:261-274. 2012
  • Fluidized bed with a rotating distributor operated under defluidization conditions.  Chemical Engineering Journal.  195-196:198-207. 2012
  • A novel approach for modeling bubbling gas-solid fluidized beds.  AICHE JOURNAL.  57:1733-1750. 2011
  • Detecting regime transitions in gas-solid fluidized beds from low frequency accelerometry signals.  POWDER TECHNOLOGY.  207:104-112. 2011
  • Can Low Frequency Accelerometry Replace Pressure Measurements for Monitoring Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds?.  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE.  65:4055-4064. 2010
  • Avances en la ingeniería de tuberías y en el control del flujo (II): estudio del Reynolds de transición mediante herramientas caótico-deterministas.  Ingeniería química.  314-324. 2008
  • Avances en la ingeniería de tuberías y en el control del flujo (I): problemática de las transiciones entre regímenes.  Ingeniería química.  84-88. 2008

• book chapters 

  • Multiple Orifice Bubble Generation in Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds: The Activation Region Approach. In: Fluidization XIII: New Paradigm in Fluidization Engineering.  KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST). 73-80. 2010

• conference contributions 

  • Designing a Lab-Scale Vibrating Solar Receiver for a Linear Beam-Down Solar Field.  1-6. 2022
  • Integration of a solar linear particle receiver with a gas turbine.  060004-1-060004-7. 2019
  • Study of a linear Beam-down reflector coupled with a Fresnel solar field 2019
  • Assessment of Evaporators Using Solar Salt as Heat Transfer Fluid 2017
  • Design of a Solar Linear Particle Receiver Placed at the Ground Level 2017
  • Evaporator optimization for solar tower power plants 2017
  • Steam generator design for solar towers using solar salt as heat transfer fluid 2017
  • An estimation of the circulating time in a large-scale fluidized bed using DBM simulation data.  201-208. 2013
  • Design of a statistical strategy to the control of a fluidized bed equipped with a rotating distributor 2013
  • Using DBM to Study the Effect of Biomass Feeding in the Dynamic Behavior of a Large-Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed.  906-913. 2012
  • Nueva aproximación en el modelado de reactores de lecho fluidizado con aplicación a gasificación de biomasa.  1-12. 2011
  • Low-Frequency Accelerometry as a Novel Technique in the Study of Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds 2008
  • Towards Engineering the Hydronamics of Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds: Bubbling Fluidized Bed Systems 2008