Search Results - "Diego César Alarcón-Padilla"

Performance Analysis of a RED-MED Salinity Gradient Heat Engine by Palenzuela, Patricia, Micari, Marina, Ortega-Delgado, Bartolomé, Giacalone, Francesco, Zaragoza, Guillermo, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Cipollina, Andrea, Tamburini, Alessandro, Micale, Giorgio

“…A performance analysis of a salinity gradient heat engine (SGP-HE) is presented for the conversion of low temperature heat into power via a closed-loop Reverse…”
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Large-scale solar desalination by combination with CSP: Techno-economic analysis of different options for the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Gulf by Palenzuela, Patricia, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Zaragoza, Guillermo

“…The combination of desalination with concentrated solar power (CSP) plants (CSP+D) is considered as the most realistic opportunity for the development of…”
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Cloud Detection and Tracking Based on Object Detection with Convolutional Neural Networks by Carballo, Jose Antonio, Bonilla, Javier, Fernández-Reche, Jesús, Nouri, Bijan, Avila-Marin, Antonio, Fabel, Yann, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…Due to the need to know the availability of solar resources for the solar renewable technologies in advance, this paper presents a new methodology based on…”
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A solar energy desalination analysis tool, sedat, with data and models for selecting technologies and regions by Fthenakis, Vasilis, Yetman, Gregory, Zhang, Zhuoran, Squires, John, Atia, Adam A., Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Palenzuela, Patricia, Vicraman, Vikas, Zaragoza, Guillermo

“…There is interest for desalination technologies powered by solar energy as arid areas are typically bestowed with good solar potential. In response to a US DOE…”
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Parametric study of a multi-effect distillation plant with thermal vapor compression for its integration into a Rankine cycle power block by Ortega-Delgado, Bartolomé, Palenzuela, Patricia, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…This paper presents a parametric study of a multi-effect distillation plant with thermal vapor compression (MED-TVC) for the analysis of its coupling with a…”
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Application of absorption heat pumps to multi-effect distillation: a case study of solar desalination by Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, García-Rodríguez, Lourdes

“…The coupling of a double-effect absorption heat pump and a multi-effect distillation unit was demonstrated at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (CIEMAT), Spain,…”
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Thermoeconomic comparison of integrating seawater desalination processes in a concentrating solar power plant of 5 MWe by Ortega-Delgado, Bartolomé, García-Rodríguez, Lourdes, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…In this work a thermoeconomic analysis of the joint production of electricity and water for a simulated 5 MWe Solar Thermal Power Plant (STPP) based on…”
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Comparative assessment of the annual electricity and water production by concentrating solar power and desalination plants: A case study by Palenzuela, Patricia, Ortega-Delgado, Bartolomé, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…•Simulation tool that allow performing accurate yearly simulations of CSP + D plants.•Use of very accurate solar field model with time steps lower than ten…”
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Performance of an Organic Rankine Cycle with two expanders at off-design operation by Ibarra, Mercedes, Rovira, Antonio, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…•An ORC system with two expanders in series at off-design operation is simulated.•Thermal efficiency reached with two expanders was higher than the achieved…”
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Correlations for estimating the specific capital cost of multi-effect distillation plants considering the main design trends and operating conditions by Kosmadakis, George, Papapetrou, Michael, Ortega-Delgado, Bartolomé, Cipollina, Andrea, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…This work proposes a correlation for the specific capital cost of multi-effect distillation (MED) plants, considering their main design options and parameters,…”
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Dynamic modeling of a multi-effect vertical falling-film evaporator for water reuse in CSP plants by Ortega-Delgado, Bartolomé, Palenzuela, Patricia, Bonilla, Javier, Berenguel, Manuel, Roca, Lidia, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…This work presents the dynamic modeling of a vertical multi-effect evaporator plant designed and manufactured for its installation at a commercial…”
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Exergy cost assessment of CSP driven multi-generation schemes: Integrating seawater desalination, refrigeration, and process heat plants by Leiva-Illanes, Roberto, Escobar, Rodrigo, Cardemil, José M., Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Uche, Javier, Martínez, Amaya

“…•An exergy cost assessment of cogeneration, trigeneration, and polygeneration plant is performed.•A multi-generation schemes are configured to generate…”
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Comparison of the levelized cost and thermoeconomic methodologies – Cost allocation in a solar polygeneration plant to produce power, desalted water, cooling and process heat by Leiva-Illanes, Roberto, Escobar, Rodrigo, Cardemil, José M., Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…•A comparison of the levelized cost and thermoeconomic methodologies is performed.•A polygeneration plant is configured to generate electricity, fresh water,…”
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Thermoeconomic assessment of a solar polygeneration plant for electricity, water, cooling and heating in high direct normal irradiation conditions by Leiva-Illanes, Roberto, Escobar, Rodrigo, Cardemil, José M., Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…•A thermoeconomic assessment of solar polygeneration plant is performed.•The polygeneration plant produces electricity, fresh water, cooling, and process…”
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Experimental characterization of a multi-effect distillation system coupled to a flat plate solar collector field: Empirical correlations by Chorak, Aicha, Palenzuela, Patricia, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Ben Abdellah, Abdellatif

“…•Experimental characterization of a solar FPC-MED system under different conditions.•The equations developed predict ṁd and PR as a function of several input…”
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Energetic evaluation of a double-effect LiBr-H2O absorption heat pump coupled to a multi-effect distillation plant at nominal and off-design conditions by Chorak, Aicha, Palenzuela, Patricia, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Abdellah, Abdellatif Ben

“…•Experimental characterization of the DEAHP-MED system at different operation modes.•FSB,FhMED and FCW are the main parameters in the DEAHP-MED…”
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First experimental results of a new hybrid solar/gas multi-effect distillation system: the AQUASOL project by Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Blanco-Gálvez, Julián, García-Rodríguezz, Lourdes, Gernjak, Wolfgang, Malato-Rodríguez, Sixto

“…From 2002 to 2006, a combined R&D project named AQUASOL has been carried out at the facilities of the Plataforma Solar de Almería (Spain). Main objective of…”
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Assessment of an absorption heat pump coupled to a multi-effect distillation unit within AQUASOL project by Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, García-Rodríguez, Lourdes, Blanco-Gálvez, Julián

“…An absorption heat pump coupled to a multi-effect distillation unit is able to recover part of the thermal energy rejected in the distillation process, thus…”
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Techno-economic analysis of a stand-alone solar desalination plant at variable load conditions by Laissaoui, Mohammed, Palenzuela, Patricia, Sharaf Eldean, Mohamed A., Nehari, Driss, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César

“…•Comparison between RO with CSP and RO with PV under variable power loads.•Configurations of RO with and without Energy Recover System have been…”
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Productivity analysis of two spiral-wound membrane distillation prototypes coupled with solar energy by Ruiz-Aguirre, Alba, Alarcón-Padilla, Diego-César, Zaragoza, Guillermo

“…The use of solar energy to feed the MD desalination process is being evaluated at Plataforma Solar de Almería, the largest European facility for solar energy…”
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