• Reciprocating expanders for Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Applications 

      Guarracino, Ilaria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-09)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Accés restringit per decisió de l'autor
      The current trend for ever increasing energy prices acts as an important driver for improved efficiency via novel heat integration and energy generation schemes. This project is concerned with small-scale Organic Rankine ...
    • Roadmap for the next-generation hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar energy collectors 

      Mellor, Alexander; Alonso-Alvarez, Diego; Guarracino, Ilaria; Ramos Cabal, Alba (2018)
      Article
      Accés obert
      For hybrid photovoltaic-thermal collectors to become competitive with other types of solar energy converters, they must offer high performance at fluid outlet temperatures above 60¿°C, as is required for space heating and ...
    • Solar-thermal and hybrid photovoltaic-thermal systems for renewable heating 

      Ramos Cabal, Alba; Guarracino, Ilaria; Mellor, Alexander; Alonso-Alvarez, Diego; Ekins-Daukes, Nicholas; Markides, Christos (2017)
      Report de recerca
      Accés obert
      This paper looks at the barriers and opportunities for the mass deployment of solar-thermal technologies and offers a vision for the future of solar-thermal systems. HEADLINES: -Heat constitutes about half of total ...
    • Systematic testing of hybrid PV-thermal (PVT) solar collectors in steady-state and dynamic outdoor conditions 

      Guarracino, Ilaria; Freeman, James; Ramos Cabal, Alba; Markides, Christos (2019-04-19)
      Article
      Accés obert
      Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors have been proposed for the combined generation of electricity and heat from the same area. In order to predict accurately the electrical and thermal energy generation from hybrid ...