Group of Thermodynamics and Renewable Energy

The Group of Thermodynamics and Renewable Energy (GTER) is a research group of the University of Seville (TEP-122), established in 1981 and specialized in solar energy. Originally, the activities of GTER were closely linked to the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA). Throughout these years the group has been acting in the field of research and development of energy systems in national and international projects. GTER has participated in a large number of R&D projects and provided technical assistance to CSP and PV developers.

CAPABILITIES

SOLAR RESOURCE ASSESMENT

GTER operates a meteorological station equipped with solar radiation sensors since 1984. The capabilities of the group ranges from the installation, remote monitoring, maintenance and calibration of devices to the quality assessment and control of solar radiation data and development of empirical models and methodologies for solar resource assessment. The main services provided by GTER…

CSP PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS

The experience of GTER includes the use and development of different simulation tools for optimization and analysis of CSP systems and components. The most relevant codes developed by GTER are: EOS. The EOS software for the simulation of solar thermal parabolic trough plants implements detailed models of the different subsystems of a CSP plant and…

CSP RESEARCH APLICATIONS

The group has worked on many R&D projects funded by public and private entities for over 30 years contributing to the enhancement of the solar energy technologies, the proposal of innovative hybrid and solar-only concepts, design of receiver prototypes for different heat transfer fluids, modeling of PCM thermal storage systems using ANSYS-Fluent or the design…

PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SISTEMS

The group’s activity in the field of photovoltaics has been focused on research projects, mainly in developing prototypes that enable to reach higher yields or proposing new hybrid designs of simple modules and complete PV plants either with renewable and conventional energies. We have also been working on the drafting of technical norms for PV…

TRAINING AND COURSES

The group’s main core is teaching. The leaders of the group are professors in the field of thermodynamics and solar energy that have been giving classes for more than 15 years. GTER has lately opened a line of lecturing for private entities. Courses: Solar resource assessment for CSP plants (Atlántica Yield 2016). PV systems (World…

Staff

Manuel A Siva Pérez

Dr. Industrial Engineer and Professor at the Department of Energy Engineering at the University of Seville. His professional and research activity has been developed, mainly, in the fields of concentrating solar thermal systems and measurement and evaluation of the solar resource for energy uses. He is Operating Agent of the SolarPACES Task V (Solar Resource…

Isidoro Lillo Bravo

Dr. Industrial Engineer and Professor at the Department of Energy Engineering at the University of Seville. His career has been focused, mainly, in the fields of low-temperature solar energy and photovoltaic systems. He has been director of the Center for New Energy Technologies and a member of the Evaluation Committee for Research Projects CICYT. He…

Miguel Larrañeta Gómez-Caminero

PhD in Industrial Engineering by the University of Seville. His work deals mainly with the topic of solar resource assessment for solar energy projects, where he has ample experience from his participation in R&D projects and technical assistances for commercial plants. He is also a member of the expert groups of the International Energy Agency…

Sara Moreno Tejera

PhD in Industrial Engineering by the University of Seville. She is member of the committee for standardization of the Spanish Association for the Standardization and Certification (AENOR) since 2010. She has experience in solar radiation modeling and solar resource assessment for CSP plants in all its stages and has participated in a number of R&D…

Elena Pérez Aparicio

M.Sc in Industrial Engineering and PhD student by the University of Seville. She is a member of the Solar Concentra technology platform from where she promotes and develops the medium range CSP technologies for industrial processes. She has an ample experience in CSP simulation programs and has participated in many consultancy projects as well as…

Jose López Álvarez

M.Sc in Industrial Engineering and PhD student by the University of Seville. His experience is mostly focused on the optical analysis of solar energy systems. He has been working mainly in consultancy projects related to energy performance assesment in the last years.

JOSE MARIA DELGADO SANCHEZ

Jose Maria Delgado, Dr. in Physics and Material Science Engineering at the Department of Applied Physics I at the University of Seville. His research line focus on the solar cell and photovoltaic systems, covering topics from fundamental to applied knowledge, For such purpose, design, experimental characterization and modeling resources are used.