Publications The ASTEP initiative aims at making an impact on everyday lives with their research. Therefore, information about our research papers, publications and posters will be provided under this tab. A FAST RESPONSE THERMAL ENERGY STORE FOR SOLAR HEAT IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES (Poster for TES 2025) Steady-state analysis of an innovative rotatory Fresnel collector integrated into two industrial processes Reducing costs in solar heat: A comparative study of rotatory Fresnel and parabolic trough systems Life cycle assessment of implementation of an innovative solar thermal technology in Italian ceramic industryc Review on the economic impacts of solar thermal power plants (Thermal Science and Engineering Progress Journal article) The Use of Machine Learning in Predicting Future Environmental Impacts of the ASTEP Solar Thermal System: A Case Study (Thermal Science and Engineering Progress Journal article) Techno-economic Comparison Between the Parabolic Trough Collector and a Novel Rotatory Fresnel Collector Analyzing the Impact of Latent Thermal Storage on the Performance of a Solar Heat System in Two Industrial Processes (Poster) Solar Paces 2024 Installation and start-up of two modular rotary collectors for SHIP: first experimental results (Paper)Solar Paces 2024 Correction Factors for Modeling Start-up Behavior of Process Heat Plants (Abstract) Solar Paces 2024 Application of Solar Thermal Heating and Cooling energy to Dairy processes: A Case Study (Paper) Decarbonization of industrial processes using novel Sundial solar thermal units (Paper) Design, numerical optimisation and experimental validation of aninnovative solar-powered tube heater with multiple air impingement jets (paper) Life Cycle Assessment of implementation of an innovative solar thermal 2 technology in Italian ceramic industry (Paper) Numerical Analysis of a Solar-Powered Tube Heater (Paper) The Use of Machine Learning In Assessing Future Sustainability of Newly Developed Solar Thermal Systems (Abstract) Thermal losses characterization for the receiver of the SunDial, the rotary Fresnel collector (Poster) Thermal losses characterization for the receiver of the SunDial, the rotary Fresnel collector (Abstract) H2020: ASTEP Project, Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) (eng. version) (Paper) H2020: ASTEP Project, Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) (esp. version) (Paper) Enhancement of SunDial Optical Performance Handling Cosine and End Losses (SolarPaces 2020 UPM Paper) Dynamic analysis of the SunDial, the rotatory Fresnel collector (SolarPaces 2021 UPM Paper) Dynamic analysis of the SunDial, the rotatory Fresnel collector (SolarPaces 2021 UPM Poster) Integration and Simulation of Solar Thermal Energy to Diary Processes (Paper) Enhancement of SunDial Optical Performance Handling Cosine and End Losses (SolarPaces 2020 UPM Poster) Design and integration of a solar heat system based on the SunDial for industrial processes (SolarPACES 2021 paper) ASTEP_Application of Solar Thermal Energy to Processes, SolarPaces 2020 ASTEP_A new design of multi-tube receiver for Fresnel technology to increase the thermal performance ASTEP_Integration Simulation STEDairy (Abstract) ASTEP Concept: Design and Simulation of a Solar Heating System for a Dairy Industry ASTEP: Application of Solar Thermal Energy to Processes. Current status and progress ASTEP_Preliminary exergy analysis of ASTEP system ASTEP_flyer August 2022 2nd World Conference on Sustainability Energy and Environment (Conference paper) Environmental impacts of solar thermal power plants used in industrial supply chains_January 2023 (Article) Analysis of the thermal inertia of pipelines in SHIP_February 2023 (Article) A high-fidelity simulation model for the precise characterization of a solar air-cooled ammonia-water absorption chiller_April 2023 (Abstract) An investigation of the recent advances of the integration of Solar Thermal Energy systems to the diary processes_2023 (Paper) Environmental Impacts of Solar Thermal Power plants used in industrial supply chains_2023 (Paper) The Use of Multiple Impingement Jets in a Solar Powered Tube Heater for Decarbonization of the Steel Industry (Poster) SunDial, a new collector for solar heat for industrial processes: Optical and thermal design_2023 (Paper) Optimum integration of latent heat storage in a solar thermal system for industrial processes: In series or in parallel?_2023 (Paper) Anticorrosive PEO coatings on metallic cast heat enhancers for thermal energy storage_2023 (paper) Proposal of a microchannel receiver for Fresnel technology to supply solar heat for industrial processes (Paper) Advances in Solar Heat for Industrial Processes: Thermal Optimisation of a Fresnel Receiver for Pressurised Gases (Poster) Construction of a rotatory solar collector to supply heat for industrial processes (Paper) Solidification and melting characteristics of an enhanced LTES system for solar heat in industrial processes (Paper) Analysis of internal heat recovery capability in air-cooled indirect fired GAX-based absorption chiller in part-load operation (Paper) Estudio io de un Almacenamiento TÉrmico Latente para un Ssistema de Calor Solar en Industria (Abstract for CIES 2024) Anticorrosive PEO coatings on metallic cast heatenhancers for thermal energy storage (Paper: Surface Engineering March 2024) Cast Cellular Structures to Improve Heat Transfer in TES Systems (Abstract for the 3rd international meet on renewable and sustainable energy 2024) Proyecto ASTEP Estado y Progreso hasta 2024 (Abstract for the CIES 2024)
