Publications

During the last 5 years, more than 25 works of different types have been published, including journal papers, conference papers, patent applications and book chapters. These are some of the more recent and relevant publications:

Energy storage

  • “Integration of fast acting energy storage systems inexisting pumped-storage power plants to enhance the system’s frequency control”. WIREs Energy and Environment. 3, 2019.
  • “Energy Storage Systems for power supply of ultrahigh speed Hyperloop trains”, II Iberoamerican Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-Cities), 2019.
  • “Battery Energy Storage System Dimensioning for Grid Applications According to Power Quality and Battery Ageing”, II Iberoamerican Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-Cities), 2019.
  • “Application of supercapacitors to the powering of hyperloop transportation”, International workshop on supercapacitors and energy storage, 2019.
  • “Influence of Different Charging Rates on Li-ion Battery Lifespan: Experimental Validation”, 32nd Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS32), 2019.
  • “Test Bench Implementation to calibrate ageing and voltage unbalance in a large series connection of supercapacitors”, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’18-ECCE Europe), 2018.
  • “Efficiency map to evaluate the performance of kinetic energy storage systems used with renewable generation”, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’18-ECCE Europe), 2018.
  • “Fast Energy Storage Systems Comparison in terms of Energy Efficiency for a Specific Application”, IEEE Access, 2018.
  • “Dimensioning Methodology for Energy Storage Devices and Wave Energy Converters supplying isolated loads”, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2016.
  • “Technology Description and Characterization of a Low-Cost Flywheel for Energy Management in Microgrids”, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’15-ECCE Europe), 2015.
  • “Dimensioning methodology for energy storage devices applied to wave energy converters”, Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium (OSES’2015).
  • “Multifunctional Test Bench for the Emulation and Testing of Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging from Urban Railway Power Lines”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT’15), 2015.
  • “Utilización de almacenamiento de energía basado en volantes de inercia para la gestión energética de micro-redes”, Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Microrredes con Generación Distribuida de Renovables, 2014
  • “Sistema de Aprovechamiento de Energía Eléctrica Regenerada por un Tren o Disponible en Catenaria, por parte de un Vehículo Eléctrico, y Procedimiento Asociado”, patent application, ES2543129 (A1), 13/02/2014.
  • “Application of Flywheels in Electric Grids with high penetration of Renewable Energies”, 1st UK Energy Storage Conference, 2014
  • “Efficiency Considerations of a Kinetic Energy Storage System used for Railway Applications”, International Confenrence in Electrical Machines (ICEM08).
  • “Energy Management in Solar Photovoltaic Plants based on ESS”, Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE-PEMC), 2008.

Wave energy conversion

  • “Advances in the development of dielectric elastomer generators for wave energy conversion”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020.
  • “New Type of Linear Switched Reluctance Generator for Wave Energy Applications”, MT26 Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2019.
  • “Methodologies for testing PTOs under real conditions in the laboratory using actuators and hardware-in-the-loop scheme”, 13th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series, EWTEC 2019.
  • “Non-linear vector current source for the control of permanent magnet synchronous generators in wave energy applications”, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2019.
  • “Implementation of an energy extraction control including PTO-losses in a complete WEC model for PTO design procedure”, Proc. 13th European Wave Tidal Energy Conference, EWTEC 2019.
  • “Wave farms grid code compliance in isolated small power systems”, IET Renew. Power Gener., 2018.
  • “Dimensioning of Point Absorbers for Wave Energy Conversion by means of Differential Evolutionary Algorithms”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2018.
  • “Multiobjective Optimization of a Wave Energy Farm”, Descripción de la publicación6th European Seminar on Computing (ESCO 2018).
  • “Reduction of power oscillations combining energy storage with prediction techniques“, Twelfth European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 2017.
  • “Study of the impact of wave energy generation in the frequency of an island electric grid“, Twelfth European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 2017.
  • “Design Parameters Analysis of Point Absorber WEC via an evolutionary-algorithm-based Dimensioning Tool”, Energies, 2015.
  • “Power Smoothing System for Wave Energy Converters by means of a Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage System”, Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’15-ECCE Europe), 2015.
  • “Sistema para el acondicionamiento de la potencia eléctrica generada en un sistema de generación undimotriz”, patent application, ES2547029 (A1), 08/07/2015.
  • “Development of a laboratory test bench for the emulation of wave energy converters”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT’15), 2015.
  • “Emulation of an OWC Ocean Energy Plant with PMSG and Irregular Wave Model", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2015.
  • “Laboratory tests before sea trials of a wave energy converter”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT’15), 2015.
  • “Estudio de la dinámica y la funcionalidad de un captador de energía del oleaje”, Revista Vértices CIEMAT, 2014.
  • “Testing of a full-scale PTO based on a Switched Reluctance Linear Generator for Wave Energy Conversion”, 4th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE).
  • “Dimensioning of Wave Energy Converters Considering Location, Power Take-Off and Control Strategy”, 21th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE2012).
  • “Electric Linear Generator Test Bench For Wave Energy Aplications”, International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy (INORE2012).
  • “Efficiency Calculation of a Direct-Drive Power Take-Off”, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), 2011.
  • “Multi-objective Differential Evolutionary Algorithm for Preliminary Design of a Direct-Drive Power Take-Off”, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), 2011.
  • “Study of a Linear Generator Control Integrated in an Inertial Point Absorber”, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), 2011.
  • “Grid Connection for Wave Power Farms”, Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’11-ECCE Europe), 2011.
  • “Laboratory tests of linear electric machines for wave energy applications with emulation of wave energy converters and sea waves”, Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’11-ECCE Europe), 2011.
  • “Electric Linear Generator to Optimize a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter”, International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), 2010.
  • “Laboratory Testing Schema for Linear Generators used in Ocean Wave Energy Conversion”, World Renewable Energy Conference (WREC2010), 2010.
  • “Conexión a Red de Sistemas de Generación Eléctrica a partir de las Olas”, Congreso de Generación Distribuída (GENERA 2009).
  • “Control of Power Electronics driving a Switched Reluctance Linear Generator in Wave Energy Applications”, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’09-ECCE Europe), 2009.
  • “Desarrollo de un proyecto para la conversión directa de la energía del oleaje en energía eléctrica”, Revista de Ingeniería Civil, CEDEX.

Electric vehicles

  • “Strategies for voltage oscillation mitigation in LV distribution networks with EV smart charging control”, 25 th International Conference on Electricity Distribution, 2019.
  • “Strategies comparison for voltage unbalance mitigation in LV distribution networks using EV chargers”, Electronics, 2019
  • “Switched Reluctance Drives with Degraded Mode for Electric Vehicles”, Electric Vehicle, InTech, 2016.
  • “Passenger Exposure to Magnetic Fields in Electric Vehicles”, Electric Vehicle, InTech, 2016.
  • “Passenger Exposure to Magnetic Fields due to the Batteries of an Electric Vehicle”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2015.
  • “Educational Project for the Teaching of Control of Electric Traction Drives”, Energies, 2015.
  • “Utilización del frenado regenerativo de trenes suburbanos para la recarga rápida de automóviles eléctricos en corriente continua”, Revista Vértices CIEMAT, 2014.
  • “Evaluation of the Magnetic Field Generated by the Inverter of an Electric Vehicle”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2013.

Particle accelerators

  • “Design Process and Series Production of the Intersection Control Rack for the European XFEL Linear Accelerator”, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’15-ECCE Europe), 2015.
  • “Thermal Analysis of the European XFEL Intersection Control Rack”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2014.

Other topics

  • “Analysis of alternative frequency control schemes for increasing renewable energy penetration in El Hierro Island power system”. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 113, 2019.
  • “Design Methodology of a High Speed Switched Reluctance Generator Drive for Aircrafts”. European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16-ECCE Europe).
  • “Minimum Losses Point Tracking and Minimum Current Point Tracking in Interior PMSMs”. European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16-ECCE Europe).
  • “Banco De Ensayo De Esquemas De Control De Generadores Eólicos Con Convertidores De Potencia Plena”, Congreso de Generación Distribuída (GENERA 2009).
  • “Educational Tool for the Implementation of Electric Drives Control System with Real Time Data Exchange”, International Journal of Engineering Education, 2009.
  • “Scaled bench for testing of control schemes for full-converter variable-speed wind generators”, XCLEEE Conference Congreso Luso Espanhol Engenharia Electrotecnica, 2007
  • “New Platform for Experimental Education in Electrical Generation based on Wind Energy Systems”, International Journal of Engineering Education.