Dr. Manuel Romero
IMDEA Energy Institute, Spain
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications
1990 Ph.D., University of Valladolid,
Chemical Engineering
1982 M.Sc., University of Valladolid,
Chemistry
Publications (Selected)
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Barreto, G., González-Aguilar, J., Romero, M., Caputo, G., & Giaconia, A. (2025). CFD-based numerical investigation of a thermal energy storage tank driven by natural convection. Journal of Energy Storage, 132, 117782.
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Rovense, F., Pinnarelli, A., González-Aguilar, J., Romero, M., Brusco, G., Vizza, P., ... & Dufour, J. (2025). Assessment of dispatching scenarios for a multi-tower concentrating solar power plant in a Renewable Energy Community. Applied Energy, 382, 125261.
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Bartali, R., Valentini, D., Piazzi, S., Cordioli, E., Baratieri, M., Bolognese, M., ... & Crema, L. (2025). Modelling a hydrogen production system using solar hierarchical volumetric receivers and a steam gasification reactor. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 9(2), 513-526.
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Castro-Yáñez, D., Erans, M., Peral, A., Sanz, R., González-Aguilar, J., Romero, M., ... & Escola, J. M. (2024). The key role played by mesoporous alumina as binder for obtaining ultra-hard CaO based pellets for thermochemical heat storage leveraging the CaO/CaCO3 cycle. Journal of Cleaner Production, 448, 141702.
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Montes, M. J., Guédez, R., D'Souza, D., Linares, J. I., González-Aguilar, J., & Romero, M. (2023). Proposal of a new design of central solar receiver for pressurised gases and supercritical fluids. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 194, 108586.
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Conceição, R., Hernández, A. M., Romero, M., & González-Aguilar, J. (2023). Experimental soiling assessment, characterization and modelling of a highly-compact heliostat field in an urban environment. Solar Energy, 262, 111812.
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D'Souza, D., Montes, M. J., Romero, M., & González-Aguilar, J. (2023). Energy and exergy analysis of microchannel central solar receivers for pressurised fluids. Applied Thermal Engineering, 219, 119638.
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Zuber, M., Patriarca, M., Ackermann, S., Furler, P., Conceição, R., Gonzalez-Aguilar, J., ... & Steinfeld, A. (2023). Methane dry reforming via a ceria-based redox cycle in a concentrating solar tower. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 7(8), 1804-1817.
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Zoller, S., Koepf, E., Nizamian, D., Stephan, M., Patané, A., Haueter, P., ... & Steinfeld, A. (2022). A solar tower fuel plant for the thermochemical production of kerosene from H2O and CO2. Joule, 6(7), 1606-1616.
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Briones, L., Valverde-Pizarro, C. M., Barras-García, I., Tajuelo, C., Sanz-Pérez, E. S., Sanz, R., ... & Romero, M. (2022). Development of stable porous silica-coated Ca (OH) 2/γ-Al2O3 pellets for dehydration/hydration cycles with application in thermochemical heat storage. Journal of Energy Storage, 51, 104548.
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Chen, R., Romero, M., González-Aguilar, J., Rovense, F., Rao, Z., & Liao, S. (2022). Optical and thermal integration analysis of supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles with a particle-based solar thermal plant based on annual performance. Renewable Energy, 189, 164-179.
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Rovense, F., Reyes-Belmonte, M. Á., Romero, M., & González-Aguilar, J. (2022). Thermo-economic analysis of a particle-based multi-tower solar power plant using unfired combined cycle for evening peak power generation. Energy, 240, 122798.
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Chen, R., Romero, M., González-Aguilar, J., Rovense, F., Rao, Z., & Liao, S. (2021). Design and off-design performance comparison of supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycles for particle-based high temperature concentrating solar power plants. Energy Conversion and Management, 232, 113870.
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Hernández, A. M., Gonzalo, I. B., Romero, M., & González-Aguilar, J. (2020, December). Experimental and numerical evaluation of drift errors in a solar tower facility with tilt-roll tracking-based heliostats. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2303, No. 1, p. 030026). AIP Publishing LLC.
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