MERCEDES IBARRA MOLLA
SUBDIRECTOR/A DE INVESTIGACIÓN, TRANSFERENCIA Y RELACIONES INSTITUCIONALES (ETSIIND)
PERSONAL DOCENTE, INVESTIGADOR O TCO.
INGENIERÍA ENERGÉTICA
ESCUELA TÉCN.SUP INGENIEROS INDUSTRIALES
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Academic Information
PhD on Industrial Technologies by UNED (2016) with the thesis 'Technoeconomic evaluation of low and medium temperature co-generation systems based on organic Rankine cycles (ORC) and its integration in medium power solar thermal systems'.
Master of Research on Industrial Tecnologies (2011) by UNED
Bachelor on Environmental Science (2008) by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Research activity
Her activity as a researcher has covered several topics on the energy engineering such as organic Rankine cycles, solar thermal technologies, solar desalination, simulation of solar thermal electricity plants, and application of solar thermal systems for industrial processes. She is an active supporter of solar thermal technologies and their role they may have in decarbonizing the industrial sector.
Professional experience
The experimental work of her PhD was carried out at Plataforma Solar de Almería, where she was working for 5 years (2008-2014) as part of the Solar Desalination group. During that time, she contributed to several R&D projects related to intermediate temperature solar energy applications.
Then, she worked at Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi as a research engineer for two years. She was in charge of the research and the development of solar thermal models for their performance evaluation in the region. T
In April 2017 she joined Fraunhofer Chile Research and its Center for Solar Technologies in Chile, where she led the Research Line Solar Thermal Technologies group, aiming to identify the energy needs of the industry, and to promote the R+I of solar thermal systems as a solution for those needs.
In November 2020 she joined UNED as postdoctoral researcher of the group Thermal Systems and Renewable Energy (STER) of the Energy Engineering Department, to work on the simulation and optimization of solar system, within the frame of research projects as ASTEP, a H2020.
Teaching
Research
INVESTIGATION GROUPS
- Thermal Systems and Renewable Energy (STER) The common goal of the group is the advancement and improvement of thermal and thermoelectric energy production and management, in order to reduce the demand for non-renewable resources, decrease fossil fuels consumption and contribute to sustainable development. +info
Publications
- PUBLICACIONES EN LÍNEA Ir a Scopus