Presentation of Vladimir Naumov’s thesis
Vladimir Naumov has presented a thesis at UNIBS titled “Supercritical CO₂ cycles for the next generation of concentrated solar power plants” on 1 July 2026. Here is the link to the thesis.
Presentation of the thesis of María Asunción Palmero González
María Asunción Palmero González, DC10 at UC3M, presented her thesis entitled “Environmental analysis of Concentrated Solar Power plants” on July 21, 2026, with Esperanza Batuecas and Carolina Marugán Cruz as supervisors.
Presentation of Israel Aguilera’s thesis
Israel Aguilera, PhD candidate at PROMES-CNRS laboratory, presented his thesis “Turbulent two phase flows in direct steam generation solar receiver” on May 28, 2026 in Perpignan, France. With Samuel Mer, Adrien Toutant and Florent Lecat as supervisors. Access Israel Aguilera’s thesis
Presentation of Vahid Safari’s thesis
Vahid Safari, a PhD student at UC3M, presented his thesis “Thermomechanical study of molten salt solar central receivers using advanced numerical modelling and experimental validation” on July 23, 2026. With Celia Sobrino and Antonio Acosta as supervisors.
DC6 presented “Thermal performance of electrified metallic-based phase change material storage unit”
DC6 presented “Thermal performance of electrified metallic-based phase change material storage unit” at the Eurotherm Seminar 119 organized at Universitat de Lleida, by GREiA Research Group.
Workshop 3: Innovation in CSP plants: From new concepts to commercial systems
The third workshop of the TOPCSP project is organized and hosted by the UC3M coordinator on March 12-13, 2026. On the first day, the progress of the doctoral students theses as well as the evolution of the project will be presented.On March 13th, we will have very interesting talks for the research community: Synhelion, Build […]
TOPCSP Project at the 31st SolarPACES Conference
The EU TOPCSP Project team participated in the 31st SolarPACES Conference, held in Almeria, Spain. The TOPCSP project was presented through a poster titled “The First EU MSCA Doctoral Network on Concentrated Solar Thermal: the TOPCSP Project”. In addition to the project presentation, all 10 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) showcased their ongoing research through 13 scientific […]
TOPCSP Participation in the 14th National and 5th International Conference in Engineering Thermodynamics (14CNIT)
Hussein Al-Saaidi (DC6), María Asunción Palmero González (DC10), and Vahid Safari (DC4) participated in the 14th National and 5th International Conference in Engineering Thermodynamics (14CNIT), which took place in Zaragoza, Spain, from June 4 to June 6, 2025. Hussein Al-Saaidi delivered an oral presentation titled “Effectiveness-NTU Method for Design and Optimization of Cascade Thermal Energy […]
“New Solutions and Improved Understanding of CSP Plants” course completed
This week, the TOPCSP project completed the second part of the course “New Solutions and Improved Understanding of CSP Plants.” The second segment featured presentations by seven of the project supervisors. The course was held in a hybrid format, with some attendees taking it in The Cyprus Institute in Nicosia (Cyprus) and the rest taking […]
TOPCSP Presents: Online Training Course
We are pleased to announce a training opportunity as part of the TOPCSP project: Online Training Course 07 July | 09:00–16:00 (CET)Topic: “New Solutions and Improved Understanding of CSP Plants” – Second Part Register here We warmly invite all interested participants to join us. Detailed agendas for event can be found below. We look forward to […]
