Group Coordination
Guilherme Carrilho da Graça and Carla Silva
Keywords
Renewable energy;
Sustainability;
Energy in buildings;
Energy modelling
Scientific Highlights
RG4 scientific contributions range from 1) international reach in the successful application and then coordination of a H2020 project, SATO – Self Assessment Towards Optimization of Building Energy; 2) innovation with new solutions for energy storage, consubstantiated in the patent “method and apparatus for energy efficient variable power hydraulic accumulator charge and discharge control”; and 3) the ongoing development of the Solar Garden, which is an agrovoltaic demonstration laboratory.
Energy efficiency in buildings. Reducing overall energy use and increasing energy efficiency in buildings are crucial steps to ensure long-term sustainable energy use, as well as ease the financial and environmental consequences that traditionally have resulted from improved standards of building occupants. RG4 has focused on these topics, with special relevance given to the SATO project, which is currently developing a cloud-based platform that can perform self-assessment and optimization of energy consuming devices in buildings. This platform uses an artificial intelligence approach combined with 3D BIM based visualisation to provide an accurate vision of the real-life energy performance of buildings and appliances.
Energy storage. RG4 also has significantly contributed to the development of efficient energy storage solutions, which are essential to accommodate and increase renewable energy production. These findings have been published and patented, such as the “method and apparatus for energy efficient variable power hydraulic accumulator charge and discharge control” which is now leading to the creation of a startup company.
Integration of renewable energy technologies with other human infrastructure. Finally, RG4 has focused on the development of renewable energy technologies, as well as the integration of those technologies in other human infrastructure. Special focus has been given to photovoltaic technologies, as integration with buildings and with agricultural land to reduce impact on land use. The Solar urban garden is a multidisciplinary research and demonstration project of an agrovoltaic system to explore the combined and synergistic production of solar electricity and agricultural products and is installed in the outdoor solar energy laboratory on the campus of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Results have shown advantages for both the plants (through reduced heat stress and irrigation needs) and for the modules (through improved efficiency due to evapotranspiration-reduced air temperatures and lower dust deposition).
Research Outlook
RG4 has a research agenda focused on the development of sustainable and systemic solutions to the energy transition. The foundations for the energy transition are the generation of renewable and clean energy and its efficient and well-managed use. We target both challenges, with a focus on: i) Solar energy, from materials for energy to resource assessment and forecasting, distributed generation, and system integration with electric vehicles and long-term renewable energy scenarios; ii) Energy in buildings, including theoretical and experimental approaches to natural ventilation and building stock energy modelling, applied research and design projects as well as building energy audits; iii) System energy and emission analysis including mass and energy flow balances of systems transportation and biorefinery systems.
In the 2025-2029 period, the main objectives of the RG4 group will focus on the impacts of large scale integration of renewables in the energy system, including the assessment of the critical materials required for the energy transition, in articulation with RG3, and its sensitivity to climate change and extreme events, in articulation with RG1. We will proceed with the exploration of alternative system configuration with lower land footprint, including agrivoltaics, but also on other supports, such as PV in vehicles, floating PV systems, and PV integration along motorways, etc.
Of course, one of the strong impacts of large-scale integration of variable renewables in the energy system is the need to increase flexibility. This will be addressed exploring improved storage solutions (including new electrochemical materials/processes or compressed air energy storage) as well as from the demand side, where we will leverage on the breakthrough work we have been doing on AI assisted autonomous control algorithm for low energy buildings, or the potential of renewable-powered battery swapping for sector-coupling decarbonization of the power and transport sectors.
RG4 Projects
2018-2021: BIORREFINARIAS, FCT, Carla Silva *
2018-2021: Celulas Solares, FCT, José Silva (PI)
2018-2021: Contactos Seletivos, FCT, João Serra (PI)
2018-2021: OMEGAFUEL, FCT, Carla Silva (PI)
2018-2021: Tuneis escavaveis, FCT, Killian Lobato (PI)
2016-2019: MEDSOL – Strengthening Capacities of South-Mediterranean Higher Education Institutions in the Field of Solar Energy by Enhancing Links among Applied Research, Business and Education / MEDSOL , Erasmus+, João Serra (PI)
2016-2019: PV-CITY, FCT, Miguel Brito (PI)
2015-2019: Transener Réseau Européen de coopération sur la Transition Energétique en Electricité, SUDOE, José Silva (PI)
* Responsible Researcher in the IDL (Collaboration/Task leader)
RG4 Publications
2022
Dias JB, Carrilho da Graca G (2022) Using building thermal mass energy storage to offset temporary BIPV output reductions due to passing clouds in an office building, Building and Environment, 207, 108504. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108504
2021
Albuquerque DP, O’Sullivan PD, Carrilho da Graça G (2021) Effect of window geometry on wind driven single sided ventilation through one opening, Energy and Buildings, 245, 111060. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111060
Albuquerque T, Roque N, Rodrigues J, Antunes M, Silva C (2021) DRASTICAI, a New Index for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment – A Portuguese Case Study, Geosciences, 11 (6), 228. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences11060228
Babajide A, Brito MC (2021) Solar PV systems to eliminate or reduce the use of diesel generators at no additional cost: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria, Renewable Energy, 172, 209-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.088
Bensehla S, Lazri Y, Brito MC (2021) Solar potential of urban forms of a cold semi-arid city in Algeria in the present and future climate, Energy for Sustainable Development, 62, 151-162. DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2021.04.004
Brito MC, Amaro e Silva R, Freitas S (2021) Characteristic Declination—A Useful Concept for Accelerating 3D Solar Potential Calculations, Energy Technology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202000943
Brito MC, Santos T, Moura F, Pera D, Rocha J (2021) Urban solar potential for vehicle integrated photovoltaics, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 94, 102810. DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2021.102810
Carrilho da Graça G, Albuquerque DP, Sandberg M, Linden PF (2021) Pumping ventilation of corner and single sided rooms with two openings, Building and Environment, 205, 108171. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108171
Casaleiro Â, Amaro e Silva R, Bruno Teixeira, Serra JM (2021) Experimental assessment and model validation of power quality parameters for vehicle-to-grid systems, Electric Power Systems Research, 191, 106891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106891
Casaleiro A, Silva RAE, Teixeira B, Serra JM (2021) Experimental assessment and model validation of power quality parameters for vehicle-to-grid systems, Electric Power Systems Research, 191, 106891. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106891
da Silva TL, Moniz P, Silva C, Reis A (2021) The role of heterotrophic microalgae in waste conversion to biofuels and bioproducts, Processes, 9 (7), 1090. DOI: 10.3390/pr9071090
Figueiredo R, Nunes P, Brito MC (2021) The resilience of a decarbonized power system to climate variability: Portuguese case study, Energy, 224, 120125. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120125
Gomez-Jordana LI, Amaro e Silva R, Milho J, Ric A, Passos P (2021) Illustrating changes in landscapes of passing opportunities along a set of competitive football matches, Scientific Reports, 11 (1), 9792. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89184-6
Gonçalves A, Silva C (2021) Looking for sustainability scoring in apparel: A review on environmental footprint, social impacts and transparency, Energies, 14 (11), 3032. DOI: 10.3390/en14113032
Luz GP, Brito MC, Sousa JMC, Vieira SM (2021) Coordinating shiftable loads for collective photovoltaic self-consumption: A multi-agent approach, Energy, 229, 120573. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120573
Murphy MD, O’Sullivan PD, Carrilho da Graça G, O’Donovan A (2021) Development, Calibration and Validation of an Internal Air Temperature Model for a Naturally Ventilated Nearly Zero Energy Building: Comparison of Model Types and Calibration Methods, Energies, 14 (4), 871. DOI: 10.3390/en14040871
Moniz P, Silva C, Oliveira AC, Reis A, Lopes da Silva T (2021) Raw glycerol based medium for dha and lipids production, using the marine heterotrophic microalga crypthecodinium cohnii, Processes, 9 (11), 2005. DOI: 10.3390/pr9112005
Pacheco M, Pinto F, Ortigueira J, Silva C, Gírio F, Moura P (2021) Lignin syngas bioconversion by butyribacterium methylotrophicum: Advancing towards an integrated biorefinery, Energies, 14 (21), 7124. DOI: 10.3390/en14217124
Panagiotidou M, Brito MC, Hamza K, Jasieniak JJ, Jasieniak JJ, Zhou J (2021) Prospects of photovoltaic rooftops, walls and windows at a city to building scale, Solar Energy, 230, 675 – 687. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2021.10.060
Panão MJNO (2021) Lessons learnt from using energy poverty expenditure-based indicators in a mild winter climate, Energy and Buildings, 242, 110936. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.110936
Silva C (2021) Greenhouse gas emission assessment of simulated wastewater biorefinery, Resources, 10 (8), 78. DOI: 10.3390/resources10080078
Soares AR, Deus R, Barroso C, Silva C (2021) Urban Ground-Level O-3 Trends: Lessons from Portuguese Cities, 2010-2018, Atmosphere, 12 (2), 183. DOI: 10.3390/atmos12020183
Vallera AM, Nunes P, Brito MC (2021) Why we need battery swapping technology, Energy Policy, 157, 112481. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112481
2020
Albuquerque DP, Mateus N, Avantaggiato M, Carrilho da Graça G (2020) Full-scale measurement and validated simulation of cooling load reduction due to nighttime natural ventilation of a large atrium, Energy and Buildings, 224, 110233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110233
Albuquerque DP, Sandberg M, Linden PF, Carrilho da Graça G (2020) Experimental and numerical investigation of pumping ventilation on the leeward side of a cubic building, Building and Environment, 179, 106897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106897
Babajide A, Brito MC (2020) Powering the Commercial Sector in Nigeria Using Urban Swarm Solar Electrification, Sustainability, 12(10), 4053. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104053
Brito MC (2020) Assessing the Impact of Photovoltaics on Rooftops and Facades in the Urban Micro-Climate, Energies, 13(11), 2717. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13112717
Bravo Dias J, Carrilho da Graça G, Soares PMM (2020) Comparison of methodologies for generation of future weather data for building thermal energy simulation, Energy and Buildings, 206, 109556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109556
Bravo Dias J, Soares PMM, Carrilho da Graça G (2020) The shape of days to come: Effects of climate change on low energy buildings, Building and Environment, 181, 107125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107125
Casaleiro Â, Amaro e Silva R, Serra J (2020) Plug-in Electric Vehicles for Grid Services Provision: Proposing an Operational Characterization Procedure for V2G Systems, Energies, 13(5), 1240. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13051240
Costa I, Pera D, Silva JA (2020) Improving light capture on crystalline silicon wafers, Materials Letters, 272, 127825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127825
Figueiredo R, Nunes P, Oliveira Panão MJN, Brito MC (2020) Country residential building stock electricity demand in future climate – Portuguese case study, Energy and Buildings, 209, 109694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109694
Martins NR, Carrilho da Graça G (2020) A simulation study of decreased life expectancy from exposure to ambient particulate air pollution (PM2.5) in naturally ventilated workspaces, Journal of Building Engineering, 30, 101268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101268
Ortigueira J, Pacheco M, Trancoso MA, Farrancha P, Correia J, Silva C, Moura P (2020) Food waste biorefinery: Stability of an acidogenic fermentation system with carbon dioxide sequestration and electricity generation, Journal of Cleaner Production, 270, 122040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122040
Roldão Soares A, Neto D, Avelino T, Silva C (2020) Ground Level Ozone Formation Near a Traffic Intersection: Lisbon “Rotunda De Entrecampos” Case Study, Energies, 13(7):1562. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13071562
Santos T, Lobato K, Rocha J, Tenedório JA (2020) Modeling Photovoltaic Potential for Bus Shelters on a City-Scale: A Case Study in Lisbon, Applied Sciences, 10(14), 4801. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10144801
Soares A, Catita C, Silva C (2020) Exploratory Research of CO2, Noise and Metabolic Energy Expenditure in Lisbon Commuting, Energies, 13(4):861. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040861
2019
Amaro e Silva R, Brito MC (2019) Spatio-temporal PV forecasting sensitivity to modules’ tilt and orientation, Applied Energy, 255, 113807. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113807
Amaro e Silva R, Haupt SE, Brito MC (2019) A regime-based approach for integrating wind information in spatiooral solar forecasting models, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 11 (5), 056102. DOI: 10.1063/1.5098763
Arcentales D, Silva C (2019) Exploring the introduction of plug-in hybrid flex-fuel vehicles in Ecuador, Energies, 12 (11), 2244. DOI: 10.3390/en12122244
Baptista JM, Sagu JS, KG UW, Lobato K (2019) State-of-the-art materials for high power and high energy supercapacitors: Performance metrics and obstacles for the transition from lab to industrial scale – A critical approach, Chemical Engineering Journal, 374, 1153-1179. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.05.207
Brito MC, Amaro e Silva R (2019) A sinusoidal model to assess PV generation from daily irradiation data, 11 (5), 053502. DOI: 10.1063/1.5115354
Brito MC, Po JM, Pereira D, Simoes F, Rodriguez R, Amador JC (2019) Passive solar tracker based in the differential thermal expansion of vertical strips, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 11 (4), 043701. DOI: 10.1063/1.5100492
Brito MC, Redweik P, Catita C, Freitas S, Santos M (2019) 3D solar potential in the urban environment: A case study in Lisbon, Energies, 12 (18), 3457. DOI: 10.3390/en12183457
Figueiredo R, Nunes P, Meireles M, Madaleno M, Brito MC (2019) Replacing coal-fired power plants by photovoltaics in the Portuguese electricity system, Journal of Cleaner Production, 222, 129-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.217
Freitas S, Brito MC (2019) Non-cumulative only solar photovoltaics for electricity load-matching, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 109, 271-283. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.04.038
Soares PMM, Brito MC, Careto JAM (2019) Persistence of the high solar potential in Africa in a changing climate, Environmental Research Letters, 14, 124036. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab51a1
Moura R, Brito MC (2019) Prosumer aggregation policies, country experience and business models, Energy Policy, 132, 820-830. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.053
Narvarte L, Almeida RH, Carrêlo IB, Rodríguez L, Carrasco LM, Martinez-Moreno F (2019) On the number of PV modules in series for large-power irrigation systems, Energy Conversion and Management, 186, 516-525. DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.03.001
Nunes P, Pinheiro F, Brito MC (2019) The effects of environmental transport policies on the environment, economy and employment in Portugal, Journal of Cleaner Production, 213, 428-439. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.166
Oliveira Panão MJN, Carreira RFC, Brito MC (2019) Determining the shading correction factor using a smartphone camera with a fisheye lens, Solar Energy, 190, 596-607. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.08.047
Oliveira Panão MJN, Mateus NM, Carrilho da Graça G (2019) Measured and modeled performance of internal mass as a thermal energy battery for energy flexible residential buildings, Applied Energy, 252-267. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.200
Ortigueira J, Martins L, Pacheco M, Silva C, Moura P (2019) Improving the non-sterile food waste bioconversion to hydrogen by microwave pretreatment and bioaugmentation with Clostridium butyricum, Waste Management, 88, 226-235. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.021
Pacheco R, Silva C (2019) Global Warming Potential of Biomass-to-Ethanol: Review and Sensitivity Analysis through a Case Study, Energies, 12 (13), 2535. DOI: 10.3390/en12132535
Reis V, Almeida RH, Silva JA, Brito MC (2019) Demand aggregation for photovoltaic self-consumption, Energy Reports, 5, 54-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2018.11.002
Santos-Panqueva Y, Guerrero-Fajardo CA, Cuevas-Rodriguez EO, Picos-Corrales LA, Silva CM, Contreras-Andrade I (2019) Production of Bio-ethylene From Wastes of Microalgae to Biodiesel Biorefinery, Water and Biomass Valorization, 10 (2), 377-386. DOI: 10.1007/s12649-017-0064-1
Tato JH, Brito MC (2019) Using Smart Persistence and Random Forests to Predict Photovoltaic Energy Production, Energies, 12 (1), 100. DOI: 10.3390/en12010100
2018
Almeida RH, Narvarte L, Lorenzo E (2018) PV arrays with delta structures for constant irradiance daily profiles, Solar Energy, 171, 23-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2018.06.066
Amaro e Silva R, Monteiro Baptista J, Brito MC. (2018) Data-driven estimation of expected photovoltaic generation. Sol Energy. 166:116-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.03
Amaro e Silva R, Brito MC. (2018) Impact of network layout and time resolution on spatio-temporal solar forecasting. Sol Energy. 163:329-337. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2018.01.095
Bellanger P, Slaoui A, Roques S, Ulyashin AG, Debucquoy M, Straboni A, Sow A, Salinesi Y, Costa I, Serra JM. (2018) Silicon foil solar cells on low cost supports. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 10(2). DOI: 10.1063/1.5012744
Carrilho da Graça G. (2018) A technical note on simplified modeling of turbulent mixing in wind-driven single sided ventilation. Building and Environment. 131. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.01.014
Figueiredo R, Nunes P, Brito MC (2018) Multiyear calibration of simulations of energy systems, Energy. 157:932-939. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.05.188
Freitas S, Santos T, Brito MC. (2018) Impact of large scale PV deployment in the sizing of urban distribution transformers. Renew Energy. 119:767-776. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.10.096
Freitas S, Reinhart C, Brito MC. (2018) Minimizing storage needs for large scale photovoltaics in the urban environment. Sol Energy. 159:375-389. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2017.11.011
Lorenzo C, Almeida RH, Martínez-Núñez M, Narvarte L, Carrasco LM (2018) Economic assessment of large power photovoltaic irrigation systems in the ECOWAS region, Energy, 155, 992-1003. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.05.066
Martins NR, Carrilho da Graça G. (2018) Impact of PM2.5 in indoor urban environments: a review, Sustainable Cities and Society. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.07.011
Martins NR, Carrilho da Graça G. (2018) Effects of airborne fine particle pollution on the usability of natural ventilation in office buildings in three megacities in Asia. Renewable Energy. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.10.089
Oliveira Panão MJN, Brito MC. (2018) Modelling aggregate hourly electricity consumption based on bottom-up building stock, Energy and Buildings. 170: 170-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.04.010
Ortigueira J, Silva CM, Moura P. (2018) Assessment of the adequacy of different Mediterranean waste biomass types for fermentative hydrogen production and the particular advantage of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pulp. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43(16):7773-7783. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.024
Paixão SM, Alves L, Pacheco R, Silva CM. (2018) Evaluation of Jerusalem artichoke as a sustainable energy crop to bioethanol: energy and CO2eq emissions modeling for an industrial scenario. Energy 150:468-481. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.02.145
Pinto JF, Carrilho da Graça G. (2018) Comparison between geothermal district heating and deep energy refurbishment of residential building districts. Sustainable Cities and Society. 38. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.01.008
Policarpo NA, Silva CM, Lopes TFA, dos Santos Araújo R, Cavalcante FSÁ et al. (2018) Road vehicle emission inventory of a Brazilian metropolitan area and insights for other emerging economies. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 58:172-185. DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2017.12.004
Ribau JP, Vieira SM, Silva CM. (2018) Selecting sustainable electric bus powertrains using multipreference evolutionary algorithms. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 12:592-612. DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2017.1418464
Serra FC, Silva JA, Serra JM, Vallêra AM. (2018) Silicon on Dust Substrate: The Effect of Powder Size on Ribbon Production. Phys. Status Solidi A. 1701052. DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201701052
Siopa D, Nunes R, Martins MSCS Santos, Lobato K, Gomes A. (2018) The role of ethanol-water solvent mixtures in N719 sensitization of electrodeposited ZnO nanorods. J Solid State Electrochem. DOI: 10.1007/s10008-018-3985-0
Silva JA, Amaro e Silva R, Peral A, del Cañizo C. (2018) A one step method to produce boron emitters. Phys. Status Solidi A. 1701076. DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201701076
Solano JC, Brito MC, Caamano-Martin E (2018) Impact of fixed charges on the viability of self-consumption photovoltaics, Energy Policy, 122, 322-331. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.07.059
2017
Brito MC, Freitas S, Guimarães S, Catita C, Redweik P (2017) The importance of facades for the solar PV potential of a Mediterranean city using LiDAR data, Renewable Energy, 111, 85-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.03.085
Correia JM, Bastos A, Brito MC, Trigo RM (2017) The influence of the main large-scale circulation patterns on wind power production in Portugal, Renewable Energy, 102 A, 214-223. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.002
Figueiredo R, Nunes P, Brito MC (2017) The feasibility of solarparking lots for electric vehicles, Energy, 140 (1), 1182-1197. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.09.024
Fonseca JNB, Panão MJNO (2017) Monte Carlo housing stock model to predict the energy performance indicators, Energy and Buildings, 152, 503-515. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.07.059
Frazão M, Silva JA, Lobato K, Serra JM (2017) Electroluminescence of silicon solar cells using a consumer grade digital camera, Measurement, 99, 7-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2016.12.017
Martins NR, Carrilho da Graça G. (2017) Impact of outdoor PM2.5 on natural ventilation usability in California’s nondomestic buildings. Applied Energy, 189. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.103
Martins NR, Carrilho da Graça G. (2017) Simulation of the effect of fine particle pollution on the potential for natural ventilation of non-domestic buildings in European cities. Building and Environment, 115. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.01.030
Mateus NM, Carrilho da Graça G. (2017) Simulated and measured performance of displacement ventilation systems in large rooms, Building and Environment, 114: 470-482. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.01.002
Nunes P, Brito MC (2017) Displacing natural gas with electric vehicles for grid stabilization, Energy, 141, 87-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.09.064
Santos-Panqueva Y, Guerrero-Fajardo CA, Cuevas-Rodriguez EO, Picos-Corrales LA, Silva CM, Contreras-Andrade I (2017, online early) Production of Bio-ethylene From Wastes of Microalgae to Biodiesel Biorefinery, Waste Biomass Valorization. DOI: 10.1007/s12649-017-0064-1
Serra FC, Silva JA, Vallera AM, Serra JM. (2017) CVD silicon film growth on powder substrates using an inline optical system. Energy Procedia, 124. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.347
Serra JM, Alves JM, Vallera AM. (2017) Progress and challenges for cost effective kerfless Silicon crystal growth for PV application, Journal of Crystal Growth. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.09.060
Vale S, Heber L, Coelho PJ, Silva CM (2017) Parametric study of a thermoelectric generator system for exhaust gas energy recovery in diesel road freight transportation, Energy Conversion and Management, 133, 167-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.11.064
