Dra. Eva María Arenas Pinilla

Current position:

Associate Professor

Research Area:

Fire Safety, Thermal and Fluids Engineering

Association date:

01/Sep/2018

Location:

AA25. D-318

Phone extension number:

+34 91 542-2800 ext. 4213

Email:

earenas@icai.comillas.edu

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Biography:

Eva Arenas Pinilla is an Industrial Engineer from ICAI (1997) and PhD from Comillas Pontifical University (2004). She has worked in the company Patentes Talgo, S.A (2001-2004) and is a member on leave of the Cuerpo de Ingenieros Industriales del Estado, where she was working from 2006 to 2011 (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce). In 2011, she joined the University with full dedication, teaching Turbomachinery, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics and being involved in projects related to applied fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, turbomachines (both hydraulic and thermal) and energy poverty.

Areas of interest:

S-CO2 turbomachinery, hydro-powered pumping, hydraulic turbomachinery, energy poverty

Journal Publications

Lefranc, L., Linares, J.I., Santos-Montes, A., Arenas, E.M., Sastre, C. M., Moratilla, B.Y., Biohydrogen with negative CO2 emissions from municipal solid waste for decarbonising the public bus fleet. Application to the municipality of Madrid. Journal of Environmental Management. Vol. 371, pp. 123258-1 - 123258-13, December 2024. [Online: November 2024] JCR: 8,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,771 Q1 (2023)
Yagüe, L., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Romero, J.C., Biohydrogen production through biomethane steam reforming with CCUS for decarbonizing Spain's tile industry. Results in Engineering. Vol. 24, pp. 103361-1 - 103361-18, December 2024. [Online: November 2024] JCR: 6,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,794 Q1 (2023)
Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Montes, M.J., Cantizano, A., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., Porras, J., Direct coupling of pressurized gas receiver to a brayton supercritical CO2 power cycle in solar thermal power plants. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. Vol. 61, pp. 105021-1 - 105021-19, September 2024. [Online: August 2024] JCR: 6,400 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,035 Q1 (2023)
Yagüe, L., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Romero, J.C., Levelized cost of biohydrogen from steam reforming of biomethane with carbon capture and storage (golden hydrogen)—application to Spain. Energies. Vol. 17, nº. 5, pp. 1134-1 - 1134-18, March 2024. [Online: February 2024] JCR: 3,000 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,651 Q1 (2023)
Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Cantizano, A., Montes, M.J., Rovira, A.J., Porras, J., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., Innovative integrated solar combined cycle: enhancing dispatchability with a partial recuperative gas turbine and supercritical CO2 bottoming cycle, coupled with an ORC. Solar Energy. Vol. 264, pp. 112075-1 - 112075-16, November 2023. [Online: October 2023] JCR: 6,000 Q2 (2023); - SJR: 1,311 Q1 (2023);
Barrella, R., Linares, J.I., Romero, J.C., Arenas, E.M., Evaluating the impact of energy efficiency strategies on households’ energy affordability: a Spanish case study. Energy and Buildings. Vol. 295, pp. 113289-1 - 113289-13, September 2023. [Online: June 2023] JCR: 6,600 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 1,632 Q1 (2023);
Linares, J.I., Martín-Colino, A., Arenas, E.M., Montes, M.J., Cantizano, A., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., A novel hybrid CSP-PV power plant based on brayton supercritical CO2 thermal machines. Applied Sciences. Vol. 13, nº. 17, pp. 9532-1 - 9532-18, September 2023. [Online: August 2023] JCR: 2,500 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 0,508 Q2 (2023);
Linares, J.I., Martín-Colino, A., Arenas, E.M., Montes, M.J., Cantizano, A., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., Carnot battery based on Brayton supercritical CO2 thermal machines using concentrated solar thermal energy as a low-temperature source. Energies. Vol. 16, nº. 9, pp. 3871-1 - 3871-25, May 2023. [Online: May 2023] JCR: 3,000 Q3 (2023); - SJR: 0,651 Q1 (2023);
Cantizano, A., Ayala, P., Arenas, E.M., Pérez-Domínguez, J.R., Gutiérrez, C., Numerical and experimental investigation on the effect of heat release rate in the evolution of fire whirls. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. Vol. 41, pp. 102513-1 - 102513-12, January 2023. [Online: October 2022] JCR: 6,400 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 1,035 Q1 (2023);
Barrella, R., Romero, J.C., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Asín, M., Centeno, E., The dark side of energy poverty: who is underconsuming in Spain and why?. Energy Research & Social Science. Vol. 86, pp. 102428-1 - 102428-24, April 2022. [Online: December 2021] JCR: 6,700 Q1 (2022); 6,900 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,171 Q1 (2022); 2,320 Q1 (2023)
Ferrero, S., Batet, L., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Cantizano, A., Savoldi, L., A modelica dynamic model of a supercritical CO2 energy conversion system for EU-DEMO. Fusion Engineering and Design. Vol. 173, pp. 112826-1 - 112826-8, December 2021. [Online: August 2021] JCR: 1,905 Q2 (2021); 1,900 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,610 Q2 (2021); 0,563 Q2 (2023)
Barrella, R., Linares, J.I., Romero, J.C., Arenas, E.M., Centeno, E., Does cash money solve energy poverty? Assessing the impact of household heating allowances in Spain. Energy Research & Social Science. Vol. 80, pp. 102216-1 - 102216-18, October 2021. [Online: August 2021] JCR: 8,514 Q1 (2021); 6,900 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,551 Q1 (2021); 2,320 Q1 (2023)
Barrella, R., Priego, I., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Romero, J.C., Centeno, E., Feasibility study of a centralised electrically driven air source heat pump water heater to face energy poverty in block dwellings in Madrid (Spain). Energies. Vol. 13, nº. 11, pp. 2723-1 - 2723-23, June 2020. [Online: May 2020] JCR: 3,004 Q3 (2020); 3,000 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,598 Q2 (2020); 0,651 Q1 (2023)
Intriago Zambrano, J.C., Van Dijk, R.W., Michavila, J., Arenas, E.M., Diehl, J.C., Ertsen, M.W., Co-creation of affordable and clean pumped irrigation for smallholders: lessons from Nepal and Malawi. Water Science and Technology-Water Supply. Vol. 20, nº. 4, pp. 1368 - 1379, June 2020. [Online: April 2020] JCR: 1,275 Q4 (2020); 1,900 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,318 Q3 (2020); 0,452 Q2 (2023)
Intriago Zambrano, J.C., Michavila, J., Arenas, E.M., Carel Diehl, J., Ertsen, M.W., Water lifting water: a comprehensive spatiotemporal review on the hydro-powered water pumping technologies. Water. Vol. 11, nº. 8, pp. 10677-1 - 10677-33, August 2019. [Online: August 2019] JCR: 2,544 Q2 (2019); 3,000 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,657 Q1 (2019); 0,724 Q1 (2023)
Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Cantizano, A., Porras, J., Moratilla, B.Y., Carmona, M., Batet, L., Sizing of a recuperative supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle as power conversion system for DEMO fusion reactor based on dual coolant lithium lead blanket. Fusion Engineering and Design. Vol. 134, pp. 79 - 91, September 2018. [Online: July 2018] JCR: 1,457 Q2 (2018); 1,900 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2018); 0,563 Q2 (2023)
Linares, J.I., Cantizano, A., Arenas, E.M., Moratilla, B.Y., Martín Palacios, V., Batet, L., Recuperated versus single-recuperator re-compressed supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycles for DEMO fusion reactor based on dual coolant lithium lead blanket. Energy. Vol. 140, nº. Part 1, pp. 307 - 317, December 2017. [Online: September 2017] JCR: 4,968 Q1 (2017); 9,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 2,110 Q1 (2023)
Uris Mas, M., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Feasibility assessment of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) cogeneration plant (CHP/CCHP) fueled by biomass for a district network in mainland Spain. Energy. Vol. 133, pp. 969 - 985, August 2017. [Online: May 2017] JCR: 4,968 Q1 (2017); 9,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 2,110 Q1 (2023)
Uris Mas, M., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Size optimization of a biomass-fired cogeneration plant CHP/CCHP (Combined heat and power/Combined heat, cooling and power) based on Organic Rankine Cycle for a district network in Spain. Energy. Vol. 88, pp. 935 - 945, August 2015. [Online: August 2015] JCR: 4,292 Q1 (2015); 9,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,110 Q1 (2023)
Uris Mas, M., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Techno-economic feasibility assessment of a biomass cogeneration plant based on an Organic Rankine Cycle. Renewable Energy. Vol. 66, pp. 707 - 713, June 2014. [Online: February 2014] JCR: 3,476 Q1 (2014); 9,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 1,923 Q1 (2023)

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Projects

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Ph.D. Thesis

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Conference Papers

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Books and Book Chapters

Arenas, E.M., Barrella, R., Burzaco, M., Cabrera, P.J., Centeno, E., Escribano, M.E., Ibáñez Jiménez, J.W., Linares, J.I., Linares, P., Romero, J.C., Sanz, P., La pobreza energética en España, in Report Spain 2019. Editors Blanco-Martín, A.; et al., . Ed. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid, Spain, 2019.

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International Exchanges

Apr - Jun 2001Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover. Hannover (Germany).

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Invited Conferences and Seminars

Workshop "Bioenergy in action: how to obtain biomethane from waste" Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2024. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2024.
Workshop "Bioenergy in action: producing biomethane from waste " Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2023. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2023.
Conference "Energy poverty vision and challenges to be tackled" Webinar «10 Años de "Ni Un Hogar Sin Energía": Acción e innovación en la lucha contra la pobreza energética.» . Fundación Ecológica y Desarrollo - ECODES. Online. Oct 2023.
Round table "The role of golden hydrogen in the decarbonization of the residential sector" VIII Congreso Nacional de Igenieros del ICAI «Somos historia que construye futuro». Colegio de Ingenieros del ICAI. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2021.
Round table "Modeling and analysis of the electricity consumption of vulnerable households in Spain" VIII Congreso Nacional de Igenieros del ICAI «Somos historia que construye futuro». Colegio de Ingenieros del ICAI. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2021.
Seminar "Roadmap to a green Europe" XII Noche Europea de los Investigadores de Madrid. . Fundación madri+d; Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Sep 2021.
Conference "Modeling and analysis of electricity consumption in Spanish vulnerable households. Technical session: Energy transition" 14th IEEE PowerTech Conference 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society (IEEE PES); y Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Online. Jun 2021.
Conference "Presentation of the project: "Development of a model for calculating theoretical electricity consumption in Spanish homes"" VI Sesión del Seminario Interdisciplinar. Cátedra de Energía y Pobreza. Cátedra de Energía y Pobreza. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2021.
Conference "Analysis of the results of the Project "Not a home without energy”" IV Sesión del Seminario Interdisciplinar. Cátedra de Energía y Pobreza. Cátedra de Energía y Pobreza. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). May 2020.

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Organization of Scientific Meetings

Organization of "Present and future of pumped hydro energy storage". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2024.
Organization of "The race for resources: How critical raw materials may shape the future energy landscape". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2023.
Organization of "Nuclear microreactors and small modular reactors (SMRs): Is the future of nuclear power on the small scale?". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2023.
Organization of "Evolution of the HTGR advanced nuclear reactor up to the MIGHTR, developed by Boston Atomics". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2022.
Organization of "Ammonia as an energy vector for the transport and storage of hydrogen". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2022.
Organization of "XIII Annual Conference of Rafael Mariño Chair in New Energy Technologies". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas - Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Online. Jun 2021.
Member of Committee at "14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - HEFAT 2019". africaMASSIVE. Wicklow (Ireland). Jul 2019.
Organization of "Congress on Industrial and Agricultural Canals". Fundación Universitat de Lleida. Lerida (Spain). Sep 2014.

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Technical Reports

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Working Papers

Barrella, R., Palma, P., Gouveia, J.P., Romero, J.C., Arenas, E.M., Linares, J.I., Toward an integrated policy framework to address energy poverty in the Iberian Peninsula: an exploratory analysis, March 2022

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Media and research dissemination

"6X06 -Tips&Tricks: How to be successful in your TFG or TFM". Casting the Future. (Dec 2024)
"Fire whirls in an atrium: experimental and numerical observations". SFPE Europe Magazine, Issue 28. (Dec 2022)
"1X11 - Resources for energy transition". Casting the Future. (Jul 2022)
"What effect does lowering the heating thermostat one degree have on gas consumption?". The Conversation. (Apr 2022)

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Fellowships and Awards

Director of prizewinning work in "Empresarios Agrupados Prize for the best Final Year Project 2022-23. PFC Supervisor «Central solar híbrida CSP/PV integrada mediante bomba de calor de alta temperatura basada en ciclo inverso de Brayton con CO2 supercrítico» by A. Martín Colino". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2024.
Director of prizewinning work in "Fundación Repsol Prize for the best Final Year Project 2022-23. PFC Supervisor «Recuperación de calores residuales (WHR) en una cementera mediante ciclo de Rankine orgánico (ORC)» by L. Serrat Albano". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2024.
Director of prizewinning work in "Empresarios Agrupados Prize for the best Final Year Project 2018-19. PFC Supervisor «Techno-economic feasibility analysis of Brayton supercritical CO2 power cycles as power conversion system for fusion reactors based on HCPB blanket» by Mar Carmona Sanz". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Sep 2020.
Director of prizewinning work in "Empresarios Agrupados Prize for the best Final Year Project 2017-18. PFC Supervisor «Análisis técnico-económico de la sustitución del ciclo de vapor por uno de CO2 supercrítico en configuraciones de ciclo combinado» by Elena Rueda Zaldívar". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2019.

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Dra. Eva María Arenas Pinilla

Journal Publications

Uris Mas, M., Linares, J.I., Arenas, E.M., Techno-economic feasibility assessment of a biomass cogeneration plant based on an Organic Rankine Cycle. Renewable Energy. Vol. 66, pp. 707 - 713, June 2014. [Online: February 2014] JCR: 3,476 Q1 (2014); 9,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 1,923 Q1 (2023)

Projects

Ph.D. Thesis

Developed:

Supervised:

In progress:

L. Yagüe Muñoz, Bio-hydrogen with CCUS (golden hydrogen) as decarbonisation tool in hard-to-abate industrial sectors. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (España).

Conference Papers

Books and Book Chapters

International Exchanges

Apr - Jun 2001Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover. Hannover (Germany).

Invited Conferences and Seminars

Workshop "Bioenergy in action: how to obtain biomethane from waste" Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2024. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2024.

Workshop "Bioenergy in action: producing biomethane from waste " Semana de la Ciencia y la Innovación 2023. Fundación para el conocimiento madri+d. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2023.

Conference "Energy poverty vision and challenges to be tackled" Webinar «10 Años de "Ni Un Hogar Sin Energía": Acción e innovación en la lucha contra la pobreza energética.» . Fundación Ecológica y Desarrollo - ECODES. Online. Oct 2023.

Round table "The role of golden hydrogen in the decarbonization of the residential sector" VIII Congreso Nacional de Igenieros del ICAI «Somos historia que construye futuro». Colegio de Ingenieros del ICAI. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2021.

Round table "Modeling and analysis of the electricity consumption of vulnerable households in Spain" VIII Congreso Nacional de Igenieros del ICAI «Somos historia que construye futuro». Colegio de Ingenieros del ICAI. Madrid (Spain). Nov 2021.

Seminar "Roadmap to a green Europe" XII Noche Europea de los Investigadores de Madrid. . Fundación madri+d; Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Sep 2021.

Conference "Analysis of the results of the Project "Not a home without energy”" IV Sesión del Seminario Interdisciplinar. Cátedra de Energía y Pobreza. Cátedra de Energía y Pobreza. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). May 2020.

Organization of Scientific Meetings

Organization of "Present and future of pumped hydro energy storage". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2024.

Organization of "The race for resources: How critical raw materials may shape the future energy landscape". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2023.

Organization of "Nuclear microreactors and small modular reactors (SMRs): Is the future of nuclear power on the small scale?". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2023.

Organization of "Evolution of the HTGR advanced nuclear reactor up to the MIGHTR, developed by Boston Atomics". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Mar 2022.

Organization of "Ammonia as an energy vector for the transport and storage of hydrogen". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Feb 2022.

Organization of "XIII Annual Conference of Rafael Mariño Chair in New Energy Technologies". Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas - Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Online. Jun 2021.

Member of Committee at "14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - HEFAT 2019". africaMASSIVE. Wicklow (Ireland). Jul 2019.

Organization of "Congress on Industrial and Agricultural Canals". Fundación Universitat de Lleida. Lerida (Spain). Sep 2014.

Technical Reports

Working Papers

Media and research dissemination

"6X06 -Tips&Tricks: How to be successful in your TFG or TFM". Casting the Future. (Dec 2024)

"Fire whirls in an atrium: experimental and numerical observations". SFPE Europe Magazine, Issue 28. (Dec 2022)

"1X11 - Resources for energy transition". Casting the Future. (Jul 2022)

"What effect does lowering the heating thermostat one degree have on gas consumption?". The Conversation. (Apr 2022)

Fellowships and Awards

Director of prizewinning work in "Fundación Repsol Prize for the best Final Year Project 2022-23. PFC Supervisor «Recuperación de calores residuales (WHR) en una cementera mediante ciclo de Rankine orgánico (ORC)» by L. Serrat Albano". Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). Apr 2024.