Patents by Inventor Lucía Serrano Gallar
Lucía Serrano Gallar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10514530Abstract: Mixed heliostat field combining, in the same field, heliostats of different sizes and/or with different types of facets, all of them having at least one facet and being canted or not, and either having spherical, cylindrical, flat or quasi-flat (spherical with a high curvature radius) facets, such that the solar field is optimised in order to minimise shadows and blockages between heliostats, as a result of correct positioning of the heliostats in the field.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.Inventors: Lucia Serrano Gallar, Juan Pablo Nuñez Bootello, Francisco José Cerón García
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Patent number: 9377218Abstract: The invention relates to a solar receiver with natural circulation for generating saturated steam, which uses water/steam as a heat-transfer fluid and includes a combined circuit for fluid recirculation (forced circulation and natural circulation). The system comprises: water-walls which receive the radiation on the surface thereof and inside which the working fluid changes phase; riser pipes through which the water/steam mix exiting the pipes of the receiver rises towards the drum; downpipes through which the recirculation water descends from the drum to the receiver; and a support pump in order to increase the incident power in the receiver and start up the plant when necessary.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.Inventors: Raúl Navio Gilaberte, Lucía Serrano Gallar, Rafael Osuna Gonzalez-Aguilar, Paula Llorente Folch, Valerio Fernandez Quero
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Publication number: 20150323772Abstract: Mixed heliostat field combining, in the same field, heliostats of different sizes and/or with different types of facets, all of them having at least one facet and being canted or not, and either having spherical, cylindrical, flat or quasi-flat (spherical with a high curvature radius) facets, such that the solar field is optimised in order to minimise shadows and blockages between heliostats, as a result of correct positioning of the heliostats in the field.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Lucia SERRANO GALLAR, Juan Pablo NUÑEZ BOOTELLO, Francisco José CERÓN GARCÍA
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Patent number: 9151518Abstract: Solar concentrator plant using natural-draught tower technology, in which the tower is, in turn, used as cooling system. The tower houses saturated or superheated steam receivers in cavities with different orientations, with adaptive dynamic control of the heliostat field in order to direct said receivers towards different focusing points, for the production of electricity, process heat or solar fuels or for use in thermochemical processes.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.Inventors: Rafael Olavarría Rodríguez-Arango, Elena Garcia Ramírez, José Barragan Jiménez, Raúl Navio Gilaberte, Lucía Serrano Gallar
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Patent number: 9151278Abstract: An economizer in a solar tower plant and operating method of said plant the purpose whereof is to make use of the heat from the heat losses generated around the solar tower receivers (3) to preheat the fluid with which the saturated steam or superheated steam solar receivers are fed. When the heat from the losses absorbed by the economizer (2) is not sufficient to achieve the necessary minimum temperature, a secondary economizer (4) is used which takes live steam (prior to it entering the turbine) and increases the temperature of the feed water of the receiver (3).Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.Inventors: Raul Navio Gilaberte, Jose Maria Mendez Marcos, Javier Dominguez Rodriguez, Lucia Serrano Gallar
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Patent number: 9140241Abstract: Manageable hybrid plant using photovoltaic and solar thermal technology and associated operating method, wherein said hybrid plant comprises three levels of generation: Level 1 (1) of photovoltaic generation (42) covering the self consumption of the plant; Level 2 (2) of generation of the solar thermal plant (44) and another part of photovoltaic generation (45) that covers the consumption of the auxiliary services of the solar thermal plant (43); Level 3 (3) of generation of another area of photovoltaic production (46) that improves the total production curve, the total power generated by the hybrid plant and discharged into the network (47), being the result of the sum of generation of the three levels. The photovoltaic modules of the invention are located in: in the north or south side of the tower not occupied by the cavity; the area surrounding the solar receivers of the tower; on covers or roofs of the plant at the rear of the heliostats; on land annexed to the tower plant.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.Inventors: Juan Pablo Nuñez Bootello, Salvador Valenzuela Rubia, Lucia Serrano Gallar, Lucia Fernandez Calderon
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Patent number: 8978640Abstract: Superheated steam tower receiver with a well-defined configuration that benefits the transfer of heat between the surface of the component and the working fluid. Composed of at least four subpanels that define the circulation circuit for the steam by means of internal passages. The component is provided with saturated steam and for the production of said steam it is possible to use other solar concentrator technology. The proposed configuration minimizes the technological risks inherent in superheated steam receiver technology where drawbacks arise in the structure of the material owing to the thermal cycles to which the solar component is subjected.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.Inventors: Raúl Navio Gilaberte, Noelia Martinez Sanz, José Barragan Jiménez, Lucía Serrano Gallar, Paula Llorente Folch, José María Méndez Marcos
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Publication number: 20150020793Abstract: The invention relates to a panel-based solar receiver for a thermal solar tower power plant (4), which comprises: a front panel (8), the external surface of which receives solar radiation (2) from the field of heliostats (3), a back panel (9), sealing elements (10) between the panels (8, 9), arranged at the lateral ends of both, an intake collector (5), located in the upper part of the panels (8, 9), where the heat transfer fluid enters the receiver (1) and an evacuation collector (6), located in the lower part of the panels (8, 9), where the heat transfer fluid leaves the receiver (1); wherein the front panel (8), back panel (9) and the two sealing elements (10) form the receiver body (16), which constitutes a passage for the heat transfer fluid (7) to travel through. Each solar tower can contain one or several panel-based receivers (1) and be arranged in series or in parallel, with the same or a different fluid (7) circulating there through.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicants: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A., INGENIERIA Y DISEÑO EUROPEO, S.A. (IDESA)Inventors: Paula Llorente Folch, Raúl Navío Gilaberte, Lucía Serrano Gallar, Andrés Castro De Benito, Jorge Villarrica Viñas, Pablo Coca Valdés
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Publication number: 20140373830Abstract: The invention relates to a configuration of the receivers in concentrated solar plants with towers comprising at least one medium-temperature receiver (3) and one high-temperature receiver (4) in which each high-temperature receiver (4) is located above and slightly in front of each medium-temperature receiver (3), such that a portion of the rays that bounce off the medium-temperature receiver (3) heats the rear portion of the high-temperature receiver (4) and in which the high-temperature receiver (4) is positioned such that the majority of the surface thereof is opposite the wall of the cavity (2), only the bottom portion of the receiver (4) remaining free.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: José María Méndez Marcos, Maite Diago López, Lucía Serrano Gallar, Raúl Navío Gilaberte
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Publication number: 20130298964Abstract: Manageable hybrid plant using photovoltaic and solar thermal technology and associated operating method, wherein said hybrid plant comprises three levels of generation: Level 1 (1) of photovoltaic generation (42) covering the self consumption of the plant; Level 2 (2) of generation of the solar thermal plant (44) and another part of photovoltaic generation (45) that covers the consumption of the auxiliary services of the solar thermal plant (43); Level 3 (3) of generation of another area of photovoltaic production (46) that improves the total production curve, the total power generated by the hybrid plant and discharged into the network (47), being the result of the sum of generation of the three levels. The photovoltaic modules of the invention are located in: in the north or south side of the tower not occupied by the cavity; the area surrounding the solar receivers of the tower; on covers or roofs of the plant at the rear of the heliostats; on land annexed to the tower plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.Inventors: Juan Pablo Nuñez Bootello, Salvador Valenzuela Rubia, Lucia Serrano Gallar, Lucia Fernandez Calderon
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Publication number: 20130199183Abstract: An economizer in a solar tower plant and operating method of said plant the purpose whereof is to make use of the heat from the heat losses generated around the solar tower receivers (3) to preheat the fluid with which the saturated steam or superheated steam solar receivers are fed. When the heat from the losses absorbed by the economizer (2) is not sufficient to achieve the necessary minimum temperature, a secondary economizer (4) is used which takes live steam (prior to it entering the turbine) and increases the temperature of the feed water of the receiver (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.Inventors: Raul Navio Navio Gilaberte, Jose Maria Mendez Marcos, Javier Dominguez Rodriguez, Lucia Serrano Gallar
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Publication number: 20120125319Abstract: Superheated steam tower receiver with a well-defined configuration that benefits the transfer of heat between the surface of the component and the working fluid. Composed of at least four subpanels that define the circulation circuit for the steam by means of internal passages. The component is provided with saturated steam and for the production of said steam it is possible to use other solar concentrator technology. The proposed configuration minimizes the technological risks inherent in superheated steam receiver technology where drawbacks arise in the structure of the material owing to the thermal cycles to which the solar component is subjected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.Inventors: Raúl Navio Gilaberte, Noelia Martinez Sanz, José Barragan Jiménez, Lucia Serrano Gallar, Paula Llorente Folch, José Maria Méndez Marcos
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Publication number: 20120125000Abstract: Solar concentrator plant using natural-draught tower technology, in which the tower is, in turn, used as cooling system. The tower houses saturated or superheated steam receivers in cavities with different orientations, with adaptive dynamic control of the heliostat field in order to direct said receivers towards different focusing points, for the production of electricity, process heat or solar fuels or for use in thermochemical processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.Inventors: Rafael Olavarría Rodríguez-Arango, Elena García Ramírez, Josê Barragán Jiménez, Raúl Navío Gilaberte, Lucía Serrano Gallar
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Publication number: 20120096859Abstract: Air- and steam-technology combined solar plant for use in the fields of electricity production, process heat, and solar fuels, as well as thermo-chemical processes, produced from the combination of a non-pressurised-air solar receptor, a saturated-steam solar receptor and a heat exchanger separate from the solar input that is used to produce overheated steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.Inventors: Raúl Navio Gilaberte, Lucia Serrano Gallar, Paula Llorenter Folch, Noelia Martinez Sanz, Sandra Alvarez De Miguel, Javier Asensio Perez-Ullivarri
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Publication number: 20120080027Abstract: The invention relates to a solar receiver with natural circulation for generating saturated steam, which uses water/steam as a heat-transfer fluid and includes a combined circuit for fluid recirculation (forced circulation and natural circulation). The system comprises: water-walls which receive the radiation on the surface thereof and inside which the working fluid changes phase; riser pipes through which the water/steam mix exiting the pipes of the receiver rises towards the boiler; downpipes through which the recirculation water descends from the boiler to the receiver; and a support pump in order to increase the incident power in the receiver and start up the plant when necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.Inventors: Raúl Navo Gilaberteí, Lucia Serrano Gallar, Rafael Osuma Gonzalez-Aguilar, Paula Llorente Folch, Valerio Mario Fernandez Quero