Solar-driven Ca-Looping Process for Thermochemical Energy Storage

A clean energy storage system

Carla I.C. Pinheiro
Assistant Professor at IST
Integrated Member, CQE, IMS, IST/ULisboa

Carla I. Costa Pinheiro is currently an assistant Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department/Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa and an integrated member at Centro de Química Estrutural (CATHPRO/CQE), and Institute of Molecular Sciences (IMS). She graduated in Chemical Engineering at IST (1986), got a Master degree (Pre Bologna) in Chemical Engineering (1989), and concluded her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (1995) at the same University. Her research resulted in 50 peer reviewed scientific publications in Scopus, 13 book chapters, and 73 publications in ORCID. Additionally, she has 127 other publications in conference proceedings and others. Her main research interests are in the areas of modelling and simulation of process dynamics and control, post-combustion CO₂ capture, and also solar-driven thermochemical energy storage, and sustainability. She has participated as team member of five national FCT research projects, one European Commission  FP7 project, and one national project from C5Lab “Identification and comparison of potential solid sorbents CaO-based”. Recently, she has coordinated two FCT research projects as PI: “CaReCI – Carbon Emissions Reduction in the Cement Industry”, PTDC/AAG-MAA/6195/2014 (2016-2019), and “SoCaLTES – Solar-driven Ca-Looping Process for Thermochemical Energy Storage”, PTDC/EAM-PEC/32342/2017 (Ongoing 2019-2023), and in October 2022 she was the team leader of project SURPF2202010061- SolMat4TCES to access a solar installation of the PROMES-CNRS infrastructure, within the projects framework H2020 “SFERA III – Solar Facilities for the European Research Area” (Grant agreement 823802 between CIEMAT and the European Union).  She has a wide experience of thesis/dissertations and researchers supervision. She was Supervisor or co-Supervisor of 5 PhD thesis (concluded) and 3 ongoing, of 51 MSc. Dissertations (concluded) and 3 ongoing, 12 research fellows (concluded); 4 Post-Docs (3 concluded and 1 ongoing as Supervisor).

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