Solar-driven Ca-Looping Process for Thermochemical Energy Storage

A clean energy storage system

Carlos Ortiz
Associate Professor at Universidad Loyola Andalucia

Associate Professor at Universidad Loyola Andalucia. Technical Industrial Engineer -chemical- (2009), Industrial Engineer -energy- (2015) and PhD in Energy Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental from the University of Seville (2018). In his curriculum, it is worth highlighting the multidisciplinary profile, combining research and teaching experience, as well as experience as a process engineer and an entrepreneur, as the founder of two engineering companies -INSENE and GENEREN.

As a researcher, Dr. Ortiz finished his PhD thesis on the Calcium-Looping process applied as both post-combustion CO2 capture and thermochemical energy storage systems in CSP plants. During his PhD thesis, He worked abroad for 4 months in Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Dr. Ortiz is a co-author of more than 50 JCR papers. In addition, he has participated in more than 15 conferences and applied for two international patents. Dr. Ortiz has participated in 5 international and 4 Spanish research projects. He is the principal researcher of 4 competitive Spanish research ongoing projects related to the Calcium-Looping Process.

Dr. Ortiz is a recognized researcher in thermochemical energy storage. He is among the ten authors with the most publications on “thermochemical energy storage” (SCOPUS, Dec 2022) and has been included in Standford University’s Top 2% Scientists List. Since 2015, the total number of citations to his work is >2000 in Google Scholar, with an H-index of 24. In general, the research lines followed to date are Energy Analysis of CSP Plants, Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Storage and Transportation, Modelling of Energy Storage Systems, Design, Analysis and Optimization of Power Production and Cogeneration Systems and their Components, Energy Production, Transmission and Conversion- Modelling of Energy Systems, Thermodynamic Analysis, CO2 Capture and Storage and Thermochemical Energy Storage systems based on Calcium-Looping.