Profile (CV) of the research teaching staff

Journal articles

• Pina, Eduardo A.; Sharma, Shivom; Amladi, Amogh; Diethelm, Stefan; Maréchal, François; Van Herle, Jan. A novel waterborne Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-based cogeneration system with realistic heat management. ENERGY. 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.138051
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo Antonio; Van Veldhuizen, Berend; Marechal, Francois; Van Herle, Jan. A comparative techno-economic assessment of alternative fuels in SOFC Systems for cruise ships. ECS TRANSACTIONS. 2023. DOI: 10.1149/11106.2459ecst
  
  
• Serra, Lm; Pina, Ea; Guillén, S; Bruno, Jc; Lázaro, A. Editorial: The special issue of ENERGY - The international journal dedicated to the 6th International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP-2021). ENERGY. 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.127071
  
  
• Yu, Hangyu; Wang, Ligang; Van Herle, Jan; Pina, Eduardo Antonio. Waste2Watts: techno-economic feasibility of biogas-fed SOFC power system integrated with biogas cleaning unit and carbon capture technologies. MEETING ABSTRACTS (ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY). 2023. DOI: 10.1149/MA2023-0154321mtgabs
  
  
• Lozano, Miguel A.; Serra, Luis M.; Pina, Eduardo A. Optimal design of trigeneration systems for buildings considering cooperative game theory for allocating production cost to energy services. ENERGY. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.125299
  
  
• Guillén-Lambea, S.; Pina, E.A.; Serra, L.M.; Lozano, M.A.; Lazaro, A. Environmental assessment of medium-size solar organic Rankine Cycle cogeneration plants. APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.118692
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo Antonio; Lozano, Miguel Ángel; Serra, Luis María. Assessing the influence of legal constraints on the integration of renewable energy technologies in polygeneration systems for buildings. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111382
  
  
• Melo, Filipi Maciel; Pina, Eduardo Antonio; Carvalho, Monica. Optimization and sensitivity analyses of a combined cooling, heat and power system for a residential building. THERMAL SCIENCE. 2021. DOI: 10.2298/TSCI200718335M
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo Antonio; Lozano, Miguel Ángel; Serra, Luis María; Hernández, Adrian; Lázaro, Ana. Design and thermoeconomic analysis of a solar parabolic trough – ORC – biomass cooling plant for a commercial center. SOLAR ENERGY. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.11.080
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo Antonio; Serra, Luis M.; Lozano, Miguel A.; Hernández, Adrian; Lázaro, Ana. Comparative analysis and design of a solar-based parabolic trough–orc cogeneration plant for a commercial center . ENERGIES. 2020. DOI: 10.3390/en13184807
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo A.; Lozano, Miguel A.; Ramos, José C.; Serra, Luis M. Tackling thermal integration in the synthesis of polygeneration systems for buildings. APPLIED ENERGY. 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115115
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo Antonio; Lozano, Miguel Ángel; Serra, Luis María. A multiperiod multiobjective framework for the synthesis of trigeneration systems in tertiary sector buildings. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH. 2019. DOI: 10.1002/er.5006
  
  
• Pina, E.A.; Lozano, M.A.; Serra, L.M. Allocation of economic costs in trigeneration systems at variable load conditions including renewable energy sources and thermal energy storage. ENERGY. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.03.083
  
  
• Pina, E.A.; Lozano, M.A.; Serra, L.M. Thermoeconomic cost allocation in simple trigeneration systems including thermal energy storage. ENERGY. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.04.012
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo A.; Lozano, Miguel A.; Serra, Luis M. Optimal operation and marginal costs in simple trigeneration systems including thermal energy storage. ENERGY. 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.06.101
  
  
• Pina, Eduardo Antonio; Palacios-Bereche, Reynaldo; Chavez-Rodriguez, Mauro F.; Ensinas, Adriano V.; Modesto, Marcelo; Nebra, Silvia A. Reduction of process steam demand and water-usage through heat integration in sugar and ethanol production from sugarcane – Evaluation of different plant configurations. ENERGY. 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.06.054
  
  
• Modesto, Marcelo; Aoki C., Adriana; Lodi, Andressa; Pina, Eduardo Antonio. Assessment of the potential to increase electricity generation from sugarcane straw in brazilian sugarcane cogeneration plants. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS. 2016. DOI: 10.3303/CET1650033
  
  
• Pina, E.A; Palacios-Bereche, R.; Chavez-Rodrigues, M.F.; Ensinas, A.V.; Modesto, M.; Nebra, S.A. Thermal integration of different plant configurations of sugar and ethanol production from sugarcane. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS. 2014. DOI: 10.3303/CET1439192
  
  

Projects

• Sustain3: ESTRATEGIAS INNOVADORAS PARA ALCANZAR SISTEMAS DE POLIGENERACION INTELIGENTES Y SOSTENIBLES: UN ENFOQUE EN EL ANALISIS DE CICLO DE VIDA Y MODELOS DE CONTROL PREDICTIVO. 01/01/25 - 31/12/27
  
  
• Closing the Energy Cycle. 08/02/24 - 07/02/25
  
  
• GISOptiTes – Potential assessment of large-scale seasonal thermal energy storage in Switzerland by means of GIS based energy modelling and optimization. 08/01/24 - 31/03/26
  
  
• Heating Bits: renewable-supplied data centers integrating heating and cooling supply of local districts. 01/09/23 - 31/08/29
  
  
• T55_23R: Ingeniería térmica y sistemas energéticos (GITSE). 01/01/23 - 31/12/25
  
  
• TED2021-131061B-C31: Almacenamiento de energía térmica inteligente para la descarboniación del sector energético: integración energética. 01/12/22 - 30/09/25
  
  
• Sustainable well-being for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy transition (SWICE). 01/09/22 - 31/03/29
  
  
• SWICE: Sustainable well-being for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy transition. 01/09/22 - 31/03/29
  
  
• HTHP-CH – Integration of High-Temperature Heat Pumps (HTHPs) in Swiss Industrial Processes. 15/11/21 - 31/03/24
  
  
• PID2020-115500RB-I00: Síntesis y optimización de sistemas de trigeneración neutros en carbono basados en energía solar térmica y biomasa con apoyo de almacenamiento térmico. 01/09/21 - 29/11/24
  
  
• Nautical Integrated Hybrid Energy System for Long-haul Cruise Ships (NAUTILUS). 01/07/20 - 30/06/24
  
  
• T55_20R: Ingeniería Térmica Y Sistemas Energéticos (GITSE). 01/01/20 - 31/12/22
  
  
• Joint Action Plan on Energy Efficiency for Smart Cities. 23/09/19 -
  
  
• HybriTES - Thermal energy storage integration into hybrid thermal generation in district heating and cooling using heat pump, solar energy and biomass. 01/01/18 - 31/12/20
  
  
• GRUPO DE REFERENCIA INGENIERÍA TÉRMICA Y SISTEMAS ENERGÉTICOS (GITSE). 01/01/17 - 31/12/19
  
  
• DISTRITES - Integration of thermal energy storage into district heating and cooling systems to increase the solar fraction and renewable energy sources. 01/01/15 - 31/12/17
  
  
• Development of methodology for pricing the space of electric energy generation reservoirs for its use as a legal easement (ducts) [EMAE/UFABC]. 12/11/13 - 31/05/15
  
  
• Simulation of 1st generation sugarcane biorefinery in EMSO platform. 01/07/12 - 30/06/16
  
  
• Computational modelling of thermoelectric systems – A study on steam power systems. 01/08/09 - 31/07/10
  
  

Supervision of undergraduate dissertations

• Herramienta simple para el cálculo de sistemas de poligeneración con captadores solares térmicos y ciclo rankine orgánico - Aplicación al suministro de servicios energéticos en edificios. Universidad de Zaragoza. Matrícula de honor. 17/12/21
  
  
• Herramienta simple para el cálculo de sistemas de poligeneración con captadores solares térmicos y ciclo rankine orgánico - Aplicación al suministro de servicios energéticos en edificios. Universidad de Zaragoza. Matrícula de honor. 17/12/21
  
  

Supervision of master's theses

• Desenvolvimento e aplicação de ferramenta de suporte à decisão para análise técnica, financeira e ambiental na escolha de sistemas de bomba de calor: estudo de caso de um hospital na região sudeste do Brasil. Universidade Federal do ABC. Sobresaliente. 12/06/25
  
  
• Diseño y evaluación técnico-económica de sistemas de poligeneración con concentradores solares térmicos y ciclo rankine orgánico para edificios. Universidad de Zaragoza. Notable. 08/10/21
  
  
• Diseño y evaluación técnico-económica de sistemas de poligeneración con concentradores solares térmicos y ciclo rankine orgánico para edificios. Universidad de Zaragoza. Notable. 08/10/21
  
  

Previous research

• Investigador postdoctoral - Modalidad Margarita Salas. Universidad de Zaragoza. 01/01/22 - 31/12/23
  
  
• Doctor Colaborador Junior N2 (tiempo completo). Universidad de Zaragoza. 12/11/19 - 30/11/20
  
  

Participation in conferences

• 14th National and 5th International Conference in Engineering Thermodynamics (14CNIT). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Comparative study of a Concentrating Solar Collector Field with Thermal Energy Storage Modelled in LINGO and NREL’s System Advisor Model. Zaragoza. 04/06/25
  
  
• ECOS24. 37th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION FOR WATERBORN SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL COGENERATION SYSTEM. Rhodes. 30/06/24
  
  
• XIII National and y IV International Conference on Engineering Thermodynamics (13cnit). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Multicriteria optimization of SOFC-ORC trigeneration systems for commercial buildings with carbon tax considerations. Castellón de la Plana. 27/11/23
  
  
• International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP 2023). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Design and techno-economic evaluation of carbon neutral polygeneration systems for urban districts based on solar thermal energy and thermal energy storage. Kuta. 26/07/23
  
  
• ECOS 2023 36TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EFFICIENCY, COSTS, OPTIMIZATION, SIMULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Hybridisation Scenarios of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Batteries, and Internal Combustion Engines for Waterborne Transportation. Gran Canaria. 25/06/23
  
  
• 18th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XVIII). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). A Comparative Techno-Economic Assessment of Alternative Fuels in SOFC Systems for Cruise Ships. Boston. 28/05/23
  
  
• 14th IEA Heat Pump Conference. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Integration of High-Temperature Heat Pumps in Swiss Industrial Processes (HTHP-CH). Chicago. 15/05/23
  
  
• International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry (EuroSun 2022). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Analysis of Solar Thermal Polygeneration Systems for the Residential-Commercial Sector. Kassel. 25/09/22
  
  
• ECOS 2022 35th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). High temperature heat pumps applications for industrial separation and drying processes. Copenhagen. 03/07/22
  
  
• XII National and y III International Conference on Engineering Thermodynamics (12cnit). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Analysis and optimization of solar thermal systems for buildings. Madrid. 29/06/22
  
  
• International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP 2021). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Optimal design of trigeneration systems for buildings considering cooperative game theory for allocating production cost to energy services. Online. 04/10/21
  
  
• International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP 2021). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Environmental Assessment of Two Medium Size Solar Cogeneration Plants. Online. 04/10/21
  
  
• Solar World Congress. Participativo - Póster. Analysis and Design of a Solar Parabolic Trough - ORC - Biomass Cooling Plant for a Commercial Centre. Santiago de Chile. 04/11/19
  
  
• XI Congreso Nacional y II Internacional de Ingeniería Termodinámica (11 CNIT). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Technical, economic and environmental feasibility of renewable-based energy systems in a Brazilian university hospital. Albacete. 12/06/19
  
  
• XI Congreso Nacional y II Internacional de Ingeniería Termodinámica (11 CNIT). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Analysis and design of a solar parabolic trough - ORC - biomass polygeneration plant for a shopping centre. Albacete. 12/06/19
  
  
• XI Congreso Nacional y II Internacional de Ingeniería Termodinámica (11 CNIT). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Thermal integration in polygeneration energy systems for buildings. Albacete. 12/06/19
  
  
• 6th Expert Meeting IEA SHC Task 55 - Towards the Integration of Large SHC Systems into DHC Networks. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Large scale solar cooling/ parabolic trough - ORC - biomass polygeneration system for a shopping center. Almería. 08/04/19
  
  
• EuroSun 2018 - International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry. Participativo - Póster. Opportunities for the integration of solar termal heat, photovoltaics and biomass in a Brazilian hospital. Rapperswil. 10/09/18
  
  
• ECOS 2018 -The 31st International Conference On Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation And Environmental Impact Of Energy Systems. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Optimal design of polygeneration systems supported with renewable energy sources and energy storage for a Brazilian hospital. Guimarães. 17/06/18
  
  
• World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) - Young Energy Researchers Conference. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). A multiobjective framework for the sustainable design of polygeneration systems. Wells. 28/02/18
  
  
• SHC 2017, International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). A Multicriteria Approach for the Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage to Support Building Trigeneration Systems. Abu Dabhi. 29/10/17
  
  
• ECOS 2017, 30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Thermoeconomic cost allocation in trigeneration systems including renewable energy sources and thermal energy storage. San Diego. 03/07/17
  
  
• ECOS 2017, 30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A SOLAR ASSISTED SUGARCANE CONGENERATION CYCLE BY SUBCYCLE DECOMPOSITION. San Diego. 03/07/17
  
  
• ECOS 2017, 30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Thermoeconomic cost allocation in trigeneration systems including renewable energy sources and thermal energy storage. San Diego. 03/07/17
  
  
• 10º Congreso Nacional Ingeniería Termodinámica (10CNIT). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Integrating renewable energy technologies and thermal energy storage to support building trigeneration systems. Analysis of the technical, economic, and environmental potential. Lérida. 28/06/17
  
  
• 10º Congreso Nacional Ingeniería Termodinámica (10CNIT). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Integrating renewable energy technologies and thermal energy storage to support building trigeneration systems. Analysis of the technical, economic, and environmental potential. Lérida. 28/06/17
  
  
• 10º Congreso Nacional Ingeniería Termodinámica (10CNIT). Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Modelado y optimización de la operación de un sistema de producción de frío con acumulación. Lérida. 28/06/17
  
  
• ASME 2017 Power Conference Joint With ICOPE-17. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Multicriteria Synthesis of Trigeneration Systems Assisted With Renewable Energy Sources and Thermal Energy Storage. Charlotte, North Carolina. 26/06/17
  
  
• VI Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores del I3A. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Integrating Renewable Energy Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage to Support Building Trigeneration Systems: A Multicriteria Approach. Zaragoza. 02/06/17
  
  
• EUROSUN 2016. Participativo - Póster. Thermoeconomic Analysis of Cogeneration Systems Assisted with Solar Thermal Heat and Photovoltaics. Palma de Mallorca. 11/10/16
  
  
• IConBM2016 - 2nd International Conference on BIOMASS. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Assessment of the potential to increase electricity generation from sugarcane straw in brazilian sugarcane cogeneration plants. Sicily. 19/06/16
  
  
• ECOS 2016 - 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A SUGARCANE COGENERATION CYCLE BY SUBCYCLE DECOMPOSITION. Portoroz. 19/06/16
  
  
• PRES'14 - 17th Conference on Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction. Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Thermal integration of different plant configurations of sugar and ethanol production from sugarcane. Praga. 27/08/14
  
  
• ASME 2014 12th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral). Proposals to Maximize Electricity Generation From Sugar Cane in Brazil. Copenhagen. 25/07/14
  
  

Research stays

• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Sion. Suiza. 01/01/22
  
  
• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Sion. Suiza. 01/01/22
  
  
• Politécnico di Torino. Turin. Italia. 03/09/18 - 02/12/18
  
  

Organization of R&D activities

• Diseño de instalaciones y reparto de costes en Sistemas de Poligeneración. 23/01/23 - 23/01/23
  
  
• Sixth International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP 2021). 04/10/21 - 06/10/21
  
  
• 6th Expert Meeting IEA SHC Task 55 - Towards the Integration of Large SHC Systems into DHC Networks. 08/04/19 - 10/04/19
  
  

Other merits

• Teaching Assistant. Teaching Assistant to Prof. François Maréchal for the course 'ME-454 Modelling and optimization of energy systems' (4 credits) of the Master in Mechanical Engineering course at École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne since 2022. 19/01/25
  
  
• International Clean Energy Challenge. Best solution for the company challenge at the International Clean Energy Challenge organized by the OÖ Energiesparverband in July 2019. Sixty young professionals from more than 30 countries and 11 partner companies and organizations were brought together by the OÖ Energiesparverband for an event of collaborative innovation to tackle the energy transition. Location and date: Spital am Pyhrn, Upper Austria, July 22-26, 2019. 22/07/19
  
  
• 6th Expert Meeting IEA SHC Task 55 - Towards the Integration of Large SHC Systems into DHC Networks. Participation in the organizing committee of the 6th Expert Meeting IEA SHC Task 55 – Towards the Integration of Large SHC Systems into DHC Networks, held in Almería (Spain) on 8-10 April 2019. 08/04/19
  
  
• Best paper award. Best paper award in the student competition of the ASME ICOPE Power & Energy Conference, held in Charlotte (US) on 26-30 June, 2017. Title: Multicriteria Synthesis of Trigeneration Systems Assisted With Renewable Energy Sources and Thermal Energy Storage Authors: Pina, E.A.; Lozano, M.A.; Serra, L.M. 26/06/17
  
  
• Certificate in Advanced English C1 Advanced - Cambridge Assessment English. Cambridge Assessment English. Certificate MCER C1. Date of issue: 08/02/2011. 08/02/11
  
  

UNIZAR teaching of the last six courses

• Thermal engineering. Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering Technology. During academic year 2025-26
  
  
• Thermal machines and engines. Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering. During academic year 2025-26
  
  
• Energy optimization. Master's in Chemical Engineering. During academic year 2025-26
  
  
• Energy optimization. Master's in Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency. During academic year 2025-26
  
  
• Technical thermodynamics and fundamentals of heat transfer. Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering. During academic year 2025-26
  
  
• Quality. Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Organisational Engineering. During academic year 2021-22
  
  
• Fundamentals of computer studies. Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Organisational Engineering. During academic year 2020-21
  
  

Teaching not UNIZAR

• Me-454: modelling and optimisation of energy systems. Master in Mechanical Engineering. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). 01/09/2022 - 31/01/2024
  
  
• Me-602: modelling, optimisation, design and analysis of integrated energy systems. Doctoral Program in Energy. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2024
  
  
• Calidad. Graduado en Ingeniería de Organización Industrial. Universidad de Zaragoza. 20/09/2021 - 14/09/2022
  
  
• Fundamentos de informática. Graduado en Ingeniería de Organización Industrial. Universidad de Zaragoza. 14/09/2020 - 19/09/2021