Research Papers by Luis Serra

Several configurations of polygeneration systems, conceived for a dairy industry requiring cold, heat, power and water for its operation, are presented. For these systems, a single fuel is used to produce cold, steam (heat), electricity and water from a combined cycle integrated and optimized with h

This paper presents several simulator models allowing studying the behavior of different types of thermal desalination plants [1]. Three types of evaporators have been distinguished in thermal desalination plants: horizontal falling film evaporators (HFF), vertical falling film evaporators (VFF) and

This paper presents the economic analysis of the Ebro River transfer (a total amount of 1.050 hm3/y) presented for the Spanish Government in his project for the National Hydrologic Plan and its alternative: drinking water obtained from desalination plants. In this paper is proved that the cost of th

The thermoeconomic optimization of an actual steam power plant coupled with a MSF desalination unit is reported. A global optimization of the whole system is performed based on separated local optimizations of different plant units. The local optimization procedure described herein requires fewer co