On December 5 and 6, the fourth edition of the country's main solar forum, Enersol 2018, was held in Santiago under the theme “Solar energy through the eyes of the new generations.” This year's gathering consisted of a meeting of SERC Chile postdocs, former postdocs, and doctoral students, who presented their research progress and met with peers to explore collaborative opportunities.
The meeting was opened by Dave Renne, president of ISES, the International Solar Energy Society, who was visiting Chile for the organization of the upcoming ISES Solar World Congress, to be held in Santiago in November 2019.
Postdoctoral Presentations
The presentations by the 13 postdocs and former postdocs are:
“Cost-reflective pricing for the optimal installation and operation of distributed generation,” by Sebastián Oliva.
“Study of Electrical Contact in the Metallization of PERT Solar Cells and Indoor UV Degradation of Encapsulants Used in Photovoltaic Modules,” by Jonathan Correa.
“PV Module Level DC-DC Converters with Wide Input Voltage Regulation Range – Implementation Challenges and Application Benefits,” by Andrii Chub.
“Reducing the energetic requirements of comminution through a solar-based heating pre-treatment,” by Nataly Cisternas.
“Small-scale solar solutions: the Ayllu Solar case,” by Felipe Valencia.
“Advances in the Evaluation of Energy Losses due to Atmospheric Extinction in Tower Plants. Subject areas: Solar Resource Assessment and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP),” by Aitor Marzo.
“Photovoltaic plants: applications in power system stability and sustainable agriculture,” by Miguel Torres.
“Analyzing Impacts of Renewable Energy Expansion in Chile: CGE,” by Shariyar Nasirov
“Research on photovoltaic system control for generation and pumping applications: electrical/electronic engineering area,” by Javier Riedemann.
“Research on Photovoltaic Materials, Characterization, and Modeling,” by Pablo Ferrada.
“Research on Photovoltaic Materials, Characterization, and Modeling,” by Sara Miralles.
“Solar Water Treatment: Comparison of Photoreactors,” by Alejandro Cabrera.
Poster Exhibition
Meanwhile, 16 doctoral students from SERC Chile's member universities participated in a poster exhibition visited by the center's academic committee. They selected the two best posters. First place went to Darío Espinoza—a doctoral student in Inorganic Chemistry at the Universidad de Chile—for his research titled “Study of dye-sensitized solar cells coupled with inorganic phosphors.” Second place went to Mauro Henríquez, a doctoral student at the Universidad de Antofagasta, for the research “Lithium nitrate assessment in ternary molten salts as thermal energy storage material for CSP plants.”
The presented posters can be viewed here.
