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  1. Performance Evaluation and Optimal Design Analysis of Continuous-Operation Solar-Driven Cooling Absorption Systems With Thermal Energy Storage

    Article • Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, October 2023, ASME International

    Alejandro Rivera

  2. Low-temperature solar thermal-power systems for residential electricity supply under various seasonal and climate conditions

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, September 2023, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  3. Influence of Correlations on the Thermal Performance Modeling of Parabolic Trough Collectors

    Article • Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, May 2023, ASME International

    Alejandro Rivera

  4. Influence of the concentration ratio on the thermal and economic performance of parabolic trough collectors

    Article • Renewable Energy, January 2022, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  5. Thermodynamic Modeling of Heat Engines Including Heat Transfer and Compression–Expansion Irreversibilities

    Article • Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, June 2021, ASME International

    Alejandro Rivera

  6. Enabling thermal efficiency improvement and waste heat recovery using liquid air harnessed from offshore renewable energy sources

    Article • Applied Energy, October 2020, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  7. Comparative analysis of natural gas cogeneration incentives on electricity production in Latin America

    Article • Energy Policy, July 2020, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  8. Predicting the Slope of the Temperature–Entropy Vapor Saturation Curve for Working Fluid Selection Based on Lee–Kesler Modeling

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, December 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alejandro Rivera

  9. Effect of the concentration ratio on energetic and exergetic performance of concentrating solar collectors with integrated transparent insulation materials

    Article • Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, April 2019, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  10. Performance analysis of Parabolic Trough Collectors with Double Glass Envelope

    Article • Renewable Energy, January 2019, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  11. Efficiency enhancement of spark-ignition engines using a Continuous Variable Valve Timing system for load control

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, October 2018, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  12. Integration of transparent insulation materials into solar collector devices

    Article • Solar Energy, May 2017, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  13. Shape optimization of thin flat plate fins with geometries defined by linear piecewise functions

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, February 2017, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  14. Ship weight reduction and efficiency enhancement through combined power cycles

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, December 2015, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  15. Exergy analysis of discharging multi-tank thermal energy storage systems with constant heat extraction

    Article • Applied Energy, September 2015, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  16. The Flat Plate Fin of Constant Thickness, Straight Base, and Symmetrical Shape

    Article • Journal of Heat Transfer, March 2014, ASME International

    Alejandro Rivera

  17. Global stability of flow in symmetric wavy channels

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Alejandro Rivera

  18. Non-linear phenomena in thermoacoustic engines

    Article • Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, January 2004, De Gruyter

    Alejandro Rivera

  19. Constructal geometry and operation of adsorption processes

    Article • International Journal of Thermal Sciences, October 2003, Elsevier

    Alejandro Rivera

  20. Maximization of Exergy Output From Volumetric Absorption Solar Collectors

    Article • Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, January 2003, ASME International

    Alejandro Rivera

  21. Stability Analysis of Thermoacoustic Engines

    Article • Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, January 2001, De Gruyter

    Alejandro Rivera