Biography:
Eva Arenas Pinilla is an Industrial Engineer from ICAI (1997) and PhD from Comillas Pontifical University (2004). She has worked in the company Patentes Talgo, S.A (2001-2004) and is a member on leave of the Cuerpo de Ingenieros Industriales del Estado, where she was working from 2006 to 2011 (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce). In 2011, she joined the University with full dedication, teaching Turbomachinery, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics and being involved in projects related to applied fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, turbomachines (both hydraulic and thermal) and energy poverty.
Areas of interest:
S-CO2 turbomachinery, hydro-powered pumping, hydraulic turbomachinery, energy poverty
R. Barrella, P. Palma, J.P. Gouveia, J.C. Romero, E.M. Arenas, J.I. Linares, "Toward an enhanced policy and action framework to address energy poverty in the Iberian Peninsula: An exploratory analysis", Heliyon, Vol. 11, nº. 10, pp. e43414, May 2025. [Online: May 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43414
L. Lefranc, J.I. Linares, A. Santos-Montes, E.M. Arenas, C. M. Sastre, B.Y. Moratilla, "Biohydrogen with negative CO2 emissions from municipal solid waste for decarbonising the public bus fleet. Application to the municipality of Madrid", Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 371, pp. 123258, December 2024. [Online: November 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123258
L. Yagüe, J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, J.C. Romero, "Biohydrogen production through biomethane steam reforming with CCUS for decarbonizing Spain's tile industry", Results in Engineering, Vol. 24, pp. 103361, December 2024. [Online: November 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103361
J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, M.J. Montes, A. Cantizano, J.R. Pérez-Domínguez, J. Porras, "Direct coupling of pressurized gas receiver to a brayton supercritical CO2 power cycle in solar thermal power plants", Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Vol. 61, pp. 105021, September 2024. [Online: August 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.csite.2024.105021
R. Barrella, J.I. Linares, J.C. Romero, E.M. Arenas, "Evaluating the impact of energy efficiency strategies on households’ energy affordability: a Spanish case study", Energy and Buildings, Vol. 295, pp. 113289, September 2023. [Online: June 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113289
L. Yagüe, J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, J.C. Romero, "Decarbonising grey hydrogen via bio-hydrogen and carbon capture and storage: a case study in Spain", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 239, pp. 155447, June 2026. [Online: May 2026] doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.155447
J.I. Linares, J.R. Pérez-Domínguez, E.M. Arenas, B.Y. Moratilla, "Unlocking nuclear flexibility through hydrogen production", Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 349, pp. 120934, February 2026. [Online: December 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120934
R. Barrella, P. Palma, J.P. Gouveia, J.C. Romero, E.M. Arenas, J.I. Linares, "Toward an enhanced policy and action framework to address energy poverty in the Iberian Peninsula: An exploratory analysis", Heliyon, Vol. 11, nº. 10, pp. e43414, May 2025. [Online: May 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43414
L. Yagüe, J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, J.C. Romero, "Biohydrogen production through biomethane steam reforming with CCUS for decarbonizing Spain's tile industry", Results in Engineering, Vol. 24, pp. 103361, December 2024. [Online: November 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103361
L. Lefranc, J.I. Linares, A. Santos-Montes, E.M. Arenas, C. M. Sastre, B.Y. Moratilla, "Biohydrogen with negative CO2 emissions from municipal solid waste for decarbonising the public bus fleet. Application to the municipality of Madrid", Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 371, pp. 123258, December 2024. [Online: November 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123258
J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, M.J. Montes, A. Cantizano, J.R. Pérez-Domínguez, J. Porras, "Direct coupling of pressurized gas receiver to a brayton supercritical CO2 power cycle in solar thermal power plants", Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Vol. 61, pp. 105021, September 2024. [Online: August 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.csite.2024.105021
L. Yagüe, J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, J.C. Romero, "Levelized cost of biohydrogen from steam reforming of biomethane with carbon capture and storage (golden hydrogen)—application to Spain", Energies, Vol. 17, nº. 5, pp. 1134, March 2024. [Online: February 2024] doi: 10.3390/en17051134
J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, A. Cantizano, M.J. Montes, A.J. Rovira, J. Porras, J.R. Pérez-Domínguez, "Innovative integrated solar combined cycle: enhancing dispatchability with a partial recuperative gas turbine and supercritical CO2 bottoming cycle, coupled with an ORC", Solar Energy, Vol. 264, pp. 112075, November 2023. [Online: October 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2023.112075
R. Barrella, J.I. Linares, J.C. Romero, E.M. Arenas, "Evaluating the impact of energy efficiency strategies on households’ energy affordability: a Spanish case study", Energy and Buildings, Vol. 295, pp. 113289, September 2023. [Online: June 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113289
J.I. Linares, A. Martín-Colino, E.M. Arenas, M.J. Montes, A. Cantizano, J.R. Pérez-Domínguez, "A novel hybrid CSP-PV power plant based on brayton supercritical CO2 thermal machines", Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, nº. 17, pp. 9532, September 2023. [Online: August 2023] doi: 10.3390/app13179532
J.I. Linares, A. Martín-Colino, E.M. Arenas, M.J. Montes, A. Cantizano, J.R. Pérez-Domínguez, "Carnot battery based on Brayton supercritical CO2 thermal machines using concentrated solar thermal energy as a low-temperature source", Energies, Vol. 16, nº. 9, pp. 3871, May 2023. [Online: May 2023] doi: 10.3390/en16093871
A. Cantizano, P. Ayala, E.M. Arenas, J.R. Pérez-Domínguez, C. Gutiérrez, "Numerical and experimental investigation on the effect of heat release rate in the evolution of fire whirls", Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Vol. 41, pp. 102513, January 2023. [Online: October 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.csite.2022.102513
R. Barrella, J.C. Romero, J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, M. Asín, E. Centeno, "The dark side of energy poverty: who is underconsuming in Spain and why?", Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 86, pp. 102428, April 2022. [Online: December 2021] doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102428
R. Barrella, J.I. Linares, J.C. Romero, E.M. Arenas, E. Centeno, "Does cash money solve energy poverty? Assessing the impact of household heating allowances in Spain", Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 80, pp. 102216, October 2021. [Online: August 2021] doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102216
J.C. Intriago Zambrano, R.W. Van Dijk, J. Michavila, E.M. Arenas, J.C. Diehl, M.W. Ertsen, "Co-creation of affordable and clean pumped irrigation for smallholders: lessons from Nepal and Malawi", Water Science and Technology-Water Supply, Vol. 20, nº. 4, pp. 1368 - 1379, June 2020. [Online: April 2020] doi: 10.2166/ws.2020.052
R. Barrella, I. Priego, J.I. Linares, E.M. Arenas, J.C. Romero, E. Centeno, "Feasibility study of a centralised electrically driven air source heat pump water heater to face energy poverty in block dwellings in Madrid (Spain)", Energies, Vol. 13, nº. 11, pp. 2723, June 2020. [Online: May 2020] doi: 10.3390/en13112723
J.C. Intriago Zambrano, J. Michavila, E.M. Arenas, J. Carel Diehl, M.W. Ertsen, "Water lifting water: a comprehensive spatiotemporal review on the hydro-powered water pumping technologies", Water, Vol. 11, nº. 8, pp. 10677, August 2019. [Online: August 2019] doi: 10.3390/w11081677
E.M. Arenas, M. Muñoz, A. Cantizano, J.I. Linares, M.J. Montes, A.J. Rovira, "Preliminary design of S-CO2 turbomachinery and its influence on the performance of an integrated solar combined cycle", presented at 30th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems - SolarPACES 2024, Rome, Italy, 08-11 October 2024. In: SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, vol. 3, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.52825/solarpaces.v3i
E.M. Arenas, R. Barrella, M. Burzaco, P.J. Cabrera, E. Centeno, M.E. Escribano, J.W. Ibáñez Jiménez, J.I. Linares, P. Linares, J.C. Romero, P. Sanz, "La pobreza energética en España", in Report Spain 2019, A. Blanco-Martín, et al. Ed(s). Madrid, Spain: Ed. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 2019, pp. 176-222
E.M. Arenas, R. Barrella, A. Cosín López-Medel, J.I. Linares, J.C. Romero, C. Foronda Díez, L. Díez Alzueta, "Investigación aplicada para el desarrollo de una herramienta web de cálculo del gasto eléctrico teórico para hogares españoles". Project: ECODES-MITECO2021. Funded by ECODES - Fundación Ecológica y Desarrollo. Nov/2021. IIT-21-224I