Joel Alpízar-Castillo

ORCID: 0000-0002-1238-4430
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Research Areas
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Optimal Power Flow Distribution
  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Wave and Wind Energy Systems
  • Islanding Detection in Power Systems
  • Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Power Quality and Harmonics
  • Frequency Control in Power Systems
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Business, Innovation, and Economy
  • IoT-based Smart Home Systems
  • Power Systems and Renewable Energy

Delft University of Technology
2022-2024

Fidélitas University
2021-2023

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
2017-2021

The urge to reduce the dependence on natural gas for heating at residential level has led deployment of different fossil fuel-free alternatives. In Netherlands, two technologies are leading transition: heat pumps, due their high COP, and photovoltaic–thermal systems, dual electric-thermal output. However, both represent a challenge users grid operators, aside from stochastic behavior. Heat pumps alone can surpass typical Dutch house's total energy power consumption. Photovoltaic–thermal as...

10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123197 article EN cc-by Applied Energy 2024-04-13

Along with the widespread adoption of solar energy, it is fundamental to develop methods and tools that help practitioners during design phase photovoltaic (PV) systems. Currently, multiple commercial software can quantify a particular location's annual energy yield while including horizon's shading effect (e.g., mountains, buildings, trees). To do so, precise information about PV system's surroundings necessary. This gathered by specialized equipment or having access satellite imagery....

10.1016/j.ecmx.2023.100412 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Energy Conversion and Management X 2023-06-28

The energy transition requires electrical alternatives for domestic heating.Heat pumps are the most common to gas boilers.However, heat consume a significant amount of power.We simulated an 18-node low voltage network with five buildings six apartments each evaluate effect deploying as part multi-carrier systems at residential level.We also combined solar collectors and thermal storage quantify whether more complex system benefits low-voltage network.Replacing boilers in majority resulted...

10.1109/cpe-powereng58103.2023.10227394 article EN 2023-06-14

Fifth-generation energy networks are combined of heat and electricity, that have the ability to generate, distribute, store share between consumers. Knowledge on dynamic behaviour physical phenomena related generation, distribution storage provides insight into performance system as a whole. A mixed-integer linear algorithm is proposed, implementing partitioned clustering program for subsequent classification typical demand, grouping specific days with similar demand profiles together. From...

10.1109/melecon53508.2022.9842945 article EN 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON) 2022-06-14

Energy storage is vital for a future where energy generation transitions from fossil fuels-based one to an system that relies heavily on clean sources such as photovoltaic (PV) solar energy. To foster this transition, engineers and practitioners must have open-access models of PV systems coupled with battery (BESS). These are fundamental quantifying their economic technical merits during the design phase. This paper contributes in direction by carefully describing model accurately represents...

10.3390/en16145480 article EN cc-by Energies 2023-07-19

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10.2139/ssrn.4692118 preprint EN 2024-01-01

Radiation forecast is the milestone of solar energy industry, making possible existence whole market. Solar radiation models allow scientists and engineers to predict behaviour a PV system perform technical economic analysis. Despite numerous models, most them are highly complex or require massive amounts data, limiting start-ups. As result, state-of-the-art review was performed based on it this study proposed simple model that allows emerging companies create preliminary analysis for their...

10.4314/njt.v40i1.7 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Nigerian Journal of Technology 2021-03-23

La industria farmacéutica se encuentra en la búsqueda constante de métodos optimización sus procesos. En presente investigación desarrolló un sistema visión que permite caracterizar morfológicamente el lecho tabletas farmacéuticas proceso recubrimiento. Como resultado, diseñó algoritmo artificial cuantificar las presentes imagen y determinar área cada una mediante uso transformada Hough filtro Canny, partiendo modelo plano estático del recubrimiento farmacéuticas. Se obtuvo aproximación...

10.18845/tm.v34i3.5032 article ES cc-by-nc-nd Revista Tecnología en Marcha 2021-06-29

Batteries are one of the main tools to provide flexibility distribution and transmission systems need due their increasing dependence on weather conditions. However, environmental economic factors pose a significant problem. New types batteries that do not rely rare earth metals organic solvents but instead use water more common ions could be cost-effective environmentally safe way energy storage in future. We studied performance sea-salt cells designed as low-cost, friendly method store...

10.1109/cpe-powereng58103.2023.10227412 article EN 2023-06-14

In the context of building electrification operation distributed energy resources integrating multiple carriers poses a significant challenge. Such an calls for management system that decides set-points primary control layer in best way possible. This is done by fulfilling user requirements, minimizing costs, and balancing local generation with storage. last component what enables flexibility. paper presents novel aging-aware strategy operating grid-connected buildings combine (heat...

10.1109/iecon51785.2023.10312455 article EN IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society 2023-10-16

El presente artículo describe el diseño del circuito de un inversor trifásico siete niveles, seccionado en tres etapas: etapa generación onda monofásica, control y desfase. Para la monofásica se utilizó asimétrico cascada partiendo tiristores. una máquina estados finitos con flip-flops JK. desfase prefirió desfasador monoestables sobre RC, debido a las pérdidas que produce sistema efectos negativos salida.

10.18845/tm.v30i2.3200 article ES cc-by-nc-nd Revista Tecnología en Marcha 2017-08-07
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