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      Maria Esperanza Barrera-Medrano

      ESR-F: "Aerodynamic impact of fouling in centrifugal compressors"

       

       

      Institution: Imperial College London

      Supervisor: Prof. Nina Thornhill

       

      Education

      Esperanza received her M.Sc. Eng. degree in Energy Engineering from University of Oviedo (Spain) in 2011. Previously, she graduated as Chemical Engineer with specialization in Materials Science from University of Oviedo (Spain). She also holds the title of Quality Management & Health, Safety and Environment Expert (ISO9001 / ISO14001)

      Work experience

      Internship in BASF- The Chemical Company (Germany, May 2012 -Dec 2012), at the Chemical and Process Engineering Department- Fluid Dynamics, with the topic: “Modelling of the mixing kinetics of solid flows using Discrete Element Method (DEM)”

       

      Tutor of PAU candidates (PAU = University Access Test), in teaching Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at “Angel Study Center” in Aviles (Spain, Sep 2006 – Jul 2009).

      Interests
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      2010 - present

      2010 - present

      Currently Esperanza is employed by Imperial College London as Early Stage Researcher. Moreover, she is a PhD student at the same institution, under the supervision of Prof. Ricardo Martinez-Botas and the co-supervision of Prof. Nina  Thornhill. The topic of her research is: “ Aerodynamic impact of fouling in centrifugal compressors”.

      Current activities
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      Optimal control of electric drives for industrial compressors - part 2

      December 18, 2014

      Control and operation of industrial compressors

      September 14, 2014

      Why industry should team up with energy-supply paradigm change?

      August 21, 2014

      Can maintenance improve the operational performance of the processing plant?

      August 18, 2014

      Optimal operation of compressors in parallel

      June 2, 2014

      Can interactive visualizations improve the way we do fault diagnosis?

      April 29, 2014

      Performance deterioration in centrifugal Compressors: Fouling phenomenon

      April 10, 2014

      Condition Monitoring and its Link to Energy Savings

      March 11, 2014

      Industrial compressors

      March 10, 2014

      Energy savings and electrical motors

      January 28, 2014

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