R.P. Merchán

598 total citations
23 papers, 415 citations indexed

About

R.P. Merchán is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, R.P. Merchán has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 415 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in R.P. Merchán's work include Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (16 papers), Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems (14 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (5 papers). R.P. Merchán is often cited by papers focused on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (16 papers), Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems (14 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (5 papers). R.P. Merchán collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Australia. R.P. Merchán's co-authors include María Jesús Santos Sánchez, A. Medina, A. Calvo Hernández, A. Cuevas, Mario Petrollese, Mario Cascetta, Julián González-Ayala, A. Gonżález, J. M. M. Roco and Paulo Canhoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Conversion and Management and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

R.P. Merchán

20 papers receiving 400 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R.P. Merchán Spain 11 283 271 70 54 53 23 415
T.R. Mancini United States 7 231 0.8× 210 0.8× 86 1.2× 40 0.7× 54 1.0× 21 402
Lukas Aichmayer Sweden 14 401 1.4× 216 0.8× 85 1.2× 41 0.8× 41 0.8× 22 476
François Nepveu France 6 215 0.8× 221 0.8× 46 0.7× 22 0.4× 46 0.9× 9 347
Gilbert Cohen United States 6 602 2.1× 281 1.0× 139 2.0× 28 0.5× 42 0.8× 9 718
Honglun Yang China 15 532 1.9× 234 0.9× 140 2.0× 16 0.3× 38 0.7× 32 723
Omar Behar Saudi Arabia 7 330 1.2× 220 0.8× 51 0.7× 54 1.0× 58 1.1× 10 432
Randy Gee United States 7 645 2.3× 271 1.0× 164 2.3× 22 0.4× 41 0.8× 18 742
Jan Fabian Feldhoff Germany 14 573 2.0× 320 1.2× 57 0.8× 29 0.5× 17 0.3× 30 640
Malik I. Alamayreh Jordan 11 121 0.4× 140 0.5× 59 0.8× 13 0.2× 12 0.2× 22 377

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.P. Merchán

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Petrollese, Mario, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of different Rankine PTES system configurations. Journal of Energy Storage. 114. 115800–115800. 3 indexed citations
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Hassani, Samir, Mawloud Guermoui, Noureddine Yassaa, et al.. (2025). Smart design of hybrid solar-gas turbine plants for decarbonization: A multi-criteria optimization case study in the MENA region. Solar Energy. 297. 113612–113612.
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Anvari, Simin, A. Medina, R.P. Merchán, & A. Calvo Hernández. (2025). Sustainable solar/biomass/energy storage hybridization for enhanced renewable energy integration in multi-generation systems: A comprehensive review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 223. 115997–115997. 3 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., María Jesús Santos Sánchez, A. Medina, et al.. (2023). Solar Volumetric Receiver Coupled to a Parabolic Dish: Heat Transfer and Thermal Efficiency Analysis. Gredos (University of Salamanca). 324–335.
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Cascetta, Mario, et al.. (2023). Operating performance of a Joule-Brayton pumped thermal energy storage system integrated with a concentrated solar power plant. Journal of Energy Storage. 73. 108865–108865. 23 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., María Jesús Santos Sánchez, A. Medina, et al.. (2023). Modeling a solar pressurized volumetric receiver integrated in a parabolic dish: Off-design heat transfers, temperatures, and efficiencies. Energy Conversion and Management. 293. 117436–117436. 6 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., et al.. (2022). Brayton technology for Concentrated Solar Power plants: Comparative analysis of central tower plants and parabolic dish farms. Energy Conversion and Management. 271. 116312–116312. 18 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., et al.. (2021). Towards a Sustainable Future through Renewable Energies at Secondary School: An Educational Proposal. Sustainability. 13(22). 12904–12904. 7 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., María Jesús Santos Sánchez, A. Medina, & A. Calvo Hernández. (2021). High temperature central tower plants for concentrated solar power: 2021 overview. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 155. 111828–111828. 151 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., María Jesús Santos Sánchez, A. Medina, & A. Calvo Hernández. (2020). On‐ and off‐design thermodynamic analysis of a hybrid polar solar thermal tower power plant. International Journal of Energy Research. 45(2). 1789–1805. 4 indexed citations
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Trevisan, Silvia, R.P. Merchán, Rafael Guédez, et al.. (2020). Techno-economic analysis of a solar hybrid combined cycle power plant integrated with a packed bed storage at gas turbine exhaust. AIP conference proceedings. 3 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., et al.. (2020). Thermo-economic and sensitivity analysis of a central tower hybrid Brayton solar power plant. Applied Thermal Engineering. 186. 116454–116454. 20 indexed citations
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Sánchez, María Jesús Santos, et al.. (2020). Thermodynamic and Cost Analysis of a Solar Dish Power Plant in Spain Hybridized with a Micro-Gas Turbine. Energies. 13(19). 5178–5178. 16 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., et al.. (2019). On-design pre-optimization and off-design analysis of hybrid Brayton thermosolar tower power plants for different fluids and plant configurations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 119. 109590–109590. 15 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., María Jesús Santos Sánchez, A. Medina, & A. Calvo Hernández. (2017). Thermodynamic model of a hybrid Brayton thermosolar plant. Renewable Energy. 128. 473–483. 24 indexed citations
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Merchán, R.P., et al.. (2016). Modeling hybrid solar gas-turbine power plants: Thermodynamic projection of annual performance and emissions. Energy Conversion and Management. 134. 314–326. 19 indexed citations
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Cuevas, A., et al.. (2002). Updated contour plots for the design of p/sup +/ emitters of silicon solar cells. 309–314. 3 indexed citations
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Cuevas, A., et al.. (1993). On the systematic analytical solutions for minority-carrier transport in nonuniform doped semiconductors: application to solar cells. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 40(6). 1181–1183. 31 indexed citations

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