Willy Villasmil

784 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 636 citations indexed

About

Willy Villasmil is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Willy Villasmil has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 636 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Willy Villasmil's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (8 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (8 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (5 papers). Willy Villasmil is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (8 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (8 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (5 papers). Willy Villasmil collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Austria and United Kingdom. Willy Villasmil's co-authors include Jörg Worlitschek, Ludger Fischer, Anton Meier, Erik Koepf, Aldo Steinfeld, D. Wuillemin, Kapil Narula, M. Patel, Philipp Schuetz and Thomas Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Willy Villasmil

15 papers receiving 620 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A review and evaluation of thermal insulation materials and methods for thermal energy storage systems

2018 255 citations Willy Villasmil, Ludger Fischer et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

Peers

Willy Villasmil

RESE

Fabienne Pennec France

Michal Gorbár Switzerland

Alexander M. Thiele United States

Ludger Fischer Switzerland

Hangbin Zheng China

Xuefeng Shao China

Huibin Yin China

R.E. Critoph United Kingdom

Wentao Wang China

Fabienne Pennec France

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willy Villasmil

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18 of 18 papers shown

Schuetz, Philipp, et al.. (2025). Development of a reduced-order dynamic model for large-scale seasonal thermal energy storage applications. Energy. 333. 137379–137379.

Villasmil, Willy, et al.. (2025). Identification of district heating and cooling system archetypes: a novel approach applied to a case study in Switzerland. Energy. 333. 137159–137159.

Villasmil, Willy, et al.. (2025). Optimization of hybrid sensible-latent seasonal heat storage systems. Applied Energy. 399. 126235–126235.

Villasmil, Willy, et al.. (2023). Decarbonising energy supply: the potential impact on district heating networks of the integration of thermal energy storage and substitution of peak load with base load. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2600(5). 52002–52002. 1 indexed citations

Villasmil, Willy, et al.. (2022). Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 453–481. 3 indexed citations

Villasmil, Willy, et al.. (2022). Accelerated and long-time creep testing of extruded polystyrene using isothermal and stepped isothermal method. Polymer. 251. 124926–124926. 7 indexed citations

Villasmil, Willy, et al.. (2021). Control strategies of solar heating systems coupled with seasonal thermal energy storage in self-sufficient buildings. Journal of Energy Storage. 42. 103069–103069. 23 indexed citations

Khosravi, Mohammad, Annika Eichler, Willy Villasmil, et al.. (2019). Exergy-based model predictive control for design and control of a seasonal thermal energy storage system. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1343(1). 12066–12066. 10 indexed citations

Narula, Kapil, et al.. (2019). Simulation method for assessing hourly energy flows in district heating system with seasonal thermal energy storage. Renewable Energy. 151. 1250–1268. 37 indexed citations

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Villasmil, Willy, Ludger Fischer, & Jörg Worlitschek. (2018). A review and evaluation of thermal insulation materials and methods for thermal energy storage systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 103. 71–84. 255 indexed citations breakdown →

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Koepf, Erik, Willy Villasmil, & Anton Meier. (2016). Pilot-scale solar reactor operation and characterization for fuel production via the Zn/ZnO thermochemical cycle. Applied Energy. 165. 1004–1023. 125 indexed citations

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Koepf, Erik, Willy Villasmil, & Anton Meier. (2016). Demonstration of a 100-kWth high-temperature solar thermochemical reactor pilot plant for ZnO dissociation. AIP conference proceedings. 1734. 120005–120005. 2 indexed citations

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Villasmil, Willy, Thomas Cooper, Erik Koepf, Anton Meier, & Aldo Steinfeld. (2016). Coupled Concentrating Optics, Heat Transfer, and Thermochemical Modeling of a 100-kWth High-Temperature Solar Reactor for the Thermal Dissociation of ZnO. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 139(2). 12 indexed citations

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Koepf, Erik, Willy Villasmil, & Anton Meier. (2015). High Temperature Flow Visualization and Aerodynamic Window Protection of a 100-kWth Solar Thermochemical Receiver-reactor for ZnO Dissociation. Energy Procedia. 69. 1780–1789. 19 indexed citations

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Villasmil, Willy, et al.. (2013). Pilot Scale Demonstration of a 100-kWth Solar Thermochemical Plant for the Thermal Dissociation of ZnO. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 136(1). 67 indexed citations

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Villasmil, Willy, Anton Meier, & Aldo Steinfeld. (2013). Dynamic Modeling of a Solar Reactor for Zinc Oxide Thermal Dissociation and Experimental Validation Using IR Thermography. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 136(1). 24 indexed citations

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Loutzenhiser, Peter G., Anastasia Stamatiou, Willy Villasmil, Anton Meier, & Aldo Steinfeld. (2011). Concentrated solar energy for thermochemically producing liquid fuels from CO2 and H2O. JOM. 63(1). 32–34. 5 indexed citations

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Villasmil, Willy & Aldo Steinfeld. (2010). Hydrogen production by hydrogen sulfide splitting using concentrated solar energy – Thermodynamics and economic evaluation. Energy Conversion and Management. 51(11). 2353–2361. 46 indexed citations

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