Miguel Castro Oliveira (231E-337A-004C)

Curriculum Vitae

Miguel Castro Oliveira

Miguel Castro Oliveira is a Researcher and Chemical Engineer at ISQ – Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade and an integrated member of CERENA – Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (integrated within the Energy Group). He finished his PhD on Sustainable Energy Systems in Instituto Superior Técnico in 2023. Castro Oliveira has working experience in research & development projects in the areas of energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, process integration, water-energy nexus and simulation and optimisation model development. He had created a computational tool designated ThermWatt (intellectual property of ISQ), developed in the Modelica and Python languages, which has been in development since 2019. This tool has been used since for the further development of a specialized and innovative Engineering service. He also developed the concept of Water and Energy Integration Systems (WEIS). Castro Oliveira is also the author of several scientific publications and had participated in several scientific conferences. He had also supervised several MSc students. His personal and professional course may be exploited in his personal website: https://sustainable-future.webnode.pt.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Miguel Castro Oliveira

Citation names

Miguel Castro Oliveira
Miguel C. Oliveira
Miguel Oliveira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 231E-337A-004C
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3649-8838
Google Scholar ID: I9rhaMsAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id: AAW-4556-2020
Scopus Author Id: 57207407907

Email addresses

miguelmcoliveira@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
dmoliveira@isq.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist178789 (Scholar)
https://cerena.pt/user/5636 (Scholar)
https://sustainable-future.webnode.pt/ (Professional)
https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/authors/ist178789 (Scholar)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguelcoliveira (Professional)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3649-8838 (Scholar)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miguel-Castro-Oliveira (Scholar)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I9rhaMsAAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAW-4556-2020 (Scholar)
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57207407907 (Scholar)
https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1305004/overview (Scholar)
https://tecnico.academia.edu/MiguelCastroOliveira (Scholar)
https://sciprofiles.com/profile/664173 (Scholar)
https://github.com/miguelmcoliveira (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020 - 2023 Concluded	Sustainable Energy Systems (Doctoral Program) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013 - 2018 Concluded	Chemical Engineering (Integrated Master degree) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/12 - Current	Doctorate Researcher \| Engineer \| Project Manager \| Coordinator of Project Proposals	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2023/12 - Current	Doctorate Researcher \| Engineer \| Integrated Member of the Scientific Council	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2020/04 - 2023/12	Researcher \| PhD Student \| Engineer	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2020/04 - 2023/12	Researcher \| PhD Student \| Engineer	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2021/02 - 2023/06	Editor	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2018/12 - 2020/03	Researcher \| Engineer	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/11	Curricular Intern \| Researcher	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	ATE - Aliança para a Transição Energética ATE Investigador Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Ongoing
2024 - Current	H2tALENT - Alentejo Green Hydrogen Valley delivering integrated full-chain sustainable hydrogen ecosystem with technical, economic, social and environmental benefits and superior upscaling/replicability H2tALENT Researcher Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Ongoing
2023 - Current	GreenH2Atlantic - A 100 MW flexible green hydrogen production process sourcing hybrid renewable energy and supplying green hydrogen to multiple end-uses GreenH2Atlantic Researcher	Ongoing
2023 - Current	BIOMAC - European Sustainable BIObased nanoMAterials Community BIOMAC Researcher	Ongoing
2023 - Current	PRODUTECH R3 - Recuperação-Resiliência-Reindustrialização PRODUTECH R3 Researcher	Ongoing
2023 - Current	M-ECO2: Cluster industrial para a produção de biocombustíveis avançados M-ECO2 Researcher
2022 - Current	SMEnergy - Energy Footprint management for SMEs SMEnergy	Ongoing
2019 - Current	ThermWatt - Computational tool & Engineering service for integrated water, energy and waste management ThermWatt Researcher	Ongoing
2023 - 2024	ECP - EcoCerâmica e Cristalaria de Portugal ECP Researcher
2020 - 2023	PRODUTECH 4 S&C: PRODUTECH SUSTENTÁVEL & CIRCULAR PRODUTECH4S&C Researcher Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Concluded
2020 - 2023	FERROVIA 4.0 FERROVIA4.0 Researcher Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Concluded
2020 - 2023	Open Sesame - Open Source Energy Storage Models Open Sesame Researcher Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Concluded
2018 - 2022	TRUST - Twinning for Industrial Sustainability TRUST Researcher Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Concluded
2018 - 2021	EcoTermIP - Promoção da Ecoeficiência dos Processos Térmicos para a Competitividade e Sustentabilidade da Indústria Portuguesa EcoTermIP Researcher Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Concluded
2016 - 2019	WaterWatt - Improvement of energy efficiency in industrial water circuits using gamification for online self-assessment, benchmarking and economic decision support WaterWatt Researcher Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Miguel Castro Oliveira; Rita Castro Oliveira; Henrique A. Matos. "Dynamic simulation and optimisation of water and energy consumption in a ceramic plant: Application of the customised ThermWatt computational tool". 2024. 10.1016/b978-0-443-28824-1.50397-5 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Henrique A. Matos. "Simultaneous optimisation of energy recovery and water recirculation in a ceramic plant". 2785-2790. Elsevier, 2023. 10.1016/b978-0-443-15274-0.50443-1 Miguel Castro Oliveira. "Modelling of Heat-Driven Water Treatment Systems: Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) model in Modelica". 397-402. Elsevier, 2022. 10.1016/b978-0-323-95879-0.50067-9 Miguel Castro Oliveira. "Assessment of energy efficiency improvement in ceramic industry through waste heat recovery modelling". 1653-1658. Elsevier, 2021. 10.1016/b978-0-323-88506-5.50256-4
Conference abstract	Monteiro, Helena; Miguel C. Oliveira; Muriel Iten. "Assessing waste heat recovery potential in a Portuguese structural ceramic industry". Paper presented in GEET'19 - Green Energy and Environmental Technology, Paris, 2019. Published
Conference paper	Daniel Sousa; Miguel Castro Oliveira; Maria Cristina Fernandes. "Modelling of a Heat Recovery System (HRS) Integrated with Steam Turbine Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Unit in a Petrochemical Plant". 2025. 10.69997/sct.115540 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Rita Castro Oliveira; Pedro M. Castro; Henrique A. Matos. "The Paradigm of Water and Energy Integration Systems (WEIS): Methodology and Performance Indicators". 2025. 10.69997/sct.130880 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Sofia Bezerra; Bruno Pereira; João Laranjeira; Ana I. Marques; Ricardo Barbosa; Szabolcs G. Varga; et al. "Innovative Methodology and Decision Support Tool for Thermal Energy Storage Material Selection". 2025. 10.1109/eem64765.2025.11050233 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Rita Castro Oliveira; Henrique A. Matos. "Optimisation model for a closed-loop industrial water-energy system within a ceramic industry plant". 2024. 10.5281/ZENODO.13119416 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Ulisses Fernandes. "Modelling of a Solar Thermal Energy System for Energy Efficiency Improvement in a Ceramic Plant". Paper presented in World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2020, Lisbon, 2021. Published Miguel Castro Oliveira; Helena Monteiro; Muriel Iten; Pedro Prieto. "Technical and economical assessment of waste heat recovery on a ceramic industry". Paper presented in WASTES – Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III, Costa da Caparica, 2019. Published
Conference poster	Miguel Castro Oliveira; Oliveira, Rita Castro; Matos, Henrique A.. "Dynamic simulation and optimisation of water and energy consumption in a ceramic plant: Application of the customised ThermWatt computational tool". Paper presented in 34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (ESCAPE34-PSE24), 2024. Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Matos, Henrique A.. "Simultaneous optimisation of energy recovery and water recirculation in a ceramic plant". Paper presented in 33rd European Symposium on Computer-Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE33), 2023. Miguel Castro Oliveira. "Simultaneous Water and Energy Use Improvement in Process Industry". Paper presented in Instituto Superior Técnico PhD Open Days 2022 - 8th edition, 2022. Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Matos, Henrique A.. "Assessment of energy efficiency improvement in ceramic industry through waste heat recovery modelling". Paper presented in 32nd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE32), 2022. Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Matos, Henrique A.. "Assessment of energy efficiency improvement in ceramic industry through waste heat recovery modelling". Paper presented in 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE31), 2021.
Journal article	Miguel Castro Oliveira; Henrique A. Matos. "Sustainability and Strategic Assessment of Water and Energy Integration Systems: Case Studies of the Process Industry in Portugal". Energies (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/en17010195. 10.3390/en17010195 Stavros Gennitsaris; Miguel Castro Oliveira; George Vris; Antonis Bofilios; Theodora Ntinou; Ana Rita Frutuoso; Catarina Queiroga; et al. "Energy Efficiency Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Current Situation, Case Studies and Best Practices". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043727. 10.3390/su15043727 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Henrique A. Matos. "Simulation and assessment of an integrated thermal processes and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system with Modelica". Energy Reports (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.268. 10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.268 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Henrique A. Matos. "Review of Thermochemical Technologies for Water and Energy Integration Systems: Energy Storage and Recovery". Sustainability (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7506. 10.3390/su14127506 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Henrique A. Matos. "Review on Water and Energy Integration in Process Industry: Water-Heat Nexus". Sustainability (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/13/7954. 10.3390/su14137954 Castro Oliveira, Miguel; Vieira, Susana M.; Iten, Muriel; Matos, Henrique A.. "Optimisation of Water-Energy Networks in Process Industry: Implementation of Non-Linear and Multi-Objective Models". Frontiers in Chemical Engineering 3 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fceng.2021.750411. Published • 10.3389/fceng.2021.750411 Muriel Iten; Ulisses Fernandes; Miguel Castro Oliveira. "Framework to assess eco-efficiency improvement: Case study of a meat production industry". Energy Reports 7 (2021): 7134-7148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.120. 10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.120 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Hussein Kazem; Muriel Iten; Marta Szabo; Abdul Salam K. Darwish. "Modelling of A Solar Thermal Energy System For Energy Efficiency Improvement In A Ceramic Plant". Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability 6 (2021): 31-31. https://doi.org/10.1051/rees/2021029. 10.1051/rees/2021029 Miguel Castro Oliveira; Muriel Iten; Pedro L. Cruz; Helena Monteiro. "Review on Energy Efficiency Progresses, Technologies and Strategies in the Ceramic Sector Focusing on Waste Heat Recovery". Energies (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/22/6096. 10.3390/en13226096 Miguel Castro Oliveira. "Modelling of industrial water circuits with a customised Modelica library". Applied Thermal Engineering (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114840. 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114840 Oliveira, Miguel. "Water-Energy Nexus in Typical Industrial Water Circuits". Water (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11040699. 10.3390/w11040699 Oliveira, Miguel. "Water and Energy Efficiency Improvement of Steel Wire Manufacturing by Circuit Modelling and Optimisation". Energies (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12020223. 10.3390/en12020223 H. Monteiro; P.L. Cruz; M.C. Oliveira; M. Iten. "Technical and economical assessment of waste heat recovery on a ceramic industry". Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III (2019): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/33621598/. 10.1201/9780429289798-83
Newspaper article	Miguel Castro Oliveira. "Sustentabilidade, nexus água-energia e escassez de recursos", Público, 2023, Ciência, https://www.publico.pt/2023/11/28/ciencia/noticia/sustentabilidade-nexus-aguaenergia-escassez-recursos-2071500.
Online resource	Stavros Gennitsaris; Elladios Christodoulou; Theodora Ntinou; Miguel Castro Oliveira; Veselin Tsvetkov; Juliane Keller; Vassilis Dedoussis; Stella Sofianopoulou; John Giannatsis. SMEnergy - Energy Footprint management for SMEs (ERASMUS+ Project) - Energy Footprint Management Training Course - Digital Book. 2024. https://www.smenergy-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SMEnergy_PR3.T2_Training_Content_Final_ENG.pdf. Miguel Castro Oliveira. ThermWatt - Computational tool & Engineering service for integrated water, energy and waste management. 2022. https://pq-ue.ani.pt/content/eventos/16523_pitch_miguel_c_oliveira.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Simulation and Optimisation of Water and Energy Integration Systems (WEIS): An Innovative Approach for Process Industries". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2023. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/KwfdB28dqObhPEiL7RtB3VJ6YxviyXFEhWnt. "Optimization and Modelling of Industrial Water Circuits". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2018. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meq/dissertacao/1409728525632167.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/07	Optimisation model for a closed-loop industrial water-energy system within a ceramic industry plant	7th International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management (WWEM-24)
2024/06	Dynamic simulation and optimisation of water and energy consumption in a ceramic plant: Application of the customised ThermWatt computational tool	34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (ESCAPE34-PSE24)
2023/06	Simultaneous optimisation of energy recovery and water recirculation in a ceramic plant	33rd European Symposium on Computer-Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE33)
2022/11	Simultaneous Water and Energy Use Improvement in Process Industry	Instituto Superior Técnico PhD Open Days 2022 - 8th edition
2022/08	Simulation and assessment of an integrated thermal processes and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system with Modelica	5th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment Engineering (REEE 2022)
2022/07	An open-source tool for water, energy and waste management integrated assessment	6th International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management (WWEM-22)
2022/07	Closing the loop through water and heat valorisation in industrial processes – A circular economy approach	6th International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management (WWEM-22)
2022/06	Modelling of Heat-Driven Water Treatment Systems: Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) model in Modelica	32nd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE32)
2021/07	Modelling of a solar thermal energy system for energy efficiency improvement in a ceramic plant	World Renewable Energy Congress 2020 (WREC 2020)
2021/06	Assessment of energy efficiency improvement in ceramic industry through waste heat recovery modelling	31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE31)
2019/09	Technical and economical assessment of waste heat recovery on a ceramic industry	Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities 2019
2019/07	Assessing waste heat recovery potential in a Portuguese structural ceramic industry	2019 International Conference on Green Energy and Environmental Technology (GEET 2019)
2018/07	Optimisation of water and energy consumption in industrial water circuits. A case study	4th International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management (WWEM-18)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02 - 2024/11	Modelling and Optimisation of Heat Recovery Systems (HRS) using the ThermWatt Computational Tool Co-supervisor	Engenharia Química (Master) Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07	Modelação e simulação do sistema térmico de uma cadeira de biomassa no OpenModelica Co-supervisor	Engenharia Química (Master) Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07	Development of open source simulation models of solar collector systems with thermal storage in phase change materials Co-supervisor	Engenharia Mecânica (Master) Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/02 - 2024/02	SMEnergy – 4th Trasnational Meeting (2024/02/15 - 2024/02/16) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/01	SMEnergy – Multiplier Event Portugal (2024/01) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/05	SMEnergy – 3rd Transnational Meeting (2023/05/18 - 2023/05/19) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09	SMEnergy – 2nd Transnational Meeting (2022/09/15 - 2022/09/16) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2019/12 - 2019/12	Roadshow EcoTermIP: Ecoeficiência dos Processos Térmicos Industriais (2019/12/12 - 2019/12/12) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2019/11 - 2019/11	EcoTermIP Workshop Setorial - Indústria Cerâmica (2019/11) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2019/11 - 2019/11	EcoTermIP Workshop Setorial e Roadshow Temático - Indústria de Fabricação de Produtos à Base de Carne (2019/11 - 2019/11) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/01	WaterWatt Training Workshop - Avaliação da eficiência energética em circuitos de água industriais (Lisboa) (2019/01/24 - 2019/01/24) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/01	WaterWatt Training Workshop - Avaliação da eficiência energética em circuitos de água industriais (Porto) (2019/01/25 - 2019/01/25) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/05	WaterWatt project Event - "Mobilização para a Eficiência Energética de Circuitos de água industriais", apresentação da "E3 Platform” (2018/05/24 - 2018/05/24) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/02 - 2024/02	37th Chemical Engineering Week (Jornadas de Engenharia Química) - Núcleo de Engenharia Química do Instituto Superior Técnico (NEQIST) Other	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/03	TECH4INNOV - o Presente e o Futuro da Inovação Exhibition	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2022/11 - 2022/11	Instituto Superior Técnico PhD Open Days 2022 – 8th edition Other	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2022/06 - 2022/06	TRUST – 6th Joint Summer School Other	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2022/04/06 - 2022/04/06	Evento nacional de divulgação e brokerage da Parceria Clean Hydrogen for Europe Other	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal
2018/09/26 - 2018/09/26	Caminho da Inovação’18 – Expo & Networking Other	Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal