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Eduardo Gonza´lez-Gorben~a has a PhD in Ocean Engineering with emphasis in Coastal Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a MSc in Coastal and Port Engineering from the University of Cantabria, and a BSc in Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. He has a large experience applying numerical models to coastal engineering projects of different degrees of complexity. Since his PhD, his research has been focused on marine renewable energy, specifically with tidal in-stream energy. In October 2016, he joined the Marine Offshore Energy Team from the University of Algarve (Portugal) to work in the project SCORE that involved the first deployment of a Tidal Energy Converter (TEC) in Portuguese waters. Recently, he has been awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for the project proposal named OpTiCA – Optimisation of Tidal energy Converter Arrays. This project started in July 2017 and aims to provide a significant contribution towards the understanding of (a) the effects of TECs interactions with the environment; (b) the capabilities and limitations of common strategies used for the numerical modelling of TECs; and (c) how to mathematically formulate optimisation models to solve the TEC array layout problem considering technical, socio-economic and environmental constraints.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Eduardo González Gorbeña Eisenmann

Citation names

  • González-Gorbeña, Eduardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A01E-0330-5F5D
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1996-7820
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/cit

Email addresses

  • egeisenmann@ualg.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 915113242 (Personal)
Telephone
  • 289800100 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade do Algarve - Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA). Campus of Gambelas, Ed. 7, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013
Concluded
 D.Sc. Ocean Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Um Modelo de Otimização para a Geração de Energia Elétrica a partir das Correntes Hidrodinâmicas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 20
2009
Concluded
 M.Sc. em Engenharia Costeira e Portos (Master)
Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
" Metodología Para Determinar Criterios De Calidad De Rotura Del Oleaje. Aplicación A Las Playas Del Sardinero Y Somo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
2005
Concluded
 B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering (Bacharelato)
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/07/01 - 2019/06/30 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/07/01 - Current Invited Assistant Researcher project OpTiCA - Optimisation of Tidal energy Converter Arrays. Funded by: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions of the EU`s H2020-MSCA-IF-EF-RI-2016 / GA: 748747. Project websit Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2017/06/30 Postdoctoral Pesearcher in project SCORE – Sustainability of using Ria Formosa Currents On Renewable Energy production. Funded: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology - PTDC/AAG-TEC/1710/201 Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2016/09/30 Postdoctoral research in optimisation of hydrokinetic energy converter array layouts. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009/09/12 - 2013/12/20 Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering. Tidal energy converter array layout optimisation. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008/09/01 - 2008/11/01 Coastal and port engineer (internship). Santander Port Authority, Spain
2006/05/01 - 2006/08/01 Environmental engineer Berkeley Energia Ltd. Salamanca, Spain., Spain
2005/03/01 - 2006/03/01 Environmental engineer consultant G.L. Morris Engineering. , Puerto Rico
2002/01/10 - 2002/03/01 Field assistant. Geophysical and gravimetric studies. Cambridge Mineral Resources Plc., Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2014/10 - 2016/09 Optimisation of hydrokinetic energy converter array layouts
500177/2014-7
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Contract

Designation Funders
2017/07 - 2019/06 OpTiCA - Optimisation of Tidal Energy Converter Arrays
748747
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo; Pacheco, André; Plomaritis, Theocharis A.; Sequeira, Cláudia Dias. "Assessing the effects of Tidal Energy Converter array size on hydrodynamics of Ria Formosa (Portugal)". 2017.
Journal article
  1. Sequeira, C; Pacheco, A; Galego, P; Gorbeña, E. "Analysis of the efficiency of wind turbine gearboxes using the temperature variable". Renewable Energy (2019):
    10.1016/j.renene.2018.12.040
  2. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "Analysis of the efficiency of wind turbine gearboxes using the temperature variable". Renewable Energy 135 (2019): 465-472. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014811831471X.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.12.040
  3. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "Estimating the optimum size of a tidal array at a multi-inlet system considering environmental and performance constraints". Applied Energy 232 (2018): 292-311. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261918315216.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.204
  4. Pacheco, A; Gorbena, E; Plomaritis, TA; Garel, E; Goncalves, JMS; Bentes, L; Monteiro, P; et al. "Deployment characterization of a floatable tidal energy converter on a tidal channel, Ria Formosa, Portugal". ENERGY (2018):
    10.1016/j.energy.2018.06.034
  5. González Gorbeña, E; Pacheco, A; Plomaritis, TA; Ferreira, Ó; Sequeira, C. "Estimating the optimum size of a tidal array at a multi-inlet system considering environmental and performance constraints". Applied Energy (2018):
    10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.204
  6. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "Multi-dimensional optimisation of Tidal Energy Converters array layouts considering geometric, economic and environmental constraints". Renewable Energy 116 Part A (2018): 647-658. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148117309709.
    10.1016/j.renene.2017.10.009
  7. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "Optimal configuration problem identification of electrical power cable in tidal turbine farm via traveling salesman problem modeling approach". Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s40565-018-0472-7.
    10.1007/s40565-018-0472-7
  8. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "An evaluation of offshore wind power production by floatable systems: A case study from {SW} Portugal". Energy (2017): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217307247.
    10.1016/j.energy.2017.04.149
  9. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "Optimisation of hydrokinetic turbine array layouts via surrogate modelling". Renewable Energy (2016):
    10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.045
  10. González-Gorbeña, E; Rosman, P. "Sobre a Modelagem Computacional de Estruturas Imersas em Escoamentos em Escala Subgrid". Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos (2016):
    10.21168/rbrh.v21n1.p209-211
  11. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "Assessment of the tidal current energy resource in São Marcos Bay, Brazil". Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy (2015):
    10.1007/s40722-015-0031-5
  12. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "Influence in sediment dynamics due to tidal energy farms at São Marcos Bay, Ma". Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos (2015): http://www.abrh.org.br/SGCv3/index.php?PUB=1&ID=157&SUMARIO=5063.
    10.21168/rbrh.v20n2.p379-393
  13. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. "A Metamodel Simulation Based Optimisation Approach for the Tidal Turbine Location Problem". Aquatic Science and Technology (2015):
    10.5296/ast.v3i1.6544

Other

Other output
  1. Optimal configuration problem identification of electrical power cable in tidal turbine farm via traveling salesman problem modeling approach. Electrical power cables in tidal turbine farms contribute a significant share to capital expenditure (CAPEX). As a result, the routing of electrical power cables connecting turbines to cable collector hubs must be designed so as to obtain the least cost configuration. This is referred to as a tidal cable routing problem. This problem possesses several variants depending on the number of cable coll. 2018. Vartdal, Johanne T.; Qassim, Raad Y.; Mokliev, Børge; Udjus, Guttorm; González-Gorbeña, Eduardo. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11055.
  2. Deployment characterization of a floatable tidal energy converter on a tidal channel, Ria Formosa, Portugal. This paper presents the results of a pilot experiment with an existing tidal energy converter (TEC), Evopod 1 kW floatable prototype, in a real test case scenario (Faro Channel, Ria Formosa, Portugal). A baseline marine geophysical, hydrodynamic and ecological study based on the experience collected on the test site is presented. The collected data was used to validate a hydro-morphodynamic model,. 2018. Pacheco, A.; González-Gorbeña, Eduardo; Plomaritis, T.A.; Garel, Erwan; Gonçalves, J. M. S.; Bentes, L.; Monteiro, P.; et al. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10772.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.06.034
  3. Assessing the effects of Tidal Energy Converter array size on hydrodynamics of Ria Formosa (Portugal). This paper investigates the effects of Tidal Energy Converter (TEC) array size at a tidal channel on flood/ebb discharges at multi-inlet coastal lagoon by applying numerical modelling. The paper presents a case study for the Faro-Olhão inlet in the Ria Formosa (Portugal), a potential site for tidal in-stream energy extraction. Arrays of up to 11 rows with 5 TECs each were studied to assess impacts. 2017. González-Gorbeña, Eduardo; Pacheco, André; Plomaritis, Theocharis A.; Sequeira, Cláudia Dias. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10404.
Distinctions

Award

2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship
European Commission - Research & Innovation H2020, Portugal
2013 COPPE 50 Anos Award
The Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Brazil
2012 Nota 10 (DSc-10) Scholarship
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005 Politechnic University of Puerto Rico - Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships
National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka