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Dr. Ricardo Conceição, completed his Masters in Mechatronic Engineering, with his thesis on atmospheric electricity (20/20) in 2015 at the University of Évora. After that, he won an FCT PhD grant, as well as, participations in H2020 European projects such as MASLOWATEN, INSHIP and SFERA-III. He had the maximum distinction in his PhD thesis defence on soiling effect on solar energy conversion technologies. Currently he was awarded with the grant Juan de la Cierva, one of the most distinguished in Spain. Currently, he currently has the following metrics on SCOPUS: Number of documents: 23 (SCOPUS) Number of citations: 322 by 210 documents (SCOPUS); Number of citations after the PhD: 250 ); Average number of citations/year = 68; h-index: 11 (SCOPUS); Number of publications included in Q1: 16 Thesis supervision: 1 (ongoing).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Conceição

Citation names

  • Conceição, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B41F-AB35-6ED1
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7341-7611
Google Scholar ID
5G0PDUsAAAAJ
Researcher Id
A-7996-2019
Scopus Author Id
56577892300

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Petroleum Engineering, Energy and Fuels

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015 - 2019/04/11
Concluded
 Mechatronics Engineering and Energy (Doutoramento)
Major in Energy
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Soiling in Solar Energy Conversion Technologies: Assessment and Mitigation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 20
2013/09/13 - 2015
Concluded
 Mechatronics Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Instrumentation and signal processing applied to Atmospheric Electricity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010/09/13 - 2013/06/01
Concluded
 Mechatronics Engineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Mechatronics Engineering
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/05/04 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto IMDEA Energía, Spain
2019/05/11 - 2020/03/05 Postdoc (Research) Renewable Energies Chair, University of Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017/08/01 - 2019/04/11 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014 - Current Integrated Research Member Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/08 - 2019/04/11 FCT PhD. Grant
116344
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015/09/01 - 2017/06 MArket uptake of an innovative irrigation Solution based on LOW WATer-ENergy consumption
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/Horizon 2020 Framework Programme/640771/EU
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 European Commission
2013/05 - 2015/05 Electric and acoustic coupling in rocks during mechanical action
Provided by PTCRIS: 130904
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/05 - Current SFERA-III
823802
Researcher
Instituto IMDEA Energía, Spain
Ongoing
2022/04/01 - 2024/04/01 Soiling in Solar Energy Conversion Technologies
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Post-doc Fellow
Instituto IMDEA Energía, Spain
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - Current ACES 2030
S2018/EMT-4319
Researcher
Instituto IMDEA Energía, Spain
2018 - 2020 Integrating National Research Agendas on Solar Heat for Industrial Processes
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/731287/EU
Other
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Conceição, Ricardo. "Soiling Effect in a Central Receiver Solar Plant under Real Outdoor Conditions". Paper presented in Eurosun, Online, 2020.
    In press
  2. Conceição, Ricardo. "A comparative study of soiling on solar mirrors in Portugal and Morocco: Preliminary results for the dry season". Paper presented in SolarPACES, 2019.
    10.1063/1.5117760
  3. Conceição, Ricardo. "Predictive value of short-term forecasts of DNI for solar energy systems operation". Paper presented in SolarPACES, 2019.
    10.1063/1.5117707
  4. Conceição, Ricardo; Hugo, Silva. "Simulations of the Global Electrical Circuit coupled to local Potential Gradient measurements". Paper presented in Electrostatics, 2015.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Conceição, Ricardo. "Reflectance Loss due to Soling Effect on Solar Tower Heliostat Field". Paper presented in SolarPACES 2020, 2020.
  2. Conceição, Ricardo. "Evaluating the use of an anti-soiling coating for reduction of the dirtiness effect on CSP mirrors". Paper presented in 4º Simpósio IPES: A Concentração Solar e o futuro, 2018.
  3. Conceição, Ricardo; R Conceição; H G Silva; J C Matthews; M D Wright; S N Pereira; A H Reis; D E Shallcross. "Modulation of urban atmospheric electric field measurements with the wind direction in Lisbon (Portugal)". Paper presented in Electrostatics 2015, 2015.
    10.1088/1742-6596/646/1/012017
  4. Conceição, Ricardo. "Atmospheric Electric Field of Lisbon (Portugal) affected by urban activity". Paper presented in Fifteenth International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE), 2014.
Journal article
  1. "Improved ECMWF forecasts of direct normal irradiance: A tool for better operational strategies in concentrating solar power plants". Renewable Energy 163 (2021): 755-771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.08.140.
    10.1016/j.renene.2020.08.140
  2. "CSP performance and yield analysis including soiling measurements for Morocco and Portugal". Renewable Energy 162 (2020): 1777-1792. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.10.014.
    10.1016/j.renene.2020.10.014
  3. "Soiling effect in second-surface CSP mirror and improved cleaning strategies". Renewable Energy 158 (2020): 103-113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.054.
    10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.054
  4. Philipp Bellmann; Fabian Wolfertstetter; Ricardo Conceição; Hugo G. Silva. "Comparative modeling of optical soiling losses for CSP and PV energy systems". Solar Energy 197 (2020): 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.solener.2019.12.045.
    10.1016/j.solener.2019.12.045
  5. Conceição, R.; Vázquez, I.; Fialho, L.; García, D.. "Soiling and rainfall effect on PV technology in rural Southern Europe". Renewable Energy 156 (2020): 743-747. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85084053809&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.119
  6. Ricardo Conceição; Hugo G. Silva; Luis Fialho; Francis M. Lopes; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "PV system design with the effect of soiling on the optimum tilt angle". Renewable Energy 133 (2019): 787-796. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.renene.2018.10.080.
    10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.080
  7. Francisco Lopes; Ricardo Conceição; Hugo G. Silva; Thomas Fasquelle; Rui Salgado; Paulo Canhoto; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "Short-Term Forecasts of DNI from an Integrated Forecasting System (ECMWF) for Optimized Operational Strategies of a Central Receiver System". Energies (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/7/1368.
    10.3390/en12071368
  8. Lopes, F.M.; Conceição, R.; Fasquelle, T.; Silva, H.G.; Salgado, R.; Canhoto, P.; Collares-Pereira, M.. "Predicted direct solar radiation (ECMWF) for optimized operational strategies of linear focus parabolic-trough systems". Renewable Energy (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85075426378&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.renene.2019.11.020
  9. Lopes, D.; Conceição, R.; Silva, H.G.; Aranzabe, E.; Pérez, G.; Collares-Pereira, M.. "Anti-soiling coating performance assessment on the reduction of soiling effect in second-surface solar mirror". Solar Energy 194 (2019): 478-484. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074660203&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.solener.2019.10.059
  10. Ricardo Conceição; Hugo G. Silva; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "CSP mirror soiling characterization and modeling". Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 185 (2018): 233-239. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.solmat.2018.05.035.
    10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.035
  11. Ricardo Conceição; Hugo Silva; José Mirão; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "Organic Soiling: The Role of Pollen in PV Module Performance Degradation". Energies 11 2 (2018): 294-294. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fen11020294.
    10.3390/en11020294
  12. Conceição, R.; Silva, H.G.; Mirão, J.; Gostein, M.; Fialho, L.; Narvarte, L.; Collares-Pereira, M.. "Saharan dust transport to Europe and its impact on photovoltaic performance: A case study of soiling in Portugal". Solar Energy 160 (2018): 94-102. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85037679631&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.solener.2017.11.059
  13. Carapau, Fernando; Conceição, Ricardo. "Three-Dimensional Velocity Field for Blood Flow Using the Power-Law Viscosity Function". WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER 13 (2018): http://www.wseas.org/multimedia/journals/heat/2018/a085912-147.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  14. Ricardo Conceição; Hugo Gonçalves Silva; Alec Bennett; Rui Salgado; Daniele Bortoli; Maria João Costa; Manuel Collares Pereira. "High-Frequency Response of the Atmospheric Electric Potential Gradient Under Strong and Dry Boundary-Layer Convection". Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10546-017-0298-2.
    10.1007/s10546-017-0298-2
  15. Carapau, F.; Correia, P.; Grilo, L.M.; Conceição, R.. "Axisymmetric motion of a proposed generalized non-Newtonian fluid model with shear-dependent viscoelastic effects". IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics 47 4 (2017): 361-370. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85034081173&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  16. H.G. Silva; F.M. Lopes; S. Pereira; K. Nicoll; S.M. Barbosa; R. Conceição; S. Neves; R.G. Harrison; M. Collares Pereira. "Saharan dust electrification perceived by a triangle of atmospheric electricity stations in Southern Portugal". Journal of Electrostatics 84 (2016): 106-120. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.elstat.2016.10.002.
    10.1016/j.elstat.2016.10.002
  17. H.G. Silva; R. Conceição; M.A.H. Khan; J.C. Matthews; M.D. Wright; M. Collares-Pereira; D.E. Shallcross. "Atmospheric electricity as a proxy for air quality: Relationship between potential gradient and pollutant gases in an urban environment". Journal of Electrostatics 84 (2016): 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.elstat.2016.08.006.
    10.1016/j.elstat.2016.08.006
  18. H.G. Silva; R. Conceição; M.D. Wright; J.C. Matthews; S.N. Pereira; D.E. Shallcross. "Aerosol hygroscopic growth and the dependence of atmospheric electric field measurements with relative humidity". Journal of Aerosol Science 85 (2015): 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jaerosci.2015.03.003.
    10.1016/j.jaerosci.2015.03.003
  19. Ricardo Conceição; Marta Melgão; Hugo G. Silva; Keri Nicoll; Richard G. Harrison; António H. Reis. "Transport of the smoke plume from Chiado’s fire in Lisbon (Portugal) sensed by atmospheric electric field measurements". Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 9 3 (2015): 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11869-015-0337-4.
    10.1007/s11869-015-0337-4
  20. H G Silva; R Conceição; M Melgão; K Nicoll; P B Mendes; M Tlemçani; A H Reis; R G Harrison. "Atmospheric electric field measurements in urban environment and the pollutant aerosol weekly dependence". Environmental Research Letters 9 11 (2014): 114025-114025. https://doi.org/10.1088%2F1748-9326%2F9%2F11%2F114025.
    10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114025
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Conceição, Ricardo. "Soiling in Solar Energy Conversion Technologies: Assessment and Mitigation". PhD, Universidade de Évora, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25527.
  2. Tlemçani, Mouhaydine; Silva, Hugo Manuel Gonçalves da. "Instrumentation and signal processing applied to atmospheric electricity". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16434.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018 Comparative Study of Soiling on Solar Mirrors in Portugal and Morocco: Preliminary Results for the Dry Season, Conceição R., Merrouni A., Lopes D., Alae A., Silva H.G., Bennouna G., Collares-Pereira G., Ghennioui A., SolarPACES 2018. SolarPACES
(Morocco)
2018 Soiling in Solar Energy Conversion Technologies: Assessment and Mitigation, Conceição R., Lopes D., 4º Simpósio IPES: A Concentração Solar e o futuro, 2018 Évora. 4º Simpósio IPES: A Concentração Solar e o futuro
Renewable Energies Chair (Portugal)
2017 Axisymmetric Motion of a Proposed Generalized Non-Newtonian Fluid Model with Shear-dependent Viscoelastic Effects, Fernando Carapau, Paulo Correia, Luís M. Grilo, Ricardo Conceição, I Congresso Luso-Extremadurense de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora,(2017). I Congresso Luso-Extremadurense de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2017 Axisymmetric Motion of a Proposed Generalized. Non-Newtonian Fluid Model with Shear-dependent Viscoelastic Effects, Fernando Carapau, Paulo Correia, Luís M. Grilo, Ricardo Conceição, IV Workshop on Computational Data Analysis and Numerical Methods, Instituto Politécnico de Beja, (2017). IV Workshop on Computational Data Analysis and Numerical Methods
Instituto Politécnico de Beja (Portugal)
2014 Potential Gradient measurements in Portugal, H.G. Silva, R. Conceição, M. Melgão, A.H. Reis, M. Tlemçani, CTR Wilson meeting, Special group of Atmospheric Electricity, Royal Meteorological Society, 5th November, 2014 – University of Bath, UK. DOI:10.13140/2.1.1478.3680. CTR Wilson meeting, Special group of Atmospheric Electricity, Royal Meteorological Society,
Royal Meteorological Society (United Kingdom)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/09/27 - 2022/10/01 Oral presentation
Conference
 SolarPACES 2021
2020/09/28 - 2020/10/02 Poster presentation
Conference
 SolarPACES 2020

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/11 - 2020/11 Member of the organization committee of the XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Energia Solar.
Member
 Instituto IMDEA Energía, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2011 Merit Grant
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Other distinction

2016 FCT PhD fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal