DR. Manuel I.
PeÑa Cruz

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Position: Cátedra CONACyT Resarcher
SNI: Nivel I
Email: mipec@cio.mx

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ABOUT

Dr. Peña Cruz obtained a Degree in Physics from the Autonomous University of Baja California in 2010. He obtained a master's degree in 2012 and a doctorate degree in 2015; both with Honorable Mention, by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Institute of Renewable Energies. He closely supported the design and operation of the Experimental Field of Central Tower (CEToC), within the framework of project 123767 National Laboratory of Solar Concentration Systems and Solar Chemistry (LACYQS), promoted by CONACYT in Mexico. He has worked for the National Center for Renewable Energies (CENER) in Spain, in the development of methodologies for the characterization of solar concentrators to assess their quality and establish design regulations. In addition, he was awarded with funding by the "Solar Facilities for the European Research Area" (SFERA) program of the European Union, to conduct a research stay at the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), in Rome, Ital. In 2015 he joined the Optics Research Center, A.C. - Aguascalientes Unit through the Cátedras-CONACYT scheme and is a founding member of the Solar Energy Research and Engineering Group (GIIE-Sol) that is made up of seven researchers, engineers, specialized technicians, as well as postgraduate students and that carries out projects of fundamental research, technological development and connection with the industry. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) Level I.

  • Solar radiation.
  • Non-image optical design.
  • Intelligent sensor development.
  • Solar concentration system design for heat and power (CSP).
  • Development of advanced solar selective materials.

2019

  • Leopoldo Martínez-Manuel, Manuel I. Peña-Cruz, Carlos A. Pineda-Arellano, J. Gonzalo Carrillo-Baeza, and Daniel A. May-Arrioja. Optical improvement for modulating a high flux solar simulator designed for solar thermal and thermochemical research. Appl. Opt. 58, 2605-2615
  • Valentín, Luis; Peña-Cruz, Manuel I.; Moctezuma, Daniela; Peña-Martínez, Cesar M.; Pineda-Arellano, Carlos A.; Díaz-Ponce, Arturo. Towards the Development of a Low-Cost Irradiance Nowcasting Sky Imager. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 1131.

2018

  • C. Iriarte-Cornejo, C.A. Arancibia-Bulnes, J.F. Hinojosa, Manuel I. Peña-Cruz, Effect of spatial resolution of heliostat surface characterization on its concentrated heat flux distribution. Solar Energy 174 (2018) 312–320.

  • Manuel I. Peña-Cruz, Patricio J. Valadés-Pelayo, Camilo A. Arancibia-Bulnes, Carlos A. Pineda-Arellano, Iván Salgado-Tránsito, Fernando Martell-Chavez, Annual optical performance of a solar CPC photo-reactor with multiple catalyst support configurations by a multi-scale model, International Journal of Photoenergy. Article ID 8718172.
  • Alejandro Mateos-Canseco, Manuel I. Peña-Cruz, Arturo Díaz-Ponce, Jean-Luc Battaglia, Christophe Pradère and Luis David Patino-Lopez, “Time-Resolved Temperature Map Prediction of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems by Means of Coupled Ray Tracing Flux Analysis and Thermal Quadrupoles Modelling, Energies (2018), 11, 2042; doi:10.3390/en11082042.
  • Martínez-Manuel, L., Peña-Cruz, M.I., Villa-Medina, M., Ojeda-Bernal, C., Prado-Zermeño, M., Prado-Zermeño, I., Pineda-Arellano, C.A., Carrillo, J.G., Salgado-Tránsito, I., Martell-Chavez, F. A 17.5 kWel high flux solar simulator with controllable flux-spot capabilities: Design and validation study, Solar Energy, 170 (2018), 807–819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.05.088 .
  • Velázquez-Martínez, S., Silva-Martínez, S., Pineda-Arellano, C.A., Jiménez-González, A., Salgado-Tránsito, I., Morales-Pérez, A.A., Peña-Cruz, M.I. Modified sol-gel/hydrothermal method for the synthesis of microsized TiO2 and iron-doped TiO2, its characterization and solar photocatalytic activity for an azo dye degradation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (2018), 93–101; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.04.002.
  • Miguel Terron Hernandez, Manuel I. Peña-Cruz, U. Diego-Ayala, Vicente Flores-Lara, and J. Carrillo, Solar Ray Tracing Analysis to Determine Energy Availability in a CPC Designed for use as a Residential Water Heater, Energies (2018), 11, 291; doi:10.3390/en11020291.

2017

  • Patricio J Valades-Pelayo, Camilo Bulnes, Ivan Salgado-Transito, Heidi I Villafan-Vidales, Manuel I Peña-Cruz, Antonio E Jimenez- Gonzalez, Effect of catalyst support parameters on radiation absorption in a multi-tubular solar photocatalytic reactor. Chemical Engineering Science 161 (2017) 24–35.
  • Camilo A Arancibia-Bulnes, Manuel I Peña-Cruz, Amaia Mutuberria, Rufino Diaz-Uribe, Marcelino Sanchez- Gonzalez, A Survey of Methods for the Evaluation of Reflective Solar Concentrator Optics. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 69 (2017) 673–684.

2014

  • Manuel I. Peña-Cruz, Camilo A. Arancibia-Bulnes, Ana Monreal Vidal, Marcelino Sánchez González, Improving Parabolic Trough Mirror Module Qualification By Focus Tool. , Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 6, 013118 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4862787.