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    • Tarisciotti, Luca; Lo Calzo, Giovanni; Gaeta, Alberto; Zanchetta, Pericle; Valencia, Felipe; Sáez Hueichapán, Doris (2016)
      In recent years, model predictive control (MPC) has been successfully used for the control of power electronics converters with different topologies and for different applications. MPC offers many advantages over more ...
    • Núñez Mata, Oscar; Palma Behnke, Rodrigo; Valencia, Felipe; Mendoza Araya, Patricio; Jiménez Estévez, Guillermo Andrés (MDPI, 2018)
      The development of a proper protection system is essential for the secure and reliable operation of microgrids. In this paper, a novel adaptive protection system for microgrids is presented. The protection scheme is based ...
    • Rahmann Zúñiga, Claudia; Mac-Clure Brintrup, Benjamín; Vittal, Vijay; Valencia, Felipe (MDPI, 2017)
      In the last few years, several investigations have been carried out in the field of optimal sizing of energy storage systems (ESSs) at both the transmission and distribution levels. Nevertheless, most of these works make ...
    • Díaz Rodríguez, Pablo; Muñoz Sáez, Francisco; Rogan Castillo, José; Martin Bragado, Ignacio; Perlado, J. M.; Peña Rodríguez, Ovidio; Rivera, Antonio; Valencia, Felipe (IOP, 2020)
      Plasma-facing materials (PFMs) for nuclear fusion, either in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) or in magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) approaches, must withstand extremely hostile irradiation conditions. Mitigation strategies ...
    • Valencia, Felipe; González, Rafael I.; Tramontina, Diego; Rogan Castillo, José; Valdivia Hepp, Juan; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel; Bringa, Eduardo (American Chemical Society, 2016-10-20)
      The potential and properties of palladium hollow nano particles (hNPs) as a possible H storage material are explored by means of classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. First, we study the stability of pure Pd hNPs ...
    • González, Rafael I.; Rojas Núñez, Javier; Valencia, Felipe; Muñoz Sáez, Francisco; Baltazar, Samuel; Allende, Sebastián; Rogan Castillo, José; Valdivia Hepp, Juan; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel; Ramírez, Ricardo; Greathouse, Jeffery A. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Imogolite is a fascinating inorganic nanotube that is found in nature or synthesized in a laboratory. The synthesis process is carried out in liquid media, and leads to the formation of almost monodisperse diameter nanotubes. ...
    • Valencia, Felipe J.; González, Rafael I.; Valdivia Hepp, Juan; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel; Bringa, Eduardo M.; Rogan Castillo, José (American Chemical Society, 2017)
      The large surface-to-volume ratio of hollow palladium nanoparticles (hNPs) offers room to improve their hydrogen storage capacity as well as their catalytic activity. However, a less explored possibility is to use, in ...
    • Shiryaev, Andrey A.; Hinks, Jonathan A.; Marks, Nigel A.; Greaves, Graeme; Valencia, Felipe J.; Donnelly, Stephen E.; Gonzalez, Rafael I.; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel; Trigub, Alexander L.; Bringa, Eduardo M.; Fogg, Jason L.; Vlasov, Igor I. (Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
      Nanoparticles are ubiquitous in nature and are increasingly important for technology. They are subject to bombardment by ionizing radiation in a diverse range of environments. In particular, nanodiamonds represent a variety ...
    • González, Rafael I.; Valencia, Felipe; Mella, José; van Duin, Adri C. T.; So, Kang Pyo; Li, Ju; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel; Bringa, Eduardo M. (Amer Inst Physics, 2016)
      The improvement of radiation resistance in nanocomposite materials is investigated by means of classical reactive molecular dynamics simulations. In particular, we study the influence of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in an Ni ...
    • Espín Sarzosa, Danny; Palma Behnke, Rodrigo; Valencia, Felipe (MDPI, 2021)
      Small productive processes (SPPs) are promising drivers that promote the economic use of energy in microgrids (MGs). Both the complex nature of the SPPs and voltage variations make the operation of MGs challenging, since ...
    • Valencia, Felipe; Pinto, Benjamín; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel; Ruestes, Carlos J.; Bringa, Eduardo M.; Rogan, José (Elsevier, 2020)
      Polycrystalline hollow nanoparticles present a unique combination of strength and flexibility. However, the exact role displayed by their grain structure in mechanical properties has not been yet fully understood. Here, ...
    • Cifuentes, Nicolás; Rahmann, Claudia; Valencia, Felipe; Alvarez, Ricardo (Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019)
      © 2019 Institution of Engineering and Technology. All rights reserved.The stability of future power systems will be challenged by high shares of converter-based generation technologies (CBGTs). To prevent instability ...
    • Moreno Leiva, Simón; Haas, Jannik; Junne, Tobias; Valencia, Felipe; Godin, Helene; Kracht Gajardo, Willy; Nowak, Wolfgang; Eltrop, Ludger (Elsevier, 2020)
      Renewable energy systems are now accepted to be mandatory for climate change mitigation. These systems require a higher material supply than conventional ones. Particularly, they require more copper. The production of this ...
    • Valencia, Felipe; Collado, Jorge; Sáez García, Doris; Marín, Luis G. (IEEE-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers, 2016)
      Microgrids have emerged as an alternative to alleviate increasing energy demands. However, because microgrids are primarily based on nonconventional energy sources (NCES), there is high uncertainty involved in their ...
    • Patino, Julian; Valencia, Felipe; Espinosa, Jairo (International Journal Renewable Energy Research, 2017)
      In recent years, the integration level of renewable energy sources into the grid system has grown considerably. In the near future, renewable-based power is expected to be comparable to the conventional power generation ...
    • Haas, Jannik; Palma Behnke, Rodrigo; Valencia, Felipe; Araya, Paz; Díaz Ferran, Gustavo; Telsnig, Thomas; Eltrop, Ludger; Díaz, Manuel; Puschel, Sebastián; Grandel, Matthias; Román Latorre, Roberto; Jiménez Estévez, Guillermo Andrés (Elsevier, 2018)
      The use of solar technologies should proliferate in Chile as half of the country has a solar irradiance (GHI) above 5 kWh/(m(2)d). Moreover, the Atacama Desert exhibits further advantageous conditions with 7 kWh/(m(2)d), ...
    • Reyes, Paula; Valencia, Felipe; Vega, Hector; Ruestes, Carlos; Rogan Castillo, José; Valdivia Hepp, Juan; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel (Royal SOC. chemistry, 2018-05)
      Hollow nanoparticles (hNPs) are of interest because their large cavities and small thickness give rise to a large surface to volume ratio. However, in general they are not in equilibrium and far from their global energy ...
    • Valencia, Felipe; Ramírez, Max; Varas, Alejandro; Rogan, José; Kiwi Tichauer, Miguel (American Chemical Society, 2020)
      Hollow nanoparticle structures play a major role in nanotechnology and nanoscience since their surface to volume ratio is significantly larger than that of filled ones. While porous hollow nanoparticles offer a significant ...
    • Valencia, Felipe; Ramírez González, Max; Varas, Alejandro; Rogan Castillo, José Antonio (American Chemical Society, 2020)
      The existence of polycrystalline shells has been widely reported in the synthesis of hollow nanoparticles; however, the exact role displayed by the grain boundaries on the stability has been scarcely studied. By including ...
    • Lopez, Jose David; Tierney, Tim M.; Sucerquia, Angela; Valencia, Felipe; Holmes, Niall; Mellor, Stephanie; Roberts, Gillian; Hill, Ryan M.; Bowtell, Richard; Brookes, Matthew J.; Barnes, Gareth R. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
      Optically pumped magnetometers have opened many possibilities for the study of human brain function using wearable moveable technology. In order to fully exploit this capability, a stable low-field environment at the sensors ...