Ignacio Gurruchaga

Beruflicher Abschluss

• MSc Industrial Engineering, UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Fachliche Schwerpunkte

• Solar Thermal, Heat Pumps, Energy Storage, Ice Slurry, Energy systems in general, Modelling (TRNSYS- pytrnsys), Integration of renewable energy systems, CFD.

Wissenschaftliche Auszeichnungen, Preise

• 2006 - EUROSOLAR Award (Spain) - integral refurbishment of a solar thermal system in a multi-family building (Barcelona)
• 2005 - EUROSOLAR Award (Spain) for a 357 kWt Solar Thermal System for a washing industrial process in Barcelona

Berufspraxis

• 2022 - RESEARCH ASSISTANT SPF INSTITUT FÜR SOLARTECHNIK. Conduct applied research and development projects to decarbonise the energy sector through solar energy, heat pumps, energy storage and the intelligent combination of those and other technologies, by means of computer-aided simulations (pytrnsys based on TRNSYS, CFD) and laboratory work.
• 2014 – 2022 Santiago, Chile CO-FOUNDER, ENERGY AND CFD CONSULTANT FOR APPLIED R&D AIGUASOL - INGENIERIA, CONSULTORÍA E INNOVACIÓN EN ENERGÍA SPA. Energy Consultant for Integration of renewables: Solar Energy, Concentrating Collectors, Heat Pumps, Storage, District Heating & Cooling. EES and TRNSYS Energy system modelling. CFD (ANSYS Fluent) turbulent flows, multiphase flows (VOF, Mixture, Eulerian, Species Transport and Discrete Phase Model), conjugate heat transfer modelling. Applied R&D and Product Development (Solar concentrating collector ULISSES-WeSSun, Evaporation Barrier BarrierBall®, Byphasic mixer EXMAJET®) Energy systems and HVAC engineering. 3 Patents applications - 1 Patent Approval
• 2019 – 2022 Madrid, Spain RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSULTANT / TRNSYS CONSULTANT SEENSO RENOVAL SL WEDISTRICT https://www.wedistrict.eu/ is an EU-project which aims to demonstrate innovative 100% fossil free heating and cooling solutions for new and existing District Heating and Cooling (DHC) systems. Consultancy on TRNSYS® modelling and integration of different renewable technologies, systems and solutions in DHC.
• 2000 – 2014 Barcelona, Spain CO-FOUNDER, ENERGY AND TRNSYS CONSULTANT FOR APPLIED R&D AND ENGINEERING PROJECTS AIGUASOL - SISTEMES AVANÇATS D'ENERGIA SOLAR TÈRMICA SCCL TRNSYS Software developer of TRANSOL 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 software, the codes of which are the basis of the tool for validating compliance with section HE4 of the CTE in Spain: http://cheq4.idae.es/ Applied R&D (7th FP EU-Projects: Greenfoods, High-Combi, ROCOCO, ST-Escos, POSHIP) Energy systems and HVAC engineering: Large Scale Solar Thermal, Solar Cooling, Medium Temperature Solar Thermal, Linear Fresnel, Heat Pumps, Biomass Boilers, Gasification, DHC, Co / Trigeneration, Combustion, Solar Dryers. Energy Consultant. Integration of renewable technologies in Industry and Residential. Participation in International Energy Agency Tasks: Task33, Task38, Task44)
• 1997 – 2000 QUALITY MANAGER, QS9000 ESMETRO S.L. Responsible of quality management and aftersales service with costumers. Deployment of QS9000 Quality System Management in an automotive sector company. I hold this position in parallel to my university studies (1995-2001).
• 1993 – 1997 TEACHER (MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY,...) SEVERAL PART-TIME JOBS During my secondary school and university studies I gave private lessons in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Spezialisierung

• POSTGRADUATE IN NUMERICAL FLOW ANALYSIS USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS iESSS - Institute ESSS for Training, Research and Development | Ansys Official Elite Channel