Hybrid modeling of renewable energy systems and its application to a hot water solar plant

IFAC - CONFERENCE ON CONTROL METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY 29/03/2010 Vilamoura, PortugalA family of models that can be applied to various types of renewable energy plants is proposed. The methodology is used to model a solar plant for the production of sanitary water (the hot water production system installed at the “Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío”, Seville, Spain). A detailed examination of the behavior of the plant has produced a model which has served to identify niches of inefficiency in the operation. The model is later used to tune the parameters of a controller to improve operation.Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología DPI 2007-66718-C04-01Junta de Andalucía TEP-0272

Liberal governmentality in Spain: bodies, minds, and the medical construction of the “outsider,” 1870–1910

This paper traces the fragility of the subject in the period extending from the aftermath of the Sexenio through to the early twentieth century. In particular, two case studies are focused upon: the question of gender “deviance” and the figure of the genius, in order to understand how medicine participated in the construction of “outsider” identities within the context of the emerging liberal order. How did liberal rationales exclude or curtail certain wayward expressions of identity and subjectivity? What consequences did the marking of “excessive” figures or outsiders have for notions of inclusiveness and citizenship within the late-nineteenth-century liberal order? By concentrating primarily on medical texts and journals published during the period, this study builds on existing research to tease out answers to these questions