Pablo Jaen Sola
pablo jaen sola

Dr Pablo Jaen Sola BEng (Hons), MEngSc, MRes, PG Cert, PhD, MIET

Lecturer

 0131 455 2213

  P.Sola@napier.ac.uk

  

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • External Judge for the Robert Gordon University COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) Project Competition
  • Member of the organising/technical committee of the ASME SSDM 2025 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 14th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Member of the EPSRC College of Grant Reviewers
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 13th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Member of the organising/technical committee of the ASME SSDM 2024 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • Member of the UK Sustainable Electrification Forum
  • Member of the organising/technical committee of the ASME SSDM 2023 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 12th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the ASME SSDM 2022 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 11th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy Advisor (Structural Design of Electrical Machines)

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Chair, Member of the Organising Committee and Moderator - 4th Annual Solar and Wind Power Conference (2024)
  • Chair, Member of the Organising Committee, Moderator and Speaker - 3rd Annual Solar and Wind Power Conference (2023)
  • Atkins Realis Consulting Workshop co-Organiser in Partnership with the Cybersecurity and Systems Group

 

Editorial Activity

  • Editorial Board Member of the Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing Journal
  • Special Issue Lead Guest Editor - Wind MDPI
  • Editorial Board Member of the Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering Journal
  • Topic Editor of the Sustainability MDPI Journal
  • Editorial Board Member of the American Journal of Civil Engineering

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Bronze medal (Strathclyde Enterprise Pathway), 2016

 

Grant Funding Panel Member

  • EPSRC Grant Reviewer

 

Invited Speaker

  • International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Senior Member of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom
  • STEM Ambassador

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Delivery of Workshop for Sanjivani Group of Institutes (India)
  • Formula Student Structural and Fluid Simulation Advisor 2022
  • Keynote Speaker at the Opening Event of Napier's Engineering Society

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • PhD Lead External Examiner - UK Wind and Marine Energy Systems (University of Strathclyde)
  • PhD Lead External Examiner - IDCORE Group (University of Edinburgh)
  • PhD International Panel of Experts (University of Zaragoza - Spain)
  • PhD Lead External Examiner - IDCORE Group (University of Edinburgh)

 

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19 results

Lightweight design of direct-drive wind turbine electrical generators: A comparison between steel and composite material structures

Journal Article
Jaen Sola, P., McDonald, A., & Oterkus, E. (2019)
Lightweight design of direct-drive wind turbine electrical generators: A comparison between steel and composite material structures. Ocean Engineering, 181, 330-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.03.053
Direct-drive generators for wind turbines are high torque, low speed machines which require a heavy robust structure to maintain the air-gap clearance open and stable. The mas...

Equivalent Electrical Circuit Derivation of a 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Gearbox

Conference Proceeding
Jaen-Sola, P., & Mcdonald, A. S. (2018)
Equivalent Electrical Circuit Derivation of a 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Gearbox
A thermal model of the main mechanical components of the Levenmouth Development Turbine powertrain has been developed in Matlab/Simulink in order to predict their efficiency c...

Dynamic structural design of offshore direct-drive wind turbine electrical generators.

Journal Article
Jaen-Sola, P., McDonald, A. S., & Oterkus, E. (2018)
Dynamic structural design of offshore direct-drive wind turbine electrical generators. Ocean Engineering, 161, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.04.074
Direct-drive permanent magnet generators for multi-MW wind turbines are low speed high torque electrical machines requiring large, heavy and robust structures to maintain the ...

A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components

Conference Proceeding
Jaen-Sola, P., & Mcdonald, A. (2016)
A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2016.0314
Direct-drive generators are low speed electrical machines requiring robust and large supporting structures designed to resist the significant loads present during assembly and...

A Lightweight Approach for Airborne Wind Turbine Drivetrains

Conference Proceeding
Jaen Sola, P., Mcdonald, A. S., & Oterkus, E. (2015)
A Lightweight Approach for Airborne Wind Turbine Drivetrains
Buoyant airborne wind turbines are devices capable of harnessing stronger winds at higher altitudes and with their automated and rapidly deployable system they are suited to n...

Structural Analysis and Characterization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Conference Proceeding
Jaen-Sola, P., & McDonald, A. S. (2014)
Structural Analysis and Characterization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0866
Wind turbine direct-drive generator structures are analysed in order to optimise and reduce mass. A method for modelling key stiffness parameters including a magnetic air-gap ...

Adaptive Dynamic Control of a Wind Generator

Conference Proceeding
Jaen-Sola, P., Anaya-Lara, O., & Dominguez-Navarro, J. A. (2013)
Adaptive Dynamic Control of a Wind Generator. In Proceedings of 9th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe
The main aim of the present project is to obtain a better understanding of the dynamic control of a wind turbine. To accomplish this, an adaptive dynamic controller was develo...

Initial CFD analysis of a flooded turbine in a wave pump generator. A steady-state analysis for Dolphin Energy Ltd.

Report
Jaen Sola, P., & Jack, A. Initial CFD analysis of a flooded turbine in a wave pump generator. A steady-state analysis for Dolphin Energy Ltd. Energy Technology Partnership - Pentland Materials Supply Ltd

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Jaen Sola, P., & Jack, A. Initial CFD analysis of a flooded turbine in a wave pump generator. A steady-state analysis for Dolphin Energy Ltd. Energy Technology Partnership - Pentland Materials Supply Ltd

Portable Solar Kiln

Report
Kinsley, A., Muhammad Sukki, F., Sola, P., Sellami, N., See, C. H., & Papadopoulos, S. (2022)
Portable Solar Kiln. Edinburgh Napier University
The aim of this project is to determine an optimum design and setup for a solar kiln. Throughout this project the overall design of the container will be addressed along with ...

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