Evelyn Cardozo Rocabado
About me
Evelyn Cardozo Rocabado holds a PhD in Energy Technology from KTH, Sweden, and is a Chemical Engineer with extensive experience in renewable energy, specifically focusing on biomass. Her career, spanning from 2008 to the present, demonstrates a strong background in research, academic leadership, and project coordination.
Key areas of expertise:
Renewable Energy Research: She has conducted extensive research on biomass combustion, life cycle assessment, and the potential of bioenergy. Her work includes developing models for heat and power generation and evaluating biomass cookstoves.
Academic Leadership: As a researcher at the Energy Research Center (CUIE) at Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS), she has held significant leadership roles, including Director of Research and Head of the Energy Research Center. She has also been the local coordinator for several international projects funded by organizations like Sida-Sweden, ARES and VLIR-UOS-Belgium, and ERASMUS PLUS.
Teaching and Supervision: She has a substantial record of teaching and supervising students at both the master's and PhD levels, guiding numerous theses on topics related to renewable energy, energy modeling, and biomass utilization. She has also served as an exchange teacher in Belgium and Spain.
Publications and Conferences: Her research is well-documented in a robust list of peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations in prestigious journals and international conferences, highlighting her contributions to the field.
Degrees:
Angelica Magne, Dilip Kathiwada, Evelyn Cardozo. Assessing the bioenergy potential in South America: Projections for 2050. Energy for Sustainable Development 2024, 82(6). DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2024.101535
Luis Choque, Wujun Wang, Evelyn Cardozo, Adrew Martin. Decentralized biomass-based Brayton-Stirling power cycle with an air gap membrane distiller for supplying electricity, heat and clean water in rural areas. Applied Thermal Engineering DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123889
Luis Choque, Wujun Wang, Evelyn Cardozo, Adrew Martin. Biomass-based Brayton-Stirling-AGMD polygeneration for small-scale applications in rural areas. Energy 304:132033 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132033
Hamed A.S.A., Yusof N.I.F.M., Yahya M.S., Cardozo E., Munajat N.F. Concentrated solar pyrolysis for oil palm biomass: An exploratory review within the Malaysian context. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 188 (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113834
Fernanda Rojas Michaga, Stavros Michailos, Evelyn Cardozo, Kevin J. Hughes, and Mohamed Pourkashanian Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production through power-to-liquid (PtL): A combined techno-economic and life cycle assessment. Energy Conversion and Management 292 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117427
J. Villarroel-Schneider, Sergio L. Balderrama, Claudia Sanchez Solis, Evelyn Cardozo, Anders Malmquist, Andrew Martin. Open-source model applied for techno-economic optimization of a hybrid solar PV biogas-based polygeneration plant: The case of a dairy farmers' association in central Bolivia. Energy Conversion and Management 291 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117223
J. Villarroel-Schneider, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, Brijesh Mainali, J.Martí-Herrero, Evelyn Cardozo, Anders Malmquist, Andrew Martin. Energy self-sufficiency and greenhouse gas emission reductions in Latin American dairy farms through massive implementation of biogas-based solutions. Energy Conversion and Management 261 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115670
Fernanda Rojas Michaga, Stavros Michailos, Muhammad Akram, Evelyn Cardozo, Kevin J. Hughes, Derek Ingham, and Mohamed Pourkashanian. 2022. “Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) Potential in Jet Fuel Production from Forestry Residues: A Combined Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment Approach.” Energy Conversion and Management 255 (2022): 115346. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENCONMAN.2022.115346.
Miguel Fernandez, Evelyn Cardozo, Jaime Zambrana Vargas, Gabriela Peña, Sergio Balderrama, Claudia Sánchez, Alejandro Soto, and Sylvain Quoilin. 2021. “Evaluación Del Costo de Electrificación Rural En Bolivia Para Alcanzar El ODS 7.” Journal Boliviano de Ciencias 17 (2021): 32–55. https://doi.org/10.52428/20758944.V17I50.2.
Pablo Jimenez, Evelyn Cardozo, Luis A. Choque Campero, Joseph Adhemar Araoz Ramos, “Performance analysis of Stirling engine hybrid power system”. Energies (2020) 13 (4)980. DOI: 10.3390/en13040980.
Evelyn Cardozo, Anders Malmquist. “Performance comparison between the use of wood and sugarcane bagasse pellets in a Stirling engine micro-CHP system. Applied Thermal Engineering (2019), 159: 113945. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113945.
Mamani, Rober, Sanchez, Claudia, Cardozo, Evelyn, & Hendrick, Patrick. (2019). Evaluación numérica de diferentes alternativas de energías renovables en Raqaypampa. Científica UMSS, 1(3), 8–15. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4320775.
Evelyn Cardozo, Catharina Erlich, Lucio Alejo, Torsten H. Fransson. “Comparison of the thermal power availability of different agricultural residues using a residential boiler”, Biomass Conv. Bioref (2016) 6: 435-447.
Joseph A. Araoz, Evelyn Cardozo, Marianne Salomon, Lucio Alejo, Torsten Fransson. “Development and validation of a thermodynamic model for the performance analysis of a gamma Stirling engine prototype”, Applied Thermal Engineering 83 (2015) 16-30.
Evelyn Cardozo, Catharina Erlich, Anders Malmquist, Lucio Alejo. “Integration of a wood pellet burner and a Stirling engine to produce residential heat and power”, Applied Thermal Engineering 73 (2014) 669-678.
Evelyn Cardozo, Catharina Erlich, Lucio Alejo, Torsten H. Fransson. “Combustion of agricultural residues: An experimental study for small scale applications”, Fuel, Volume 115, January 2014, Pages 778-787.
Wroclaw, Poland