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Software para la mejora del aprendizaje del cálculo estructural en ingeniería y arquitectura.Programa Barras V-2.0, Universitat de Lleida
(CIDUI Congrés Internacional de Docència Universitària i Innovació, 2012)Actualmente, para abordar el cálculo estructural en la Universitat de Lleida existe software de uso profesional. Los dos grandes inconvenientes para aplicarlo como herramienta de docencia son, su alto coste económico y ... -
Corrosion Assessment of Myo-Inositol Sugar Alcohol as a Phase Change Material in Storage Systems Connected to Fresnel Solar Plants
(MDPI, 2019)Thermal energy storage systems work in conjunction with solar technologies with the aim of increasing their dispatchability and competitiveness in the energy market. Among others, latent heat thermal energy storage systems ... -
Asphalt emulsion formulation: State of the art of formulation, properties and results of HIPR emulsions
(Elsevier, 2019)As a way to make pavements more economic, less polluting, and with lower energy consumption bitumen emulsions can be used. The formulation of bitumen emulsions is a complex task and they are usually produced using colloid ... -
Numerical parametric study of a hotspot-targeted microfluidic cooling array for microelectronics
(Elsevier, 2018-11-05)Thermal management in integrated chips is one of the major challenges on micro- and nanoelectronics. The rise of power density raised the need for microchannel liquid cooling solutions. This technology has poor temperature ... -
Assessing the Potentiality of Animal Fat Based-Bio Phase Change Materials (PCM) for Building Applications: An Innovative Multipurpose Thermal Investigation
(MDPI, 2019)In recent years, the implementation of novel solutions aimed at improving thermal energy storage (TES) capability to both energy technologies and building-integrated systems has gained increasing attention. In particular, ... -
Corrosion evaluation of alumina-forming alloys in carbonate molten salt for CSP plants
(Elsevier, 2019)The use of carbonate molten salts for the new generation of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants have been considered and analysed during the last years to improve the efficiency of energy generation. However, the high ... -
Mainstreaming commercial CSP systems: A technology review
(Elsevier, 2019)In this review, we summarise the current status and new trends in concentrating solar power (CSP) technology, analysing the technology cost and their evolution during the last years, with special focus on thermal storage. ... -
Simulation analysis of an innovative micro-solar 2kWe Organic Rankine Cycle plant coupled with a multi-apartments building for domestic hot water supply
(Elsevier, 2019)Combined heat and power plants driven by renewable energy sources (RES) are becoming more and more popular, given the energy transition towards the integration of more renewable energy sources in the power generation mix. ... -
On an innovative approach for microclimate enhancement and retrofit of historic buildings and artworks preservation by means of innovative thin envelope materials
(Elsevier, 2019)Energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in building has become a key issue since the built environment is nowadays responsible for more than 30% of the total carbon emissions. While new building design and ... -
Use of seagrass fibres in adobe bricks
(IOP Publishing, 2019)The main aim of the present study is to measure the capability the 'Posidonia Oceanica' as fibre reinforcement for adobe bricks. This sea-plant is distributed in the Mediterranean coast, considered as a solid marine ... -
Molten salt corrosion mechanisms of nitrate based thermal energy storage materials for concentrated solar power plants: A review
(Elsevier, 2019)Corrosion mechanisms for current heat transfer fluid and storage media used in CSP plants working at temperatures from 300°C to 600°C are reviewed in this paper. The studies found in the literature show that these mechanisms ... -
Effects of sodium nitrate concentration on thermophysical properties of solar salts and on the thermal energy storage cost
(Elsevier, 2019)Thermal energy storage (TES) systems are key components of concentrating solar power plants in order to offer energy dispatchability to adapt the electricity power production to the curve demand. Nitrate molten salts are ... -
Composition Determination of Rubber Blends by Applying Differential Scanning Calorimetry and SPA-PLS Treatment
(Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol), 2019)This paper proposes an innovative approach to determine the composition of natural rubber (NR) and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) blends from the analysis of the data provided by the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) ... -
Effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention for smoking cessation in patients with severe mental disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BMC, 2019)Background Up to 75% of inpatients with mental disorders smoke, and their life expectancy is decreased by up to 25 years compared to the general population. Hospitalized patients without monitoring after discharge quickly ... -
Experimental evaluation of the use of fins and metal wool as heat transfer enhancement techniques in a latent heat thermal energy storage system
(Elsevier, 2019)This paper experimentally studies and compares the addition of fins and the addition of metal wool in a latent heat thermal energy storage (TES) system as heat transfer enhancement techniques. Despite the well-known ... -
Disseny d'una estratègia integral per fomentar les habilitats emprenedores entre l'estudiantat mitjançant el Treball de Fi de Grau i de Màster
(CIDUI Congrés Internacional de Docència Universitària i Innovació, 2014)El projecte consisteix en dissenyar una estratègia de foment de l’emprenedoria aplicable als centres universitaris i que es canalitzi a través de la promoció, suport i assessorament dels treballs de fi de grau i treballs ... -
Trends in penetration and ownership of household appliances
(Elsevier, 2018)Since appliances consume a large fraction of the residential final energy consumption, analysing the impact and trends in penetration and ownership of appliances are targets of interest to researchers, companies and policy ... -
Optimized demand side management (DSM) of peak electricity demand by coupling low temperature thermal energy storage (TES) and solar PV
(Elsevier, 2018)Cooling in the industry sector contributes significantly to the peak demand placed on an electrical utility grid. New electricity tariff structures include high charges for electricity consumption in peak hours which leads ... -
EMPOWERING, a Smart Big Data Framework for Sustainable Electricity Suppliers
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)This paper presents the EMPOWERING project, a Big Data environment aimed at helping domestic customers to save electricity by managing their consumption positively. This is achieved by improving the information received ... -
Novel inorganic binary mixture for low‐temperature heat storage applications
(Wiley, 2017)In this study, an inorganic mixture based on bischofite (industrial by‐product) was developed and characterized for its application as a phase change material for low‐temperature thermal energy storage. The most appropriate ...