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Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
(Elsevier, 2019-06-20)The present article assesses the environmental profile of a real-scale anaerobic-digestion plant that has been developed in France. The system utilises 13652 t of different types of feedstock related to food industry, ... -
Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (BIPVT): LCA of a façade-integrated prototype and issues about human health, ecosystems, resources
(Elsevier, 2019-04-10)Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (BIPVT) technology offers multiple advantages; however, these types of installations include materials such as Photovoltaic (PV) cells and metals which considerably influence BIPVT ... -
Payback times and multiple midpoint/endpoint impact categories about Building-Integrated Solar Thermal (BIST) collectors
(Elsevier, 2019-03-25)The purpose of the present article is the evaluation, by means of life cycle assessment, of a system which consists of vacuum-tube solar thermal collectors. The system is appropriate for building integration and it has ... -
Performance and stability of semitransparent OPVs for building integration: A benchmarking analysis
(Elsevier, 2019-07-01)Semitransparent (ST) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are demonstrating great potential for building integration applications, especially in windows. For that purpose, ST-OPVs should achieve adequate transparency and performance ... -
Outdoor performance evaluation of a holographic solar concentrator optimized for building integration
(Elsevier, 2019-09-15)A holographic solar concentrating system with a Silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell is designed, constructed and characterized. The design is based on a previous system and is further optimized. The cylindrical holographic ... -
Spectral nature of soiling and its impact on multi-junction based concentrator systems
(Elsevier, 2019-10)Soiling, which consists of dust, dirt and particles accumulated on the surface of conventional or concentrator photovoltaic modules, absorbs, scatters, and reflects part of the incoming sunlight. Therefore, it reduces the ... -
Storage systems for building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) and building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) installations: Environmental profile and other aspects
(Elsevier, 2020-01-10)In recent years there has been an increasing interest in Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) and Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (BIPVT) systems since they produce clean energy and replace conventional building ... -
Energy and Luminous Performance Investigation of an OPV/ETFE Glazing Element for Building Integration
(MDPI, 2019-05-16)The combination of architectural membranes such as ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foils and organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells offers a wide range of possibilities for building integration applications. This is due to ... -
Building-integrated solar thermal system with/without phase change material: Life cycle assessment based on ReCiPe, USEtox and Ecological footprint
(Elsevier, 2018-08-20)The present study assesses the environmental profile of a building-integrated solar thermal system that has been developed and tested in France. The investigation is based on life-cycle assessment according to ReCiPe, ... -
Concentrating photovoltaic/thermal system with thermal and electricity storage: CO2.eq emissions and multiple environmental indicators
(Elsevier, 2018-08-10)The present article examines the environmental profile of a concentrating photovoltaic/thermal system with thermal and electricity storage. The system has been developed and experimentally tested at the University of ... -
Diagnosis of soil hydrophobicity linked to pig slurry use in a calcareous soil
(Universia Publicaciones, 2019)Pig slurry fertilization in dryland agriculture of semiarid areas is a matter of concern because of the increasing intensity of livestock farming. Slurry is a nutrient source but if it triggers soil water repellency (SWR), ... -
Long-term fertilization with dairy cattle slurry in intensive production systems: effects on soil porosity and pore morphology
(Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2019)In Mediterranean environments, livestock effluents might improve soil physical properties. The study was located in an intensive crop production system of northwest Spain. After nine consecutive years of dairy cattle slurry ... -
Acidification assessment after peat bog drainage in the Catalan Pyrenees (NE Iberia)
(MDPI, 2019-09-18)The Pyrenean range (NE Iberian Peninsula) has some favourable lithological and climatic conditions (iron-rich parent materials and udic moisture regimes) for the formation of acid sulfate soils (ASS) that have not been ... -
Tackling reservoir siltation by controlled sediment flushing: impact on downstream fauna and related management issues
(Public Library of Science, 2019-06-24)Sediment flushing can tackle reservoirs siltation and improve sediment flux through dammed rivers. However, the increase of the sediment loading below the dam can trigger a suite of undesired ecological effects in the ... -
Assessing controls on the displacement of tracers in gravel-bed rivers
(MDPI, 2019-07-31)Particle travel length is one of the main dimensions of bedload and strongly influences river morpho-dynamics, particularly when exploring the interactions between sediment transport and channel morphology. This process ... -
Protective effect of blackthorn fruits (Prunus spinosa) against tartrazine toxicity development in albino Wistar rats
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-08-09)Background: Tartrazine (Yellow 5 or E102) is a synthetic food dye able to modify perception and behavior, causing agitation, confusion, rhinitis and can produce hyperactivity syndrome in children when is combined with ... -
Applying cascade-correlation neural networks to in-fill gaps in Mediterranean daily flow data series
(MDPI, 2019-08-15)The analyses of water resources availability and impacts are based on the study over time of meteorological and hydrological data trends. In order to perform those analyses properly, long records of continuous and reliable ... -
Present soils and past land use: the “bracken economy” in Lea-Artibai County (Basque Country, northern Spain) in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
(Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria (SEHA), 2019-12)Soils in Lea-Artibai County (northern Spain) show three significant features: frequent absence of A horizons, higher nutrient concentrations in the surface mineral horizon of past or present arable fields compared to those ... -
Influences of catchment and river channel characteristics on the magnitude and dynamics of storage and re-suspension of fine sediments in river beds
(MDPI, 2019-04-26)Fine particles or sediments are one of the important variables that should be considered for the proper management of water quality and aquatic ecosystems. In the present study, the effect of catchment characteristics on ... -
Earthworm community and soil microstructure changes with long-term organic fertilization
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of sludge compost (SC) in two rates and pig slurry (PS) on soil quality, in the framework of a field experiment (19-year-old) in a Mediterranean rainfed system. The treatments ...