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Design and FDM/FFF Implementation of a Compact Omnidirectional Wheel for a Mobile Robot and Assessment of ABS and PLA Printing Materials
(MDPI, 2020)This paper proposes the design and 3D printing of a compact omnidirectional wheel optimized to create a small series of three-wheeled omnidirectional mobile robots. The omnidirectional wheel proposed is based on the use ... -
A benchmark for end-user structured data exploration and search user interfaces
(Elsevier, 2020)During the years, it has been possible to assess significant improvements in the computational efficiency of Semantic Web search and exploration systems. However, it has been much harder to assess how well different semantic ... -
Smart control of dynamic phase change material wall system
(Elsevier, 2020)This work presents two different smart control algorithms to manage a novel phase change material system integrated into building walls and roofs. This system is able to move a phase change material layer with respect to ... -
Optimal control of natural ventilation as passive cooling strategy for improving the energy performance of building envelope with PCM integration
(Elsevier, 2020)Phase Change Materials have been acknowledged for their potential to be used as passive strategy for improving energy efficiency and occupants' thermal comfort in buildings. However, their performance still needs to be ... -
Review and estimation of global halocarbon emissions in the buildings sector
(Elsevier, 2020)Estimates of the non-CO2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contributed by the buildings sector are necessary to evaluate this sector's potential for climate change mitigation. As data is lacking on fluorinated gases (F-gases) ... -
Bibliometric analysis of smart control applications in thermal energy storage systems. A model predictive control approach
(Elsevier, 2020)In the existing literature, the importance of control methods used to manage the operation of thermal energy storage systems increased in the last years. However, the application of smart control strategies is still far ... -
A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of different insulation materials for buildings in the continental Mediterranean climate
(Elsevier, 2020)The construction industry is one of the less sustainable activities on the planet, constituting 40% of the total energy demand and approximately 44% of the total material use and the generation of 40-50% of the global ... -
Greenery System for Cooling Down Outdoor Spaces: Results of an Experimental Study
(MDPI, 2020)Urban green infrastructure (UGI) and nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly recognized as strategies to address urban sustainability challenges. These solutions are attracting key scientific and marketing attention ... -
Numerical study of dynamic melting enhancement in a latent heat thermal energy storage system
(Elsevier, 2020)In the present work, a 2D Cartesian numerical model is implemented to simulate the transient behaviour of a latent heat thermal energy storage system under the effect of the dynamic melting enhancement technique. This ... -
Economic evaluation of a hybrid heating system in different climate zones based on model predictive control
(Elsevier, 2020)Thermal energy storage (TES) systems allow the user to store energy produced from renewable energy sources during lower consumption periods, and to consume it when the energy demand is higher. Moreover, the use of TES ... -
Scalable Consistency in T-Coffee Through Apache Spark and Cassandra Database
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2018)Next-generation sequencing, also known as high-throughput sequencing, has increased the volume of genetic data processed by sequencers. In the bioinformatic scientific area, highly rated multiple sequence alignment tools, ... -
Optimization of Consistency-Based Multiple Sequence Alignment using Big Data technologies
(Springer, 2019)With the advent of new high-throughput next-generation sequencing technologies, the volume of genetic data processed has increased significantly. It is becoming essential for these applications to achieve large-scale alignments ... -
Performance study of direct integration of phase change material into an innovative evaporator of a simple vapour compression system
(MDPI, 2020)This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 768824 (HYBUILD). This work was partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación ... -
Dynamic Corrosion Test Using LiNO3 Containing Molten Salt for CSP Applications
(MDPI, 2020)Low melting point thermal energy storage (TES) materials have been proposed in the last years to reduce the storage cost in concentrating solar power (CSP) technology. One of the most interesting additive due to the ... -
Polylactic acid / polycaprolactone blends: on the path to circular economy, substituting single-use commodity plastic products
(MDPI, 2020-06-10)Circular economy comes to break the linear resource to waste economy, by introducing different strategies, two of them being: using material from renewable sources and producing biodegradable products. The present work ... -
Circular economy: the case of a shared wastewater treatment plant and its adaptation to changes of the industrial zone over time
(Elsevier, 2020-03-21)Due to the increase on fresh water demand, wastewater treatment facilities need to be proactive to increase the circularity of water cycles. They have to go further than the traditional end-of-pipe service. In the present ... -
Experimental comparison of passive heating/cooling space in lightweight buildings with potential application in mining camps
(IOP Publishing, 2020)The total energy consumption in a house in Chile includes 30% of heating expenses, increasing to 60% in the winter period. The current energy source are fossil fuels, which can be replaced by the sun, with an efficient ... -
The Role of Innovation in Industry Product Deployment: Developing Thermal Energy Storage for Concentrated Solar Power
(MDPI, 2020)Industries with fast‐developing technologies and knowledge‐intensive business services rely on the development of scientific knowledge for their growth. This is also true in the renewable energy industry such as in ... -
Cathodic Protection Using Aluminum Metal in Chloride Molten Salts as Thermal Energy Storage Material in Concentrating Solar Power Plants
(MDPI, 2020)The new generation of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants to be developed presents a great challenge related to the increase in maximum operating temperature since molten salt CSP technologies require alternative salt ... -
Mobile Robot Self-Localization with 2D Push-Broom LIDAR in a 2D Map
(MDPI, 2020): This paper proposes mobile robot self-localization based on an onboard 2D push-broom (or tilted-down) LIDAR using a reference 2D map previously obtained with a 2D horizontal LIDAR. The hypothesis of this paper is that ...