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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 ... -
Increasing online shop revenues with web scraping: a case study for the wine sector
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020)Purpose – Wine has been produced for thousands of years and nowadays we have seen a spread in the wine culture. E-commerce sales of wine have increased considerably and online customer’s satisfaction is influenced by ... -
Technological options and strategies towards zero energy buildings contributing to climate change mitigation: A systematic review
(Elsevier, 2020)A systematic review of the technological options and strategies to achieve zero energy buildings was carried out to establish today state-of-the-art knowledge base and to present key design and performance factors that ... -
An inexpensive wireless smart camera system for IoT applications based on an ARM Cortex-M7 microcontroller
(International Association for Sharing Knowledge and Sustainability, 2019)This paper presents a new proposal of a low-cost and low-power wireless smart camera device, designed to be used as an inexpensive smart image acquisition edge node for Internet of Things (IoT). Taking the advantages of ... -
Recent Trends on Liquid Air Energy Storage: A Bibliometric Analysis
(MDPI, 2020)The increasing penetration of renewable energy has led electrical energy storage systems to have a key role in balancing and increasing the e ciency of the grid. Liquid air energy storage (LAES) is a promising technology, ... -
A framework for the optimal integration of solar assisted district heating in different urban sized communities: A robust machine learning approach incorporating global sensitivity analysis
(Elsevier, 2020)A promising pathway towards sustainable transaction to clean energy production lies in the adoption of solar assisted district heating systems (SDHS). However, SDHS technical barriers during their design and operation ... -
Reliability framework for power network assessment
(EDP Sciences, 2019)Reliability of power system in terms of investments in network maintenance and restructuring for power distribution network has gained importance due to increase in distributed generation. To determine the reliability of ... -
Corrosion evaluation of eutectic chloride molten salt for new generation of CSP plants. Part 2: Materials screening performance
(Elsevier, 2020)The operating temperature of a steam turbine is limited to 565 °C by the molten nitrate heat-transfer fluid; therefore, molten-salt CSP technologies require alternative salt chemistries such as chloride. The prevention of ... -
CART, a Decision SLA Model for SaaS Providers to Keep QoS Regarding Availability and Performance
(IEEE, 2019)Cloud systems are becoming a powerful tool for business. The evidence of the advantages of offering infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), or software as a service (SaaS) is overwhelming. ... -
The rise of machine learning for detection and classification of malware: Research developments, trends and challenge
(Elsevier, 2020)The struggle between security analysts and malware developers is a never-ending battle with the complexity of malware changing as quickly as innovation grows. Current state-of-the-art research focus on the development and ... -
Selection of the appropriate phase change material for two innovative compact energy storage systems in residential buildings
(MDPI, 2020)The implementation of thermal energy storage systems using phase change materials to support the integration of renewable energies is a key element that allows reducing the energy consumption in buildings by increasing ... -
Evaluation of the state of charge of a solid/liquid phase change material in a thermal energy storage tank
(MDPI, 2020)Monitoring of the state of charge of the thermal energy storage component in solar thermal systems for space heating and/or cooling in residential buildings is a key element from the overall system control strategy point ... -
La accesibilidad de los gráficos estadísticos para personas con baja visión y visión cromática deficiente: revisión del estado del arte y perspectivas
(Asociación Interacción Persona-Ordenador (AIPO), 2020)Los gráficos estadísticos juegan un papel primordial en diferentes ámbitos de nuestra vida como la información, la educación, la comunicación o la investigación, entre otros. No obstante, los autores y editores de contenido ... -
Measuring user relevance in online debates through an argumentative model
(Elsevier, 2020)Online debating forums are important social media for people to voice their opinions and engage in debates with each other. Measuring user relevance on these forums can be useful to identify different user profiles or ...