Browsing Articles publicats (Informàtica i Enginyeria Industrial) by Author "Cabeza, Luisa F."
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Bibliometric map on corrosion in concentrating solar power plants
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Borri, Emiliano; Prieto, Cristina (MDPI, 2022)Concentrating solar power (CSP), also known as solar thermal electricity (STE), is increasing its deployment worldwide. One of the potential ways to decrease costs in CSP plants is the improvement of corrosion resistance ... -
Building integration of PCM for natural cooling of buildings
Álvarez, Servando; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Ruiz-Pardo, Álvaro; Castell, Albert; Tenorio, José Antonio (Elsevier, 2013)The use of night cooling ventilation in addition of phase change materials (PCMs) is a very powerful strategy for reducing the cooling demand of buildings. Nevertheless, there are inherent drawbacks in the way things ... -
Building thermal storage technology: Compensating renewable energy fluctuations
Guerrero Delgado, M. Carmen; Sánchez Ramos, José; Álvarez Domínguez, Servando; Tenorio, José Antonio; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2020)Emerging technologies and new intelligent management systems will be needed to rise to the energy challenges posed by buildings today. Thermally activated building systems (TABS) are attracting growing interest on the back ... -
Carbonaceous residues from biomass gasification as catalysts for biodiesel production
Luque, Rafael; Pineda, Antonio; Colmenares, Juan C.; Campelo, Juan M.; Romero, Antonio A.; Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Cot Gores, Jaume (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Elsevier, 2012)Tars and alkali ashes from biomass gasification processes currently constitute one of the major problems in biomass valorisation, generating clogging of filters and issues related with the purity of syngas production. To ... -
Case study of pipeline failure analysis from two automated vacuum collection system
Farré, Josep Anton; Salgado-Pizarro, R.; Martín, Marc; Zsembinszki, Gabriel; Gasia, Jaume; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés (Elsevier, 2021)Conventional municipal waste management systems based on collecting and storing waste for future management are cost-effective and flexible. These systems present significant problems such as odours, plagues and hygiene ... -
Cathodic Protection Using Aluminum Metal in Chloride Molten Salts as Thermal Energy Storage Material in Concentrating Solar Power Plants
Fernández, Ángel G.; Cabeza, Luisa F. (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 ... -
Characterisation of commercial phase change materials with potential application in gypsum boards for buildings
Marín, Paula E.; Ushak, Svetlana; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Wiley, 2022)Currently, there is an expanded utilisation of lightweight construction structures in buildings, which results in a low structure's thermal storage capacity of the envelope due to the application of thermally unsuitable ... -
Characterization of granular phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications in fluidized beds
Izquierdo Barrientos, M. A.; Sobrino, C.; Almendros Ibáñez, J. A.; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Ellis, N.; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2016)This work investigates commercially available granular phase change materials (PCMs) with different transition temperatures for the use of thermal-energy storage systems in fluidized beds. The hydrodynamic characteristics ... -
Characterization of Supplementary Cementitious Materials and Fibers to be Implemented in High Temperature Concretes for Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Application
Boquera, Laura; Pons, David; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés; Cabeza, Luisa F. (MDPI, 2021)Six supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) were identified to be incorporated in concrete exposed to high-temperature cycling conditions within the thermal energy storage literature. The selected SCMs are bauxite, ... -
Characterization of wastes based on inorganic double salt hydrates as potential thermal energy storage materials
Gutiérrez, Andrea; Ushak, Svetlana; Mamani, Veronica; Vargas, Pedro; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Grágeda, Mario (Elsevier, 2017)Thermal energy storage (TES) is seen today as a key technology to reduce the existing gap between energy demand and energy supply in many energy systems. There are, currently, three well known methods to store thermal ... -
Circular economy in the building and construction sector: A scientific evolution analysis
Norouzi, Masoud; Chàfer, Marta; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Jiménez, Laureano; Boer, Dieter (Elsevier, 2021)The building industry is responsible for considerable environmental impacts due to its consumption of resources and energy, and the production of wastes. Circular Economy (CE), a new paradigm can significantly improve the ... -
Clúster porcino en Placetas: oportunidades, particularidades e impactos en el desarrollo de la localidad
Pérez Navarro, Omar; Concepción Toledo, Diana N.; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Ramírez González, José; Cruz Montesinos, Omaida (Universo Sur; Universidad de Cienfuegos, 2022)La influencia de la globalización mundial, incide directamente en la forma en que las instituciones, empresas y gobiernos diseñan, pla-nifican y ejercen sus actividades, teniendo en común, la imposibilidad de concebir ... -
CO2 mitigation accounting for Thermal Energy Storage (TES) case studies
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Miró, Laia; Oró Prim, Eduard; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Martin, Viktoria; Krönauer, Andreas; Rathgeber, Christoph; Farid, Mohammed M.; Paksoy, Halime Ö.; Martínez, Mònica; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés (Elsevier, 2015)According to the IPCC, societies can respond to climate changes by adapting to its impacts and by mitigation, that is, by reducing GHG emissions. No single technology can provide all of the mitigation potential in any ... -
Combining biocatalysts to achieve new phase change materials. Application to non-edible animal fat
Gallart-Sirvent, Pau; Martín, Marc; Solé, Aran; Villorbina Noguera, Gemma; Balcells Fluvià, Mercè; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Canela i Garayoa, Ramon (Elsevier, 2018)The thermal properties of various alkyl threo-9, 10-dihydroxystearates (DHSEs) prepared from non-edible fat were studied. Non-edible animal fat was hydrolyzed in a 93% yield with R. oryzae resting cells. Crude unsaturated ... -
Comparative Analysis of Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions on Different Typologies of Residential Buildings in Europe
Coma Arpón, Julià; Maldonado, José Miguel; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Gimbernat, Toni; Botargues, Teresa; Cabeza, Luisa F. (MDPI, 2019)The building sector accounts for one third of the global energy consumption and it is expected to grow in the next decades. This evidence leads researchers, engineers and architects to develop innovative technologies based ... -
Comparative analysis of latent thermal energy storage tanks for micro-CHP systems
Nuytten, T.; Moreno Argilés, Pere; Vanhoudt, D.; Jespers, L.; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Solé, Aran (Elsevier, 2013)The efficiency of micro-combined heat and power (micro-CHP) systems can be increased by decoupling the production of electricity and heat by means of thermal energy storage (TES) systems where heat that is not needed ... -
Comparative Analysis of Web of Science and Scopus on the Energy Efficiency and Climate Impact of Buildings
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Chàfer, Marta; Mata, Érika (MDPI, 2020)Although the body of scientific publications on energy efficiency and climate mitigation from buildings has been growing quickly in recent years, very few previous bibliometric analysis studies exist that analyze the ... -
Comparative life cycle assessment of thermal energy storage systems for solar power plants
Oró Prim, Eduard; Gil, Antoni; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Boer, Dieter; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2012)The present work compares the environmental impact of three different thermal energy storage (TES) systems for solar power plants. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for these systems is developed: sensible heat storage both ... -
Comparative study between heat pipe and shell-and-tube thermal energy storage
Maldonado, José Miguel; Vérez, David; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2021)This paper experimentally evaluates the implementation of heat pipes in latent heat thermal energy storage systems. The well-known performance of heat pipes as a heat transfer technology makes them great candidates to be ... -
Comparative study of different numerical models of packed bed thermal energy storage systems
Oró Prim, Eduard; Chiu, Justin; Martin, Viktoria; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2013)This paper presents, compares and validates two different mathematical models of packed bed storage with PCM, more specifically the heat transfer during charge of the PCM. The first numerical model is a continuous model ...