Browsing Articles publicats (Informàtica i Enginyeria Industrial) by Author "Solé Cutrona, Cristian"
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An overview on design methodologies for liquid–solid PCM storage systems
Castell, Albert; Solé Cutrona, Cristian (Elsevier, 2015)Energy storage can facilitate the transition process from the actual energetic model to a model based on renewable energies. A lot of attention has been put in such technology, being the use of phase change materials (PCM) ... -
Analysis of the Thermal Behavior of an Earthbag Building in Mediterranean Continental Climate: Monitoring and Simulation
Rincón, Lídia; Carrobé, Ariadna; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert; Martorell, Ingrid (MDPI, 2020)Nearly 30% of humanity lives in earthen dwellings. Earthbag is a sustainable, cheap, feasible and comfortable option for emergency housing. A comparative monitoring-simulation analysis of the hygrothermal behavior of an ... -
Combined Radiative Cooling and Solar Thermal Collection: Experimental Proof of Concept
Vall Aubets, Sergi; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert (2020-02-18)Climate change is becoming more important day after day. The main actor to decarbonize the economy is the building stock, especially in the energy used for Domestic Hot Water (DHW), heating and cooling. The use of renewable ... -
Corrosion of metal and metal alloy containers in contact with phase change materials (PCM) for potential heating and cooling applications
Moreno Argilés, Pere; Miró, Laia; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Martorell, Ingrid; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2014)Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCM) can be used for load shaving or peak load shifting when coupled to a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system such as heat pump. In these ... -
Development and characterization of new shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM)—Polymer including electrical arc furnace dust (EAFD), for acoustic and thermal comfort in buildings
Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés; Niubó, Maria; Chimenos Ribera, Josep Ma.; Espiell, Ferran; Segarra Rubí, Mercè; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2013)Energy consumption for thermal comfort in buildings reached 20–40% of total energy consumption in the developed countries. This study evaluates the performance of a composite material with enhanced thermal inertia ... -
Dimensionless numbers used to characterize stratification in water tanks for discharging at low flow rates
Castell, Albert; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2010)The efficiency of thermal energy storage and solar collector systems is improved if thewater tank is stratified. There are many parameters to characterize stratification but no work compares their suitability. This ... -
Effect of using external vertical fins in phase change material modules for domestic hot water tanks
Castell, Albert; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Roca Enrich, Joan; García, Daniel; Cabeza, Luisa F. (European Association for the Development of Renewable Energies, Environment and Power Quality, 2006)The effect of using external vertical fins in Phase Change Materials (PCM) modules to improve the natural convection coefficient in water is studied in this paper. The use of PCM in a water tank working with a solar system ... -
Energetic and exergetic analysis of a domestic water tank with phase change material
Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Castell, Albert; Nogués Aymamí, Miquel; Mehling, Harald; Cabeza, Luisa F. (John Wiley & Sons, 2008)Although water is a cheap and effective medium for thermal energy storage, other options are currently being studied, to increase the storage density or to reduce the cost of the storage. The authors have been developing ... -
Evaluation of the environmental impact of experimental buildings with different constructive systems using Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment
Rincón, Lídia; Castell, Albert; Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Boer, Dieter; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2013)Sustainability of building construction systems depends on their material and energy consumption, and the consequent environmental impact. Thus, the evaluation of their sustainability requires a wide analysis that includes ... -
Experimentation with a water tank including a PCM module
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Ibáñez, Manuel; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Roca Enrich, Joan; Nogués Aymamí, Miquel (Elsevier, 2006)Storage of heat is seen as a major issue for the development of solar energy for house heating and cooling under all climates. Most of the storage systems available on the market use water as the storage medium. The idea ... -
Green roofs as passive system for energy savings when using rubber crumbs as drainage layer
Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Coma Arpón, Julià; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2012)This study is another step of a long-term work in order to study the thermal behaviour of extensive green roofs in dry Mediterranean Continental climate. In this paper there are two main goals. On one hand, the possibility ... -
Increment de façanes vegetades per interceptar els raigs solars i estalviar energia
Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert (Col·legi Oficial d'Aparelladors, Arquitectes Tècnics i Enginyers d'Edificació de Lleida, 2011) -
Inquiry-Based Learning for Older People at a University in Spain
Martorell, Ingrid; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Vila Rubio, María Nieves; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Taylor & Francis, 2009)With the increasing number of older people in the world and their interest in education, universities play an important role in providing effective learning methodologies. This paper presents a new instructional methodology ... -
Integració de vegetació en edificis i els sistemes de coberta vegetada
Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert (Col·legi Oficial d'Aparelladors, Arquitectes Tècnics i Enginyers d'Edificació de Lleida, 2011) -
Minimization of the environmental impact of chrome tanning: a new process reusing the tanning floats
Morera Prat, Josep M.; Bartolí, Esther; Chico, Roberto; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2011)A chrome tanning process which allows the reuse of tanning floats has been developed. The most commonly used chromium salts were replaced by highly masked and basified ones. This substitution eliminates basification ... -
Modelization of a water tank including a PCM module
Ibáñez, Manuel; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Roca Enrich, Joan; Nogués Aymamí, Miquel (Elsevier, 2006)The reduction of CO2 emissions is a key component for today s governments. Therefore, implementation of more and more systems with renewable energies is necessary. Solar systems for single family houses or residential ... -
Natural convection heat transfer coefficients in phase change material (PCM) modules with external vertical fins
Castell, Albert; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Roca Enrich, Joan; Cabeza, Luisa F.; García, Daniel (Elsevier, 2008)To determine the heat transfer coefficient by natural convection for specific geometries, experimental correlations are used. No correlations were found in the literature for the geometries studied in this work. These ... -
New green facades as passive systems for energy savings on buildings
Coma Arpón, Julià; Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2014)The new technologies of plants integration on buildings offer new possibilities from the sustainable construction point of view, especially in energy savings. In previous studies the great capacity of double-skin green ... -
Numerical model evaluation of a PCM cold storage tank and uncertainty analysis of the parameters
Zsembinszki, Gabriel; Moreno Argilés, Pere; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2014)Thermal energy storage (TES) tanks for cold storage can be used for peak load shaving. This paper presents and evaluates a mathematical model where a TES tank is filled with commercial phase change material (PCM) flat ... -
PCM thermal energy storage tanks in heat pump system for space cooling
Moreno Cermeño, Pere; Castell, Albert; Solé Cutrona, Cristian; Zsembinszki, Gabriel; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2014)A heat pump coupled to thermal energy storage (TES) tanks is experimentally tested under simulated summer conditions and the results are presented in this paper. The cold TES tank is used for shifting the cooling load ...