Listar Departament: Enginyeria Mecànica i Construcció por título
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Natural elements in the designer’s work environment influence the creativity of their results
Elsevier (2019-10-31)It has been shown that the environment can determine the outcome of work that is carried out in it. Several studies have confirmed that an environment with natural elements can have beneficial effects on people's physical ... -
Near-intrinsic energy resolution for 30–662 keV gamma rays in a high pressure xenon electroluminescent TPC
Elsevier (2013)We present the design, data and results from the NEXT prototype for Double Beta and Dark Matter (NEXT-DBDM) detector, a high-pressure gaseous natural xenon electroluminescent time projection chamber (TPC) that was built ... -
Necesidades formativas en el ámbito de las energías renovables para el desarrollo local. Comparativa de prospectiva y necesidades formativas en el mercado de las energías renovables para el desarrollo local en España, Rumanía y Hungría
Alma Mater (2017)The general goal of the research is to advance in the study of the training needs in the field of RES for rural development, in order to reduce the existing scarcities and to contribute to the development of relevant ... -
Nevoile de instruire în domeniul energiilor regenerabile pentru dezvoltarea locală: Studiu privind necesitățile viitoare de instruire în domeniul energilor regenerabile pentru dezvoltare locală în România
Alma Mater (2017)The general goal of the research is to advance in the study of the training needs in the field of RES for rural development, in order to reduce the existing scarcities and to contribute to the development of relevant ... -
New coloured coatings to enhance silica sand absorbance for direct particle solar receiver applications
Elsevier (2020-06-30)New systems using solid particles for solar energy capturing, heat transfer and thermal energy storage have been proposed and analysed in direct particle solar receivers. In this work, black coloured silica sand was ... -
New formulation and characterization of enhanced bulk-organic phase change materials
(2018-02-14)The main drawbacks faced by researchers to successfully implement organic-PCM as materials to improve the thermal performance of building systems are their low thermal conductivity, their high flammability, and their low ... -
New positions for an internal heat exchanger in a CO2 supercritical refrigeration plant. Experimental analysis and energetic evaluation
Elsevier (2014-02)IHX is probably, one of the most commonly alternative used to improve cooling capacity and COP in a CO2 refrigerating plant working in supercritical conditions. The “classical” position at gas-cooler exit has been analyzed ... -
New proposed methodology for specific heat capacity determination of materials for thermal energy storage (TES) by DSC
Elsevier (2017-06)This study presents a methodology to determine the specific heat capacity (Cp) of materials for thermal energy storage (TES) by DSC. These materials have great energy storage capacities, and due to that, important heat ... -
Non-constant biaxial bending capacity assessment of CFST columns through interaction diagrams
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (2019)The mechanical response of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns subjected to pure compression or uniaxial bending was studied in depth over the last decades. However, the available research results on CFST columns ... -
Non-isothermal modeling of drying kinetics of ceramic tiles
Taylor & Francis (2016)The present study has been undertaken to optimize the drying stage in ceramic tile manufacture. Tests were conducted to determine drying kinetics, establishing how air temperature and relative humidity influenced this ... -
Non-linear finite element modelling of light-to-heat energy conversion applied to solar nanofluids
Elsevier (2020-07-19)Nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit remarkable photothermal conversion efficiency under optical illumination. This light-induced heating on NPs is interesting in many different applications, such as solar radiation absorption in ... -
Novel compound waste heat-solar driven ejector-compression heat pump for simultaneous cooling and heating using environmentally friendly refrigerants
Elsevier (2021-01-15)This work investigates the theoretical performance of a novel compound waste heat-solar driven ejector-solar assisted heat pump for simultaneous heating and cooling purposes. The system utilizes waste heat from three different ... -
Novel molecules as working fluids for refrigeration, heat pump and organic Rankine cycle systems
Elsevier (2022-10)Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one of the most used working fluids in HVAC&R and ORC applications, are being phased down rapidly because of their high global warming potential (GWP). Consequently, this sector is looking for ... -
Nuevas estrategias en la gestión de residuos de construcción y demolición
Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2010)Spain is one of the major producers of construction and demolition (C&D) waste in the European Union, however, presents a low level of C&D waste recovery (about 17%) which is well below the target level established by ... -
Nuevo enfoque en el diseño inteligente de implantes craneales personalizados a través de KBE
Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2007)The need of adapting intelligent design to the medical domain in order to develop applications adjusted to the needs of patients has driven the creation of tools capable of combining product customization with cost ... -
Nuevos criterios ecológicos para la concesión de la etiqueta ecológica europea a los revestimientos rígidos
Publica (2009)El objeto de este artículo es dar a conocer los nuevos criterios ecológicos que deberán cumplir los revestimientos rígidos para la consecución de la etiqueta ecológica comunitaria. La etiqueta ecológica europea constituye ... -
Nuevos retos en el Análisis del Ciclo de Vida de baldosas cerámicas: desarrollo de las categorías de impacto de uso de suelo, agotamiento de recursos abióticos y toxicidad humana
Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2009)The high competitiveness of the ceramic tile market in recent times has created the need to incorporate added value into products, not just in terms of quality, but also in the form of environmental friendliness and care ... -
Numerical analysis of mechanical reliability of multi-coated phase change materials
EDP Sciences (2021)Nanoencapsulated phase change materials (nePCMs) are nowadays under research for thermal energy storage purposes. NePCMs are composed of a phase change core surrounded by a shell that confines the core when molten. One of ... -
Numerical analysis of performance uncertainty of heat exchangers operated with nanofluids
Elsevier Ltd. (2022-03-07)In this paper, we analyse the performance of two types of heat exchangers with nanofluid as the working fluid in turbulent flow regime ( 4, 000–180, 000). Based on the experimental uncertainty of the thermophysical properties ... -
Numerical and experimental characterization of the hydrodynamics and drying kinetics of a barbotine slurry spray
Elsevier (2019-02-23)Spray drying is a basic unit operation in several process industries such as food, pharmaceutical, ceramic, and others. In this work, a Eulerian-Lagrangian three-phase simulation is presented to study the drying process ...