• openAccess   Energy saving in ceramic tile kilns: Cooling gas heat recovery 

      Mezquita, Ana; Boix, Juan; Monfort, Eliseo; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo Elsevier (2014-04)
      A great quantity of thermal energy is consumed in ceramic tile manufacture, mainly in the firing stage. The most widely used facilities are roller kilns, fuelled by natural gas, in which more than 50% of the energy input ...
    • openAccess   La evolución energética del sector español de baldosas cerámicas 

      Monfort, Eliseo; Mezquita, Ana; Vaquer, A.; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Gabaldón Estevan, Daniel Elsevier (2014-05)
      El presente texto analiza cómo ha ido evolucionando el consumo y la eficiencia energética de la industria española de baldosas cerámicas durante el siglo XX, y explora las posibilidades que se le plantean en el siglo XXI. ...
    • openAccess   Nanobased coatings with improved NIR reflecting properties for building envelope materials: Development and natural aging effect measurement 

      Revel, Gian Marco; Martarelli, Milena; Bengochea, Miguel Ángel; Gozalbo Nebot, Ana; Orts Tarí, María José; Gaki, Anna; Gregou, Maria; Taxiarchou, Maria; Bianchin, Alvise; Emiliani, Marco Elsevier (2013-02)
      A significant contribution to the reduction of the Urban Heat Island effect and cooling energy demand is given today by the so called cool materials for the building envelope with enhanced reflecting and emitting properties. ...