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    • closedAccess   Calibration and control of a redundant robotic workcell for milling tasks 

      Andres-Esperanza, Javier; Gracia Marco, Luis; Tornero, Josep Taylor & Francis (2011)
      This article deals with the tuning of a complex robotic workcell of eight joints devoted to milling tasks. It consists of a KUKA™ manipulator mounted on a linear track and synchronised with a rotary table. Prior to any ...

    • closedAccess   CAM-Rob postprocessor based on a fuzzified redundancy resolution scheme 

      Andres-Esperanza, Javier; Gracia Marco, Luis; Tornero, Josep Springer-Verlag (2012)
      This work highlights the applicability of different redundancy resolution schemes to the postprocessing stage from a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system to an industrial redundant workcell. The inverse kinematic ...

    • openAccess   Caracterización del parque edificatorio residencial de los pisos térmicos frío y templado en Colombia 

      Jorge-Ortiz, Andrea; Braulio-Gonzalo, Marta; Bovea, María D Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departamento de Geografía (2024-01-01)
      El crecimiento demográfico en los municipios de Colombia ha influido notablemente en la calidad de la vivienda. Este artículo tiene como objetivo proponer un método para caracterizar el parque edificatorio residencial de ...

    • openAccess   Carbon footprint assessment tool for universities: CO2UNV 

      Bovea, María D; Valls Val, Karen Elsevier (2021-11-19)
      Universities, as organisations engaged in education, research and community services, play an important role in promoting sustainability and should be an example of a sustainable organisation. The Carbon Foot- print (CF) ...

    • openAccess   Carbon footprint in Higher Education Institutions: a literature review and prospects for future research 

      Valls Val, Karen; Bovea, María D Springer (2021-08-23)
      Higher Education Institutions (HEI) or universities, as organisations engaged in education, research and community services, play an important role in promoting sustainable development. Therefore, they are increasingly ...

    • openAccess   Carbon metric of the household sector in the use stage according to ISO 16745: A case study 

      Braulio-Gonzalo, Marta; Bovea, María D Elsevier (2019-09)
      The upward trend in the residential sector of energy use has significant consequences in terms of environmental impacts. Determining the carbon metric (CM), as part of the whole carbon footprint of a building, contributes ...

    • openAccess   Casas de campo españolas (1930): la revisión de un libro de Alfredo Baeschlin 

      García-Esparza, Juan A. Gobierno de España. Centro de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana (2012-12-23)
      El presente artículo emprende una particular reflexión que urde su trama en el ámbito histórico de ciertas tipologías edilicias que trascendieron el ámbito urbano. A pesar de ser un relato que ahonda en lo pretérito, ...

    • openAccess   Ceramic tiles waste as replacement material in Portland cement 

      Mas, María A.; Reig, Lucía; Monzó, J.; Borrachero, Mª Victoria; PAYÁ, JORDI ICE Publishing (2015-11-02)
      The pozzolanic reactivity of real ceramic waste from different tile manufacturing companies was evaluated and its suitability as a partial Portland cement replacement was analysed. The raw material was finely ground and ...

    • openAccess   Certificación energética de edificios en España y sus implicaciones económicas 

      Ruá, María José; López Mesa, María Belinda CSIC (2012)
      Bajo la Directiva Europea sobre eficiencia energética de los edificios, los Estados Miembros deben desarrollar procedimientos para certificar energéticamente los edificios. Calener-VYP v1.0 es la única herramienta oficial ...

    • closedAccess   CFD modeling of a fixed-bed biofilm reactor coupling hydrodynamics and biokinetics 

      Prades Martell, Lledó; Dorado, A. D.; Climent, Javier; Guimerà, Xavier; chiva, sergio; Gamisans, Xavier Elsevier (2017-04-01)
      Rigorous modeling of transport phenomena is essential to reproduce accurately biofiltration systems performance. In this sense, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of integrating fluid flow dynamics in the ...

    • closedAccess   CFD modelling and validation of upward bubbly flow in an adiabatic vertical pipe using the quadrature method of moments 

      Peña Monferrer, Carlos; Passalacqua, A.; chiva, sergio; Muñoz-Cobo, Jose-Luis Elsevier (2016)
      An Eulerian–Eulerian approach was investigated to model adiabatic bubbly flow with CFD techniques. In the framework of the OpenFOAM® software, a two-fluid model solver was modified to include a population balance equation, ...

    • openAccess   CFD Modelling of Odour-causing Impact on Vicinity of a Waste Water Treatment Plant 

      Macías Martínez, Aina; Herrera, Jose V.; Climent, Javier; Domínguez, Caros; Santos, Jose María; chiva, sergio AIDIC - The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (2021-05-15)
      Due to the fast growth of cities and populations, residential areas are increasingly close to Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs), causing odour impact on neighbourhood and complaints. The present study focuses on ...

    • openAccess   CFD Turbulence Study of PWR Spacer-Grids in a Rod Bundle 

      Peña Monferrer, Carlos; Muñoz-Cobo, Jose-Luis; chiva, sergio Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2014-06)
      Nuclear fuel bundles include spacers essentially for mechanical stability and to influence the flow dynamics and heat transfer phenomena along the fuel rods. This work presents the analysis of the turbulence effects of a ...

    • openAccess   Characterisation of Grasp Quality Metrics 

      Rubert, Carlos; León Pinzón, Beatriz Elena; Morales, Antonio; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Springer Verlag (2017-05)
      Robot grasp quality metrics are used to evaluate, compare and select robotic grasp configurations. Many of them have been proposed based on a diversity of underlying principles and to assess different aspects of the grasp ...

    • closedAccess   Characterization and modeling of a scroll expander with air and ammonia as working fluid 

      Mendoza, Luis Carlos; Navarro-Esbrí, Joaquín; Bruno, Joan Carles; Lemort, Vincent; Coronas, Alberto Elsevier (2014-09)
      This paper presents the experimental characterization and modeling of a scroll expander. The expander used here is a scroll compressor modified to work as an expander. It is characterized in two experimental setups using ...

    • openAccess   Characterization of Glass Powder from Glass Recycling Process Waste and Preliminary Testing 

      Roig-Flores, Marta; Gimenez-Carbo, Ester; Soriano, Lourdes; SERNA, PEDRO MDPI (2021)
      This work studies the possibility of incorporating different proportions of glass powder from the waste glass (rejected material called fine cullet) produced during the glass recycling process into the manufacturing of ...

    • openAccess   Characterization of halloysite-water nanofluid for heat transfer applications 

      Alberola-Borràs, Jaume-Adrià; Mondragon, Rosa; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Hernandez, Leonor; Cabedo, Luis Elsevier (2014-07-04)
      Nanofluids based on water with halloysite (Hal) nanotubes were prepared and characterized in order to evaluate its suitability to be used as a heat transfer fluid. A characterization of the Hal powder nanoparticles was ...

    • openAccess   Characterization of silica–water nanofluids dispersed with an ultrasound probe: A study of their physical properties and stability 

      Mondragon, Rosa; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Barba-Juan, Antonio; Jarque Fonfría, Juan Carlos Elsevier (2012)
      The stability and agglomeration state of nanofluids are key parameters for their use in different applications. Silica nanofluids were prepared by dispersing the nanoparticles in distilled water using an ultrasonic probe, ...

    • closedAccess   Characterization of Tin/Ethylene Glycol Solar Nanofluids Synthesized by Femtosecond Laser Radiation 

      Torres-Mendieta, Rafael; Mondragón Cazorla, Rosa; Puerto-Belda, Verónica; Mendoza-Yero, Omel; Lancis, Jesús; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2016-11-22)
      Solar energy is available over wide geographical areas and its harnessing is becoming an essential tool to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for energy with minimal environmental impact. Solar nanofluids are a novel solar ...

    • openAccess   Characterization study of a thermal oil-based carbon black solar nanofluid 

      Gimeno Furió, Alexandra; Hernandez, Leonor; Navarrete Argilés, Nuria; Mondragon, Rosa Elsevier (2019)
      Carbon nanoparticles are very useful in solar thermal applications, since they absorb much of the solar spectrum, are cheap and have excellent optical properties. Carbon nanoparticlesthermal oil-based nanofluid was ...