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Microstructure and mechanical properties of grains of silica nanofluids dried in an acoustic levitator
Elsevier (2012)The microstructure and mechanical properties of spray-dried grains are key factors in many applications. In this work single droplets of silica nanofluids were dried in an acoustic levitator under different experimental ... -
Modeling and multi-objective optimization of an R450A vapor compression refrigeration system
Elsevier (2019-01-05)The main objective of this work is to comprehensively investigate R450A behavior in refrigeration systems and subsequently optimize the main operating variables for the first time to reach the maximum performance. For this ... -
Modeling of a PCM TES Tank Used as an Alternative Heat Sink for a Water Chiller. Analysis of Performance and Energy Savings
MDPI (2019-09-24)Phase change materials (PCMs) can be used in refrigeration systems to redistribute the thermal load. The main advantages of the overall system are a more stable energy performance, energy savings, and the use of the ... -
Modeling of Drying Curves of Silica Nanofluid Droplets Dried in an Acoustic Levitator Using the Reaction Engineering Approach (REA) Model
Taylor & Francis (2013)The use of nanoparticles has become of great interest in different industrial applications. The spray drying of nanofluids forms nanostructured grains, preserving the nanoparticle properties. In this work, individual ... -
Modeling of wastewater treatment processes with hydrosludge
Wiley (2021-11-09)The pressure for Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF) operators to efficiently treat wastewater is greater than ever because of the water crisis, produced by the climate change effects and more restrictive regulations. ... -
Modelling and evaluation of a high-temperature heat pump two-stage cascade with refrigerant mixtures as a fossil fuel boiler alternative for industry decarbonization
Elsevier (2022-05-22)High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) is becoming a feasible technology for decarbonization, being proposed as an alternative to fossil fuel boilers in several industrial, commercial, and urban applications. This work presents ... -
Modelling and experimental investigation of horizontal buoyant gas jets injected into stagnant uniform ambient liquid
Elsevier (2017-07)In this article, an experimental and theoretical study on the buoyant non-condensable gas jet that is injected horizontally into a high-density liquid ambient at different initial conditions is performed. Direct and ... -
Modelling energy efficiency performance of residential building stocks based on Bayesian statistical inference
Elsevier (2016)This paper provides a model based on Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation to predict the energy performance of existing residential building stocks. The energy demand and the discomfort hours for heating and cooling ... -
Modified geometry of spur gear drives for compensation of shaft deflections
Springer (2015)One of the main problems when standard spur gears are in mesh is the appearance of edge contact on the gear tooth surfaces caused by misalignments. Those misalignments are caused partially by deflections of gear supporting ... -
Multi-objective optimization of a novel reversible High-Temperature Heat Pump-Organic Rankine Cycle (HTHP-ORC) for industrial low-grade waste heat recovery
Elsevier (2019-08-08)Nowadays, a high amount of industrial thermal energy is still lost due to the lack of competitive solutions for energy revalorization. Facing this challenge, this paper presents a novel technology, based on a reversible ... -
Multi-performance experimental assessment of autogenous and crystalline admixture-stimulated self-healing in UHPFRCCs: Validation and reliability analysis through an inter-laboratory study
Elsevier (2023-10-05)The huge benefits brought by the use of Ultra High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Cementitious Composites (UHPFRCCs) include their high “intrinsic” durability, which is guaranteed by (1) the compact microstructure and (2) ... -
Multiphysics and Thermodynamic Formulations for Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Interactions: Non-linear Finite Elements Applied to Multi-coupled Active Materials
Springer (2015-10)Combining several theories this paper presents a general multiphysics framework applied to the study of coupled and active materials, considering mechanical, electric, magnetic and thermal fields. The framework is based ... -
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 ... -
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 ...