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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Numerical assessment of performance characteristics and two-phase flow dynamics of a centrifugal rotor operating under gas entrainment condition
Springer (2021-01-13)This work presents a numerical study of performance characteristics and flow dynamics of a centrifugal rotor operating with gas-liquid flow. An Euler-Euler polydispersed model is adopted, which was validated in a previous ... -
Numerical investigation of models for drag, lift, wall lubrication and turbulent dispersion forces for the simulation of gas-liquid two-phase flow
Elsevier (2015-06)In order to qualify CFD codes for accurate numerical predictions of transient evolution of flow regimes in a vertical gas–liquid two-phase flow in a pipe, suitable closure models (inter-phase forces) for the momentum ... -
Numerical investigation of the effect of viscosity in a multistage electric submersible pump
Taylor & Francis (2017-02-04)Electric submersible pump (ESP) systems are commonly used as an artificial lift technique by the petroleum industry. Operations of ESPs in oil wells are subjected to performance degradation due to the effect of oil viscosity. ... -
Numerical investigation of the flow in a multistage electric submersible pump
Elsevier (2015-12)This article presents a numerical study on the flow in a multistage, mixed-type Electric Submersible Pump (ESP). Several details about the application of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program based on the finite ... -
Numerical Modeling of the Mechanical Reliability of Multicoated Nanoencapsulated Phase-Change Materials with Improved Thermal Performance
Wiley (2021-12-21)Nanoencapsulated phase-change materials (nePCMs) are investigated for enhancing thermal energy storage. However, the shell of these nanocapsules may fail due to stress developed during thermal processes, leading to melting ... -
Numerical modelling and vibration serviceability assessment of a steel footbridge with a significant 3D dynamic behaviour
SAGE Publications (2023-06-19)This paper focuses on the vibration serviceability assessment and numerical modelling of an existing steel truss footbridge located in the outskirts of Castellón, Spain. The footbridge is rather slender and composed by a ...