• openAccess   Air quality comparison between two European ceramic tile clusters 

      Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Escrig, Alberto; Celades López, Irina; Guerra, L.; Busani, G.; Sterni, A.; Querol, Xavier Elsevier (2013-08)
      The European ceramic tile industry is mostly concentrated in two clusters, one in Castelló (Spain) and another one in Modena (Italy). Industrial clusters may have problems to accomplish the EU air quality regulations because ...
    • openAccess   Channeled PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 Emission Factors Associated with the Ceramic Process and Abatement Technologies 

      Monfort, Eliseo; Celades López, Irina; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; López Lilao, Ana; Gomar Peiró, Salvador; Escrig, Alberto; Querol, Xavier MDPI (2022-08-05)
      A sampling methodology and a mathematical data treatment were developed that enable to determine not only total suspended particulates (TSP) emitted at channeled sources but also the PM10, PM2.5, and PM1 mass fractions ...
    • openAccess   Characterisation of acid pollutant emissions in ceramic tile manufacture 

      Monfort, Eliseo; Celades López, Irina; Gomar Peiró, Salvador; Rueda, F.; Martínez, Jesús Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (2011-07)
      One of the environmental impacts associated with ceramics manufacture is the air emission of acid compounds stem from the presence of impurities in the raw materials and/or fuels. The present study was undertaken to ...
    • openAccess   Depuración de emisiones ácidas en un horno de ladrillos que usa coque de petróleo como combustible 

      Moro, Eusebio; Monfort, Eliseo; Gomar Peiró, Salvador; Celades López, Irina; Martínez, Jesús; Márquez, Eduardo Pública (2008)
      En el trabajo que se presenta se ha estudiado un sistema de depuración de emisiones gaseosas de compuestos ácidos basado en el uso de hidróxido cálcico como reactante y filtros de mangas como sistema separador gas-sólido. ...
    • closedAccess   Diffuse PM10emission factors associated with dust abatement technologies in the ceramic industry 

      Monfort, Eliseo; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Celades López, Irina; Gomar Peiró, Salvador; Martín, F.; Aceña, B.; Pascual, A. Elsevier (2011-12)
      In this paper, an analytical methodology is proposed for estimating diffuse dust emissions from bulk solids managing (storage, handling, and transport) activities in the ceramic industry. The methodology is based on ...
    • closedAccess   Effect of ceramic industrial particulate emission control on key components of ambient PM10 

      Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Monfort, Eliseo; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Celades López, Irina; Miró, José Vicente Elsevier (2009)
      The relationship between specific particulate emission control and ambient levels of some PM10 components (Zn, As, Pb, Cs, Tl) was evaluated. To this end, the industrial area of Castellón (Eastern Spain) was selected, where ...
    • openAccess   Effects of water and CMA in mitigating industrial road dust resuspension 

      Amato, F.; Escrig, Alberto; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Celades López, Irina; Reche, Cristina; Monfort, Eliseo; Querol, Xavier Elsevier (2016-04)
      Water spraying and/or chemical suppressants such as salts and polymers have been suggested to reduce road dust resuspension due to their capability to increase adhesion, and therefore the effective size and weight of ...
    • openAccess   Environmental comparison of indoor floor coverings 

      Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Celades López, Irina; Vilalta, Laura; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2019)
      Appropriate selection of construction materials plays a major role in a building's sustainable profile. The studysets out a comparative life cycle assessment of indoorflooring systems of different nature. Theflooring ...
    • openAccess   Environmental development of the Spanish ceramic tile manufacturing sector over the period 1992–2007 

      Celades López, Irina; Moliner Salvador, R.; Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Monfort, Eliseo; Zaera, Eulalio Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (2012-03)
      The Spanish tile manufacturing sector has grown steadily over the years covered by the three benchmark studies, carried out in 1992, 2001, and 2007, from which data are compared in this paper. In that period, production ...
    • closedAccess   Evolution of fluorine emissions during the fast firing of ceramic tile 

      Monfort, Eliseo; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Celades López, Irina; Gazulla Barreda, Maria Fernanda; Gomar Peiró, Salvador Elsevier (2008)
      The present paper examines the emission-adsorption phenomena of fluorine compounds in various ceramic tile body compositions with different fluorine and calcium contents, processed by fast firing cycles in an electric ...
    • openAccess   Impactos ambientales del ciclo de vida de las baldosas cerámicas. Análisis sectorial, identificación de estrategias de mejora y comunicación (II) 

      Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Celades López, Irina; Monfort, Eliseo; Moliner Salvador, R.; Zaera, Victoria; Uviedo, E.; Benveniste, Gabriela; Cerdán, C.; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere Reed Business Information (2011)
      El artículo analiza el potencial impacto ambiental que generan las baldosas cerámicas mediante un Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV) a nivel sectorial, en el que participaron más de 50 empresas españolas. Los resultados han ...
    • openAccess   Impactos ambientales del ciclo de vida de las baldosas cerámicas: análisis sectorial, identificación de estrategias de mejora y comunicación (I) 

      Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Celades López, Irina; Monfort, Eliseo; Moliner Salvador, R.; Zaera, Victoria; Uviedo, E.; Benveniste, Gabriela; Cerdán, C.; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere Reed Business Information (2011)
      El artículo analiza el impacto ambiental que generan las baldosas cerámicas mediante el Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (AC) a nivel sectorial en el que participaron más de 50 empresas españolas. Los resultados han servido ...
    • closedAccess   Inter-comparison of receptor models for PM source apportionment: Case study in an industrial area 

      Viana, Marcelo; Pandolfi, Monica; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Monfort, Eliseo; Celades López, Irina Elsevier (2008)
      Receptor modelling techniques are used to identify and quantify the contributions from emission sources to the levels and major and trace components of ambient particulate matter (PM). A wide variety of receptor models ...
    • closedAccess   Monitoring and possible reduction of HF in stack flue gases from ceramic tiles 

      Monfort, Eliseo; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Celades López, Irina; Gomar Peiró, Salvador Elsevier (2010)
      HF (hydrogen fluoride) emission control is one of the critical environmental parameters in the firing of ceramic materials at peak temperatures higher than 1000 °C. In this study, in-stack concentrations of HF were monitored ...
    • closedAccess   On the source inversion of fugitive surface layer releases. Part I. Model formulation and application to simple sources 

      Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Escrig, Alberto; López Lilao, Ana; Celades López, Irina; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2015-05)
      Source inversion by dispersion modelling of fugitive particulate matter (PM) emissions entails considerable difficulty. Fugitive PM sources are rarely steady or point sources. They occur near the ground, where there are ...
    • openAccess   On the source inversion of fugitive surface layer releases. Part II. Complex sources 

      Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Escrig, Alberto; López Lilao, Ana; Celades López, Irina; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2017-06)
      The experimental measurement of fugitive emissions of particulate matter entails inherent complexity because they are usually discontinuous, of short duration, may be mobile, and are affected by weather conditions. Owing ...
    • closedAccess   Receptor models application to multi-year ambient PM10 measurements in an industrialized ceramic area: comparison of source apportionment results 

      Pandolfi, Monica; Viana, Marcelo; Minguillón Bengochea, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andres; Amato, F.; Celades López, Irina; Escrig, Alberto; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2008-12)
      Ambient PM10 data collected in one of the largest industrialized ceramic areas of Europe were used to study similarities and differences in the source apportionment results from three widespread receptor models: chemical ...
    • closedAccess   Simple estimates of vehicle-induced resuspension rates 

      Escrig Barberá, José; Amato, F.; Pandolfi, Monica; Monfort, Eliseo; Querol, Xavier; Celades López, Irina; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Alastuey, Andres; Orzac, J. A. G. Elsevier (2011-10)
      Road dust emissions are considered to be a major source of airborne particulate matter (PM). This is particularly true for industrial environments, where there are high resuspensionrates of deposited dust. The calculation ...