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A numerical approach for the combined analysis of the dynamic thermal behaviour of an entire ceramic roller kiln and the stress formation in the tiles
Elsevier (2019-04-12)The numerical analysis of thermal and fluid dynamics behaviour of an industrial roller kiln used for manufacturing ceramic tiles is carried out and combined with the analysis of the mechanical stresses formed in the final ... -
A Tailored Approach in the Bentonite-like Raw Material Characterization Using Thermal and Water Sorption Techniques
MDPI (2023)Clayey raw materials present a wide variety of uses depending on their specific composition. Bentonite-like clays are considered suitable candidates to be used in some industrial applications, such as pharmaceutics, ... -
Adhesion assessment of bioactive coatings deposited by atmospheric plasma spraying
Akadémiai Kiadó (2017-07-09)The aim of the present work is to prepare bioactive coatings by APS employing different spraying parameters and substrates in order to model the adhesion of the coatings and to determine the best parameters that allow to ... -
An experimental study and computational validation of waste heat recovery from a lab scale ceramic kiln using a vertical multi-pass heat pipe heat exchanger
Elsevier (2020)The development of waste heat recovery technologies has surged as a result of climate change initiatives, which require energy intensive industries to curb their emissions and lower energy consumption. Installing heat pipe ... -
An integrated strategy for air quality monitoring and management in industrial port areas
Elsevier (2024-02-10)Port areas are under increasing social pressures to minimise their environmental impact and to demonstrate their environmental commitment, which is a major challenge especially in the case of industrial port areas close ... -
Antimony-doped tin dioxide ceramics used as standalone membrane electrodes in electrofiltration reactors enhance the oxidation of organic micropollutants
Elsevier (2022-05-30)In the present work, microporous ceramics made of antimony-doped tin dioxide produced using a facile synthesis procedure were evaluated during the degradation of norfloxacin in a novel electrofiltration process. The ... -
Assessment of humidity self-regulation functionality for ceramic tiles
Elsevier (2021-11-16)The development of ceramic tiles with humidity regulating capacity is a topic of great interest for the comfort of interior spaces. The humidity regulating capacity of fired specimens from five compositions used for porous ... -
Beyond the energy balance: Exergy analysis of an industrial roller kiln firing porcelain tiles
Elsevier (2019-03)The ceramic tile manufacturing process consumes large amounts of energy, mainly in the firing stage. Firing usually takes place in natural gas-fuelled continuous roller kilns, the most widely used tile firing facilities ... -
Challenging zircon coatings by suspension plasma spraying
Elsevier (2022-04-30)Zircon is a ceramic material that decomposes at high temperature, limiting its use by conventional thermal spraying. In this work, it is intended to use thermal spraying from concentrated aqueous suspensions to evaluate ... -
Characterization of thermal barriers coatings of Y-TZP/AL2O3/SiC composite obtained by suspension plasma spraying
Akadémiai Kiadó (2017-07-09)The aim of this work is to improve TBCs providing a self-healing ability. For that purpose, an aqueous suspension of SiCY-TZP and Al2O3 was prepared and deposited by suspension plasma spraying to avoid the oxidation of ... -
Comparison of different silica sources in the development of plasma sprayed 45S5 bioactive glass coatings
Elsevier (2020-06-11)45S5 bioactive glass coatings were deposited by plasma spraying from liquid feedstocks. In these feedstocks, the SiO2 needed to achieve the 45S5 bioactive glass composition has been provided either as tetraethyl orthosilicate ... -
Comparison of two different ceramic electrodes based on Sb-SnO2 coated with BiFeO3 and Bi2WO6 for the photoelectrooxidation of an emerging pollutant
Elsevier (2023-07-21)In this work, a comparison between novel photoanodes based on Sb-SnO2 (BCE) coated with BiFeO3 (BFO-BCE) and Bi2WO6 (BWO-BCE) was carried out. An improvement in the catalytic activity of the electrodes under light exposure ... -
Complete Characterization of Thermoelectric Materials by Impedance Spectroscopy
American Chemical Society (2019-05-01)Thermoelectric materials can directly convert waste heat into electricity. Because of the vast amount of energy available as waste heat in our society, these materials could contribute to reduce our dependence on fossil ... -
Compositional effect on humidity self-regulation functionality in gibbsite-based ceramic tiles
Elsevier (2022-08-23)This paper analyses the effect of the starting composition on the humidity regulating capacity of a gibbsite-based composition successfully tested for the manufacture of ceramic tiles. For this purpose, the proportion of ... -
CuO improved (Sn,Sb)O2 ceramic anodes for electrochemical advanced oxidation processes
American Ceramic Society (2018-12)Antimony‐doped tin oxide electrodes with CuO as sintering aid are presented as an economical alternative to metal‐based electrodes, intended for the electrooxidation process of emerging and recalcitrant organic contaminants ... -
DEM-based modelling framework for spray-dried powders in ceramic tiles industry. Part I: Calibration procedure
Elsevier (2019)This work describes a combined experimental-numerical study to characterizefine spray-dried powder used inthe ceramic tile pressing process. A DEM-based granular assembly is endowed with a new set of scaling laws thatallows ... -
Deposition of bioactive glass coatings based on a novel composition containing strontium and magnesium
Elsevier (2022-05-27)In this work a novel bioactive glass composition was used to deposit coatings by means of plasma spraying. Different coatings were manufactured and optimized by varying the processing parameters and were studied by X-ray ... -
Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Cathode: A Green Solution (Applied To Laptop Batteries)
The Electrochemical Society (2023-08)A green and automatic recycling separation process to recycle LiCoO2 cathodes from laptop batteries was designed. Prior to that, an exhaustive study of the main chemistry used for laptop batteries was undertaken, analyzing ... -
Drivers of divergent trends in tropospheric ozone hotspots in Spain, 2008–2019
Springer (2023)This study aimed to investigate the causes of contrasting ozone (O3) trends in Spanish O3 hotspots between 2008 and 2019, as documented in recent studies. The analysis involved data on key O3 precursors, such as nitrogen ... -
Eco-friendly ceramic membranes for water reuse in a membrane bioreactor (MBR)
Universitat Politècnica de València. Research Institute for Industrial, Radiophysical and Environmental Safety (ISIRYM). Prometeo Research Group (Membrane Processes and Environmental Effluent Treatment) (2018-07-10)The main objective of this study is to develop and validate ceramic membranes at lower cost than the commercial ones, by including agricultural and industrial wastes in the composition, together with raw materials typically ...