Browsing by Contributor "Castro González, Jesús"
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Application of experimental and numerical methodologies for the development of an absortion heat pump for solar-driven systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-05-11)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) The topics explained in this thesis are organized in different chapters. A summary of the contents is given below: Chapter 2. Details of working pairs and properties with numerical modelling and experimental ... -
Availability analysis of heat recovery technologies implementation in a high energy intensity industry
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-19)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThis research investigates the application of heat recovery technologies to capture waste heat and improve the energy efficiency of industrial processes, with a particular case in a local foundry industry in Spain. Waste ... -
Computational investigation of clean hydrogen production via methane pyrolysis in molten metal baths
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-07-01)
Master thesis
Open AccessGlobal warming, caused by the increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, has necessitated the transition to cleaner energy sources. Hydrogen, a versatile and environmentally friendly energy ... -
Computational modeling of adsorption packed bed reactors and solar-driven adsorption cooling systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-05-03)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEnvironmental concerns regarding climate change and ozone depletion urge for a paradigm shift in the cooling production. The cooling demand exhibits an alarmingly increasing trend, thus its satisfaction in a sustainable ... -
Development of a simulation tool for a pebble heaters as part of energy savings and decarbonization of steel plants
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-07-01)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: ArcelorMittalSteel production is a very energy-and-emission-intensive process, and with its projected increase in the future, due to steel’s vitality in the operation, sustenance, and development of modern economies, there is a huge ... -
Development of sizing tools for Kemiwatt’s industrial systems to prepare the commercialization of its organic redox flow battery
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-06-27)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decision
Covenantee: KemiwattThe goal of this internship was to develop a numerical sizing tool for the aqueous organic redox flow battery systems, as KEMIWATT enters its commercialization phase. The “Process Generator” tool was developed using Visual ... -
Estudi per a la resolució numèrica de les equacions de conservació de massa, quantitat de moviment i energia, orientat a ser utilitzat en diferents problemes d'enginyeria, com ara: energia solar de baixa i mitja temperatura.
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionAquest projecte té com a objectiu entendre la fenomenologia de la transferència de calor i mecànica de fluids que hi ha darrera les equacions de conservació de la massa, moment i energia mitjançant la resolució numèrica ... -
Modelling and experimental validation of water vapor absorption by falling films of LiBr aqueous solution under wave regimes conditions and presence of non-absorbable gases
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-04-17)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEsta tesis se centra en el estudio de los diferentes mecanismos implicados en la absorción de vapor de agua en películas descendentes de configuración vertical (tipica configuracion para absorbedores enfriados por aire) ... -
Numerical resolution of conservation equations, mass, momentum and energy. Application to heat and mass transfer phenomenologies of interest for the design of refrigeration units by absorption or adsorption
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-02-13)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThis thesis explores the numerical resolution of mass, momentum, and energy conservation equations, with a focus on their application in absorption and adsorption refrigeration systems. It begins with establishing the ... -
Numerical resolution of heat and mass transfer phenomena : application to the estimation of heat and mass transfer coefficients in absorption processes with falling film
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-13)
Master thesis
Open AccessIn this project, self-build CFD code in C++ is employed to simulate several classical fluid dynamic, heat and mass transfer problems such as Driven Cavity, Deferential Heat Cavity, Square Cylinder problem. Besides, this ... -
Numerical resolution of heat and mass transfer phenomena. Application to the analysis of heat loss by convection in a flat solar collector
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-13)
Master thesis
Open AccessThis work is denominated Numerical resolution of heat and mass transfer phenomena. Application to the analysis of heat loss by convection in a flat solar collector. It is divided into eight chapters and four annexes. Chapter ... -
Numerical simulation of multiphase immiscible flow on unstructured meshes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-07-25)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe present thesis aims at developing a basis for the numerical simulation of multiphase flows of immiscible fluids. This approach, although limited by the computational power of the present computers, is potentially very ... -
Numerical simulation of sensible and latent thermal energy storage systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-02-05)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEl objetivo principal de esta tesis es la resolución numérica de problemas de transferencia de calor y dinámica de fluidos y su aplicación para el estudio del comportamiento transitorio de sistemas térmicos de acumulación ... -
On the development of direct numerical simulations for falling films
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-01-07)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessMultiphase flows present a rich variety of physical instabilities, which may turn into a set of interesting techonological features. In the particular case of vertical fallings films, these features provide with short ... -
Stationary battery energy storage : Market analysis in France
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-20)
Master thesis
Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
Covenantee: John Cockerill
