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Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
(Elsevier, 2018-06-01)
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Open AccessThe use of functional fillers can be advantageous in terms of cost reduction and improved properties in plastics. There are many types of fillers used in industry, organic and inorganic, with a wide application area. As a ... -
Environmental and cost optimal design of a biomass–Wind–PV electricity generation system
(2018-10-01)
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Open AccessThis work describes a methodology to optimize a grid-connected hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) that hybridizes photovoltaic, wind and forest biomass energy sources taking into account cost and environmental impact ... -
Electron density extrapolation above F2 peak by the linear Vary-Chap model supporting new Global Navigation Satellite Systems-LEO occultation missions
(2017-08)
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Open AccessThe new radio-occultation (RO) instrument on board the future EUMETSAT Polar System-Second Generation (EPS-SG) satellites, flying at a height of 820 km, is primarily focusing on neutral atmospheric profiling. It will also ... -
Study of the Qualitative and Semi-quantitative Analysis of Grape Seed Extract by HPLC
(2018-03-05)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe main aim of this study is to carry out a qualitative and semiquantitative analysis of tannin extracts as an alternative to the official analysis method ISO 14088 – IUC 32, so that a correlation between the two methods ... -
Multivariable methods applied to FTIR: a powerful technique to highlight architectural changes in poly(lactic acid)
(Elsevier, 2018-02-01)
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Open AccessThe structural modifications of a commercially available poly(lactid acid) grade were induced through reactive extrusion using a multi-epoxide reactive agent in a pilot plant. The statistical nature of the chemical reactions ... -
Measuring the Environmental Footprint of Leather Processing Technologies
(2017-10-01)
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Inventory analysis and carbon footprint of coastland-hotel services: A Spanish case study
(Elsevier, 2017-10-01)
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Open AccessTourism is a key industry in the Spanish economy. Spain was in the World top three ranking by international tourist arrivals and by income in 2015. The development of the tourism industry is essential to maintain the ... -
Product vs corporate carbon footprint: Some methodological issues. A case study and review on the wine sector
(2017-01-11)
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Open AccessCarbon footprint (CF) is nowadays one of the most widely used environmental indicators. The scope of the CF assessment could be corporate (when all production processes of a company are evaluated, together with upstream ... -
Recovered paperboard samples identification by means of mid-infrared sensors
(2013-07-17)
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Eco-innovation and benchmarking of carbon footprint data for vineyards and wineries in Spain and France
(2017-01-20)
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Open AccessEnvironmental sustainability in the wine sector has become a priority, as a result of both the growing interest in environmental issues and the consumer's demand for more information regarding the environmental impact of ... -
Supervision of ethylene propylene diene M-class (EPDM) rubber vulcanization and recovery processes using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy and multivariate analysis
(2016-08-17)
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Open AccessEPDM rubber is widely used in a diverse type of applications, such as the automotive, industrial and construction sectors among others. Due to its appealing features, the consumption of vulcanized EPDM rubber is growing ... -
Combined heat and power design based on environmental and cost criteria
(2016-10-22)
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Open AccessThis paper proposes a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) consisting of photovoltaic (PV), wind and forest wood biomass power for cogeneration, and applies a multi-objective optimization methodology to study the trade-offs ...
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