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  • Assessing ozone abatement scenarios in the framework of the Spanish ozone mitigation plan 

    Petetin, Hervé; Guevara Vilardell, Marc; Garatachea Solé, Roger; López Coronado, Franco Rodrigo; Oliveira, Kevin de; Enciso, Santiago; Jorba Casellas, Oriol; Querol Carceller, Xavier; Massagué Obradors, Jordi; Alastuey Urós, Andrés; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos (Elsevier, 2023-12-01)
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    Tropospheric ozone (O3) is a secondary air pollutant that affects human health, vegetation and climate, especially in Mediterranean countries such as Spain. In order to tackle this long-standing issue, the Spanish government ...
  • Ambient air particulate total lung deposited surface area (LDSA) levels in urban Europe 

    Liu, Xiansheng; Hadiatullah, Hadiatullah; Zhang, Xun; Trechera Ruiz, Pedro; Savadkoohi, Marjan; Garcia Marlès, Meritxell; Reche, Cristina; Perez Lozano, Noemi; Beddows, David; Salma, Imre; Thén, Wanda; Kalkavouras, Panayiotis (Elsevier, 2023-11-10)
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    This study aims to picture the phenomenology of urban ambient total lung deposited surface area (LDSA) (including head/throat (HA), tracheobronchial (TB), and alveolar (ALV) regions) based on multiple path particle dosimetry ...
  • Arduino-based low-cost device for the measurement of detonation times in blasting caps 

    Camara Zapata, Eduardo; Arumi Casanovas, Arnau; Bonet Dalmau, Jordi; Bascompta Massanes, Marc; Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-07-19)
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    The use of equipment such as oscilloscopes, high-speed cameras or acoustic sensors is quite common to measure detonation times from surface connectors and detonators. However, these solutions are expensive and, sometimes, ...
  • Cooling rate modeling and evaluation during centrifugal atomization process 

    Cegarra Salges, Sasha Alejandra; Pijuan Casas, Jordi; Riera Colom, María Dolores (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-06-07)
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    Centrifugal atomization is a rapid solidification technique involving fast cooling rates to produce high-quality powders. The final microstructure of the atomized particles is closely linked with the thermal history and ...
  • Feasible H2S sensing in water with a printed amperometric microsensor 

    Paré Estalella, Franc; Castro Carrasco, Rebeca Ignacia; Gabriel Buguña, David; Guimerà Villalba, Xavier; Gabriel Buguña, Gemma; Baeza, Mireia (2023-04-04)
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    Concern over pollution has led to an increase in wastewater treatment systems, which require constant monitorization. In particular, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a toxic gas, soluble in water, commonly found in industrial and ...
  • Mineralogy and mineral chemistry of the Au-Ag-Te-(Bi-Se) San Luis Alta deposit, Mid-South Peru 

    Alfonso Abella, María Pura; Ccolqque, Elsa; García-Vallès, Maite; Martínez Alcalá, Arnau; Yubero de Mateo, Maria Teresa; Anticoi Sudzuki, Hernán Francisco; Sidki Rius, Nor (2023-04-18)
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    A mineralogical and mineral chemistry study was carried out in the San Luis Alta telluride-rich gold deposit, mid-south Peru, to contribute towards determining its formation and improving the ore processing. The San Luis ...
  • A comparison of the fuel consumption and truck models in different production scenarios 

    Vera Burau, María Alejandra; Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís; Bascompta Massanes, Marc; Álvarez Ramírez, Daniel (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2023-05-07)
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    Mine planning and mine design are crucial stages of a project in the mining industry. This study aimed to determine the impact of different constraints on the design and planning of a mine. Some of the deposit characteristics ...
  • Tribological performance of esters, friction modifier and antiwear additives for electric vehicle applications 

    Cañellas Palou, Gerard; Emeric Casterà, Ariadna; Combarros, M.; Navarro, Àngel; Beltran, Lluís; Vilaseca Llosada, Montserrat; Vives i Costa, Jordi (2023-02-28)
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    The replacement of conventional lubricants with esters is an alternative to provide a low environmental impact and at the same time excellent lubricity features, the high solubility of additives, good viscosity index, low ...
  • Centrifugal atomization of glass-forming alloy Al86Ni8Y4.5La1.5 

    Pijuan Casas, Jordi; Cegarra Salges, Sasha Alejandra; Dosta, Sergi; Albaladejo Fuentes, Vicente; Dolores Riera, María (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-11-17)
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  • A review: biological technologies for nitrogen monoxide abatement 

    Cubides Páez, David Fernando; Guimerà Villalba, Xavier; Jubany Güell, Irene; Gamisans Noguera, Javier (2023-11-05)
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  • Facilitating the implementation of neural network-based predictive control to optimize building heating operation 

    Savadkoohi, Marjan; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Casals Casanova, Miquel (Elsevier, 2023-01-15)
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    Simple neural network (NN) architecture is a reliable tool to transform reactive rule-based systems into predictive systems. Thermal comfort is of utmost importance in office buildings, which need the activation of heating ...
  • Subsidence management and prediction system: a case study in potash mining 

    Sidki Rius, Nor; Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís; Bascompta Massanes, Marc; Parcerisa Duocastella, David (2022-09-13)
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