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Data-driven challenges for energy engineers: blending entrepreneurial training through data-driven challenges in a structured-flexibility project-based learning environment
(2025)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThis article aims to provide insights into both the conceptual design and practical implementation of the course Data-driven Challenges for Energy Engineers. Created at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) with the ... -
Numerical simulations of short-range wildfire firebrand exposure to industrial cylindrical storage tank
(2024)
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Accés obertIncreasing wildfire frequency and intensity indicate the need for improved wildfire Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) methodologies for industrial components. Firebrand exposure, the leading cause of infrastructure wildfire ... -
Enhancing student learning through aeroponics and PBL: a STEAM collaborative project
(2024)
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Accés obertProject-based learning using aeroponics as the underlying theme has been implemented in an integrated primary-secondary school located in a small town within the Garraf region of Catalonia. This initiative is a result of ... -
Scaling up from experiment to industry
(2022)
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Accés obertThe goal of the study group was to find an explanation for the lack of agreement between results for the breakthrough curve obtained from laboratory studies, using an adsorbent in powder form, and large scale experiments, ... -
Adsorption of multiple contaminants from a fluid stream
(2023)
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Accés obertWe develop a mathematical model to describe an adsorption process in which two species compete to occupy the available sites on the adsorbing particles. The governing equations consist of a standard advection-diffusion and ... -
Analysis of the effectiveness of WUI shaded fuel breaks
(2024)
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Accés obertThe effectiveness of WUI fuel management practices aimed at protecting communities, infrastructures, and homes is analysed, specifically considering prescriptions for shaded fuel breaks of the regions of Catalonia (Spain) ... -
Cambio climático y equidad. Retos para una transición energética justa a nivel doméstico.
(2024)
Comunicació de congrés
Accés obertEl sector doméstico posee un gran potencial para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. El consumo energético en los hogares está distribuido entre millones de viviendas, y responde a múltiples factores como ... -
Students developing research: life-cycle assessment in the pig sector
(International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2024)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialStudents being able to develop research in the future is one of the most important achievements in Higher Education. At CITES (Science and Technology of Sustainability) research group at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya ... -
Development of a deep learning-based schedule-aware controller: Toward the integration of scheduling and control
(2023)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialMost of the existing approaches for integrating the scheduling and control layers in the process industry suffer from the solution complexity of the resulting Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP) program. This ... -
Viability of mechanochemical devulcanization process of EPDM elastomeric waste
(2023)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe large amount of EPDM waste that has been generated in recent years, shows that new recycling processes are needed to be able to reuse this waste. In the present work, a combined process (thermomechanical and microwave) ... -
In the search for carbon-neutral waste-to-resource processing routes: coupling plastic waste pyrolysis and CO2 capture towards Circular Economy
(2023)
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Accés obertAmong the emerging alternatives for the recovery of plastic materials, pyrolysis has proven to be very promising from several points of view for the upcycling of plastic waste. Despite its economic and environmental benefits, ... -
Fully electrified conversion of low-quality plastic waste to polymer precursors
(Elsevier, 2023)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialA new process design for plastic waste gasification and conversion to methanol is described in its main elements. An electrification approach is used to maximize the CO2 credit generation of the plant. The overall process ...