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  • Demand response approaches in a research project versus a real business 

    Barbero, Mattia; Canals Casals, Lluc; Colet Subirachs, Alba; Salom, Jaume; Corchero García, Cristina (Elsevier, 2023-09)
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    Demand response through Demand Aggregation is part of the energy transition towards a green and distributed system. Although the market is open in most European countries, its practical implementation is not much successful ...
  • Sustainable filtering systems to reduce microfiber emissions from textiles during household laundering 

    Belzagui Elder, Francisco; Gutiérrez Bouzán, María Carmen; Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando; López Grimau, Víctor (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-07-12)
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    During laundering, synthetic textiles (polyester, polyamide, etc.) can release small fiber debris with a length of <5 mm. These are a type of microplastics (MPs), usually referred to as microfibers (MFs), which are considered ...
  • Comparative life cycle assessment of Li-Sulphur and Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles 

    Benveniste Pérez, Gabriela; Sánchez Ballesta, Anna; Rallo Tolós, Héctor; Corchero García, Cristina; Amante García, Beatriz (Elsevier, 2022-11)
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    Nowadays, most of the electric vehicles (EVs) are powered by Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries due to their high energy density, higher power density and degree of development relative to other battery technologies. As Li-ion ...
  • Are electric vehicle batteries being underused? A review of current practices and sources of circularity 

    Etxandi Santolaya, Maite; Canals Casals, Lluc; Montes Torre, Tomás; Corchero García, Cristina (2023-07-15)
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    The increasing demand for Lithium-ion batteries for Electric Vehicle calls for the adoption of sustainable practices and a switch towards a circular economy-based system to ensure that the electrification of transportation ...
  • Circular economy-based alternatives beyond second-life applications: maximizing the electric vehicle battery first life 

    Etxandi Santolaya, Maite; Canals Casals, Lluc; Amante García, Beatriz; Corchero García, Cristina (2023-03-05)
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    Electric vehicle battery second-life applications are gaining attention as a way to minimize the environmental impact and increase economic profits. However, the demand for stationary energy storage is expected to be ...
  • Training of the future teacher in the flipped learning model in an online environment 

    Romero Garcia, Mª Carmen; Amante García, Beatriz; Buzón García, Olga (Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching (CIRT), 2023-01-01)
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    The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program, based on the flipped learning model, for future teachers of Secondary Education and Vocational Training. For this study, a pre-experimental ...
  • El rastro invisible y tóxico de billones de colillas 

    Belzagui Elder, Francisco; Gutiérrez Bouzán, María Carmen (2021-02-14)
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    ¿Sabía que anualmente se fuman 6 billones de cigarrillos? ¿Y que 4,5 billones de colillas terminan en el medio ambiente? ¡Son más de 8 millones por minuto! Es bien sabido que fumar tiene un impacto en la salud de los ...
  • Almond skin, a bio-waste for green dyeing of wool fibres 

    Gómez Moreno, Hector; Duran Serra, Aïda; Prieto Fuentes, Remedios; Álvarez del Castillo, María Dolores; Macanás de Benito, Jorge; Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando (Sage, 2023-03)
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    During the industrial processing of almond fruits tons of almond skins are generated. Valorization of blanched almond skin wastes by recovering natural polyphenols using water, instead of organic solvents, for direct ...
  • Modelling for the efficient effluent dye removal to reuse water and salt 

    Buscio Olivera, Valentina; López Grimau, Víctor; Vallès, Betina; Pepió Viñals, Montserrat; Gutiérrez Bouzán, María Carmen (2022-10-07)
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    The objective of this work was to determine the optimal conditions for the electrooxidation treatment in order to decolourise the effluents that contain reactive dyes. According to the results, when Na2SO4 is used as an ...
  • Polygeneration system optimization for building energy system retrofit: A case of study for TR5 building of UPC-Terrassa 

    Pinto Maquillon, Edwin Samir; Amante García, Beatriz (2022-10-15)
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    The building sector represents around one-third of the energy related to the EU CO2eq emissions, which makes it a crucial sector for achieving the EU’s energy and environmental goals. Thus, the EU has established a legislative ...
  • Review on alternatives for the reduction of textile microfibers emission to water 

    Belzagui Elder, Francisco; Gutiérrez Bouzán, María Carmen (Elsevier, 2022-05-26)
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    The microplastics (MPs) are considered one of the most threatening pollutants. One of the main concerns is their continuous and cumulative flow to water environments, as they are very difficult to be removed. Microfibers ...
  • Cement composite plates reinforced with nonwoven fabrics from technical textile waste fibres: Mechanical and environmental assessment 

    Ventura Casellas, Heura; Álvarez del Castillo, María Dolores; Gónzalez López, Laura; Claramunt Blanes, Josep; Ardanuy Raso, Mònica (Elsevier, 2022-08-17)
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    In this work, we present the development and characterisation of new cement-based composite panels reinforced with fibres recovered from wastes of protective technical clothing. The developed panels present a flexural ...

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