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Investigation of a buoyant bubble motion in a wall-driven square cavity
(Springer, 2022-11-17)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyDirect steam generation is considered as a potential substitute for conventional power generation technologies, for its advantageous characteristics. It can be directly powered by solar radiation by concentrating it on a ... -
Remote characterization of fire behavior during the FireFlux II experiment
(2022-11)
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Open AccessThe FireFlux II field experiment was conducted on January 30th, 2013 in south-east Texas, USA, under high fire danger conditions. The experiment was designed to study the behavior of a head fire progressing through a flat, ... -
A mathematical model of carbon capture by adsorption
(2021-08-02)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyWe present a model to describe the capture of carbon by an adsorbing porous material occupying a circular cross-section column. The model consists of an advection-reaction-diffusion equation for the gas concentration coupled ... -
Turbulence models for simulation and modeling in textile engineering
(Elsevier, 2021-04-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyTurbulence accounts for most of the processes in textile engineering among other interdisciplinary fields. In this chapter, a comprehensive description of turbulent models and description of important terms and theories ... -
Fluor a les aigües superficials del massís del Montseny-Guilleries
(Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, 2016-12)
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Open AccessS'ha realitzat una prospecció hidrogeoquímica de fluor a les aigües superficials del massís del Montseny-Guilleries. El massís del Montseny-Guilleries és una zona idònia per realitzar aquest tipus de prospecció ja que ... -
(Re)Shaping knowledge: the contribution of Sustainability Science
(Global Dimension in Engineering Education, 2014)
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Open AccessGlobal challenges faced by society in the 21st century - including climate change, resource limitations and extreme poverty - are complex and interconnected, transcending the confines of traditional scientific disciplines. ... -
Key learning theories in GDEE
(Global Dimension in Engineering Education, 2014)
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Open AccessThis course will build on the existing experience of participants, including topics covered in the Course 7, to provide a framework for academics interested in developing undergraduate and postgraduate modules focusing on ... -
Multicultural constructive community learning course for education in sustainable development applying backcasting
(Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe International Seminar on Sustainable Technology Innovation is a course offered in the framework of the master of Sustainability of the UPC-Barcelona Tech University and financed by the ERASMUS Intensive Program scheme. ... -
Being scared is not enough! Motivators for education for sustainable development
(Springer International Publishing, 2013)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThis chapter presents an overview of positive motivators for students, lecturers, and educational managers to prioritize Sustainable Development in education. Very often, we implicitly assume that students and colleagues ... -
Axial piston pumps, new trends and development
(Nova Science Publishers, 2012-10)
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Expert system design for sewage treatment plant
(InTech, 2012-04-20)
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Using CFD to estimate external mass transfer coefficients and intra-particle diffusional effects on the supercritical hydrogenation of sunflower oil
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2012-09-02)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyHydrogenation of vegetable oils is an important process in the food industry because of its widespread application to produce margarines, shortenings, and other food components. Supercritical technology has proven to be ...