Pitarch, Miguel; Navarro-Peris, Emilio; Gonzálvez-Maciá, José; Corberán, José M.(Elsevier, 2017)
[EN] Heat pumps that work with a high degree of subcooling in subcritical systems have shown a significant margin
of improvement when working with sanitary hot water applications. Recently, two different approaches ...
Llácer Iglesias, Rosa María(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-01-03)
[ES] Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) plantean un llamamiento global para conseguir la sostenibilidad en aspectos esenciales de la vida humana. El actual consumo de energía para el tratamiento de aguas residuales ...
Llácer-Iglesias, Rosa M.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto(MDPI AG, 2021-11)
[EN] Hydropower is a well-known technology, applied worldwide for electricity generation from renewable sources. Within the current framework, some studies have started to consider its application to existing urban water ...
There are numerous options for energy measures in the water sector ranging from water conservation and process efficiency improvements to new technologies and redesigning water systems. Next to energy efficiency improvements, ...
Macías Ávila, Carlos Andrés; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto(MDPI AG, 2021-07)
[EN] Water is one of the most valuable resources for humans. Worldwide, leakage levels in water distribution systems oscillate between 10% and 55%. This causes the need for constant repairs, economic losses, and risk to ...
Macías Ávila, Carlos Andrés(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-01-19)
[ES] El agua y la energía son unos de los recursos más importantes para el desarrollo de la sociedad. El nexo entre el agua y la energía es de gran interés por su importancia dentro de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible. ...
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Ramos, Helena M.(Springer-Verlag, 2018)
[EN] The development of hydraulic and optimization models in water networks
analyses to improve the sustainability and efficiency through the installation of micro or
pico hydropower is swelling. Hydraulic machines involved ...
[EN] The world is continuously searching for ways to improve how water is used for energy. As the population increases, so do the needs for natural resources and, in turn, the needs for energy. This research sought to show ...
Macías Ávila, Carlos Andrés; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto(Elsevier, 2021-12-01)
[EN] The use of pumps working as turbines is a new solution, which has been recently analysed to improve the water management in the different water systems. The improvement of sustainability involved with this use should ...
Serrano, J.R.; Arnau Martínez, Francisco José; García-Cuevas González, Luis Miguel; Farias, V. H.(Elsevier, 2021-11-01)
[EN] Oxy-fuel combustion concept is studied in a compression ignition engine (CIE) using Mixed Ionic-electronic Conducting Membranes (MIECs) to separate oxygen (O2) from air in order to achieve a clean combustion eliminating ...
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Fernandes, João F.P.; Costa Branco, P.J.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Ramos, Helena M.(MDPI AG, 2021-05)
[EN] Sustainability and efficiency in irrigation are essential in the management of the water-
energy-food nexus to reach the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030. In irrigation systems, the
reduction of energy consumption ...
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Ramos, Helena M.(Elsevier, 2018-02)
[EN] Irrigation networks involve many water and energy aspects, in which the sustainability plays a paramount role. Nowadays, water tariff in irrigation networks represents a high percentage within of farmers' costs, ...
Guarachi Quiñones, Alejandra(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-08-03)
[ES] La regulación de presión en las redes de abastecimiento consiste en gestionar las presiones de los sectores para asegurar un suministro suficiente a los usuarios. Se realiza con el objetivo de reducir las presiones ...
Hervas-Blasco, Estefanía; Navarro-Peris, Emilio; De Rosa, Mattia; Corberán, José M.(Elsevier, 2017)
[EN] The reduction of automotive fuel consumption and emissions remains one of the main challenges. This paper presents the potential fuel saving in a CNG-powertrain derived from the recovery of the main energy losses. The ...
Simao, M.; Ramos, H.M.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-10-30)
[ES] Os sistemas de abastecimento, distribuição e drenagem do setor da água são um dos principais tipos de sistemas hidráulicos artificiais com potencial para a instalação de micro-hídricas. Apesar de existirem algumas ...
Del Teso March, Roberto(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-11-25)
[EN] This final Project was designed to show the importance of energy efficiency in urban water distribution systems, and the possibility of using Pumps As Turbines (PATs) as means to this end.
For that reason the focus ...
Ramos, Helena M.; Zilhao, M.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto(Taylor & Francis, 2019-03-16)
[EN] Water distribution networks and irrigation systems consume high energy quantities that need to be recovered if the water managers want to meet sustainable systems. A sustainability optimization is proposed in this ...
Meirelles, G.; Brentan, Bruno M.; Izquierdo Sebastián, Joaquín; Ramos, Helena M.; Luvizotto, E.(MDPI AG, 2018-06)
[EN] Water distribution networks (WDNs) are designed to meet water demand with minimum implementation costs. However, this approach leads to poor long-term results, since system resilience is also minimal, and this requires ...
Moliner Estopiñán, Cristina Elia(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-09-01)
[EN] The aim of the present PhD Thesis is to define, develop and evaluate a methodology for an improved and more sustainable management of waste, in particular agricultural residues, turning them into a new source of energy ...
Narváez Asensio, José Camilo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-11-02)
[ES] En este proyecto se estudia principalmente las mejores técnicas disponibles que se pueden utilizar para el diseño de una planta de incineración para la valorización de residuos plásticos descartados en plantas de ...