Simulation of a solar assisted counterflow tunnel dehydrator

A widely used class of vegetable dehydration systems are the “tunnel-and-truck” dehydrators, where the prepared material lies over horizontal trays stored in trucks which move discontinuously in opposite direction of the air flow. This way the driest product is facing the inlet hot and dry air blowed to the system. When product of one truck is ready, is removed from the tunnel leaving space for advance the remaining truck one place forward. This way, a new truck full of wet product can be inserted at the end of the tunnel. The hermal energy required for the process can be supplied by several sources including gas, biomass, solar energy or a combination of them. Solar energy is for free but reaches the Earth with quite a low flux and a strongly fluctuating rate. This imposes the need of special designs and control strategies. This paper presents a study based on simulation models of the dehydrator and the solar thermal system. The dehydrator simulation model is tuned to match experimental data from a particular prototype based on fossil fuel. A solar system simulation model is then applied to the analysis of different design options.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Structural and numerical identifiability of thermal resistances in plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers using manufacturer catalog data

Plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers, commonly known as heating/cooling coils, are widely used in HVAC systems to transfer heat to or from air. A problem of practical interest in coil simulation is to identify the thermal resistances on the air and liquid sides using manufacturer catalog data. Manufacturers rarely provide detailed information (geometry and circuitry) of the coils they sell or install in factory-made equipment such as air handling units or fan-coils; they just report the performance of the coil at a few typical operating conditions. This paper examines whether it is mathematically possible to back-calculate the thermal resistances on the air and liquid sides using a set of performance data that is disturbed by noise (e.g. measurement errors) and consists of operating cases in which none of the two thermal resistances can be neglected. The first part of the paper discusses the structural identifiability problem, that is, the mathematical possibility of fitting Nusselt-type correlations for air and liquid, as well as a constant resistance for the wall. The second part of the paper discusses the possibility of calculating the numerical value of the parameters of the Nusselt correlations (constant or constant and exponent) using noisy data. The analysis is applied to a typical coil, which is simulated by means of a mathematical modelUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

EFFECTS OF LOUVERS SHADING DEVICES ON VISUAL COMFORT AND ENERGY DEMAND OF AN OFFICE BUILDING. A CASE OF STUDY

This paper evaluates the building energy demand and visual comfort of a real case with a glazed façade office building placed in Málaga (Mediterranean city in the south of Spain). South oriented facades receive such a high solar gain that cooling demand cannot be handled by the current HVAC system. As an environmental friendly solution, a shading control strategy based on vertical and horizontal louvers is proposed. The study consists of a comparison between the actual and the refurbished building with shading devices. Daylighting simulation is done with Daysim (Daysim, 2016). A group of offices with south, east and north oriented facades is chosen for the study. Horizontal louvers in the south façade and vertical louvers in the east facade are modelled and simulated. The simulation changes the angle of the louver: 0º (perpendicular to the glazing), -30º, 30º, -60º, 60º. Visual comfort parameters analyzed are: illuminance, daylight autonomy (DA) and useful daylight index (UDI). With respect to the thermal comfort, not only louvers orientation try to provide solar protection for glazed areas in cooling period but also maximize solar gains in heating period. However, an excessive daylight could affect discomfort glare. Shading control strategy must provide the equilibrium between both aspects. Thermal demand is calculated with Trnsys (TRNSYS, 2016).Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Conductive Polymer Composites Synthesized from Diacetylene-Functionalized Linseed Oil and MWCNT: Gamma Irradiation and Organic Vapor Sensing

Beca de estancia de Posdoctorado del Dr. Alejandro Ramírez JiménezEpoxidized linseed oil (ELO) was synthesized and functionalized with propargylamine (PA) or 3-ethynylaniline (EA) and the products were crosslinked to obtain the diacetylene-functionalized epoxidized linseed oil polymers which were used as matrices in the preparation of the composites with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Electrical resistance at percentages between 4 and 20 wt/wt% of filler was measured and the percolation threshold was calculated, obtaining 1.2 and 1.7% for the composites with EA and PA respectively. Low critical concentration evidenced a good dispersion of the MWCNTs without necessity of any modification. The final products were used in the sensing of acetone, chloroform and ethanol. The electrical resistance changes were measured at different concentrations and the sensibility was calculated. In order to improve stability toward the vapors, composites were irradiated with gamma rays and new sensing was done and compared. The results showed differences in sensibility, selectivity and reproducibility.CONACy

Surface Display of AcMNPV Occlusion-Derived P74 Does Not Enhance Oral Infectivity of Budded Viruses

Baculovirus occlusion-derived viruses (ODVs) and budded viruses (BVs) are morphologically and functionally distinct. ODVs are responsible for primary infection in insect hosts because of their high per os infectivity. On the contrary, BVs poorly infect endothelial gut cells, but propagate the infection in the tissues of insects with a high efficiency. P74 is one of the most important proteins from ODVs, and it participates in the attachment of this viral phenotype to endothelial cells in the midgut. We evaluated the possibility of pseudotyping BVs of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus with two versions of P74 and its effect on their oral infectivity. Both recombinant BVs contained P74 and replicated similarly to wild-type viruses. Nevertheless, the presence of P74 on the BV’s surface does not enhance the oral infectivity of this phenotype, suggesting that the presence of P74 in the membrane of budded virions interferes with their mechanism of infecting midgut cells.Instituto de BiotecnologíaFil: Alfonso, Victoria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; ArgentinaFil: Lopez, Maria Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina.Fil: Carrillo, Elisa Cristina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; ArgentinaFil: Taboga, Oscar Alberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentin

An approach for shipping emissions estimation in ports: the case of ro–ro vessels in port of Vigo

Despite most atmospheric emissions being produced by vessels when navigating at sea, they are also important when in port because of their proximity to urban areas and their harmful effects on climate change and health. First, we carried out a bibliographical review of the nine most relevant methods to estimate the emission of ships in ports. These methods have been used to estimate the emissions of the sixteen most representatives Ro–Ro (roll-on–roll-off) ships calling at the Port of Vigo. From the results obtained, a new simplified method for estimation is proposed, which is based on linear regression curves and takes into account the number of ships and the average number of hours they remain in port annually. This simplification could be a useful tool when making preliminary assessments of the emissions from ships in port, which can also be extrapolated to other ports or types of ships.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación | Ref. PID2021-127876OB-I0

Cálculo e medição na primeira série da Escola Decroly: Análise da Teoria Antropológica da Didática

©2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Published, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in RECME-Revista Colombiana de Matemática Educativa.En 1932, Decroly y su colaboradora A. Hamaïde, publicaron Le calcul et la mesure au premier degré de l’école Decroly. Es el único libro de Decroly dedicado específicamente al aprendizaje de la aritmética en las escuelas decrolyanas y recoge y sistematiza las propuestas, publicadas en obras anteriores, sobre el método Decroly y los centros de interés. En el trabajo se realiza un análisis de esta obra utilizando herramientas de la Teoría Antropológica de lo Didáctico (TAD). Para el análisis se ha utilizado la traducción española de la obra (1934), contrastada con le edición original de 1932.In 1932, Decroly and his collaborator A. Hamaïde, published Le calcul et la mesure au premier degré de l'école Decroly. This is the only book by Decroly specifically devoted to the learning of arithmetic in the Decrolyan schools, and it collects and systematizes the proposals, published in previous works, about the Decroly method and the centres of interest. In the present work, an analysis of this book is carried out by using tools from the Didactic Anthropological Theory (ADT). For this analysis, the spanish translation of the book (1934) has been used and contrasted with the original edition of 1932.Em 1932, Decroly e seu colaborador A. Hamaïde, publicou Le calcul et la mesure au premier degré de l'école Decroly. É o único livro da Decroly dedicado especificamente à aprendizagem de aritmética em escolas decrolianas. A obra recolhe e sistematiza as propostas, publicadas em trabalhos anteriores sobre o método Decroly e os Centros de Interesse. No estudo, é realizada uma análise do libro, utilizando ferramentas da Teoria Antropológica Didática (TAD). A tradução espanhola da obra (1934), em contraste com a edição original de 1932, foi utilizada para a análise

MODELO DE FACHADA VENTILADA CON DESECANTE PARA ACONDICIONAMIENTO DEL AIRE EXTERIOR DE VENTILACIÓN

Los sistemas de climatización y ventilación de edificios deben garantizar la calidad del aire interior y unas condiciones de temperatura y humedad que proporcione a los ocupantes un ambiente confortable y saludable, tal y como se recoge en el Código Técnico de la Edificación [1]. Con este fin, los materiales desecantes son utilizados en las unidades de tratamiento de aire. Combaten, en climas húmedos, la elevada carga latente de la zona, y son regenerados con aire caliente a partir de 50-60ºC, lo suficientemente bajo para que el calor lo proporcione un colector solar plano. En este trabajo se sustituye la rueda desecante convencional y se propone un nuevo diseño de una fachada ventilada, a la que se adhiere el material desecante. El aire de ventilación circula a través de la cámara de aire de la fachada, poniéndose en contacto con el material desecante, con el que transfiere masa y energía y, posteriormente, se somete a un tratamiento en una climatizadora convencional (batería de frío, enfriamiento evaporativo…) para ser impulsado a la zona. Cuando el desecante se satura y no puede adsorber más humedad, el sistema de fachada dispone de un captador solar que calienta el aire exterior hasta la temperatura necesaria para su regeneración. El diseño de dos columnas de fachada desecante permite alternar los modos de adsorción y desorción sin que se interrumpa el caudal de aire de ventilación. Planteadas las hipótesis, se desarrolla un modelo de la transferencia de calor y masa en la fachada. Se presenta el estudio de la simulación del caso base. Un estudio posterior permitirá la optimización de los parámetros más importantes: tipo de panel exterior, tipo y características del desecante y geometría del sistema, además del comportamiento para diferentes condiciones exteriores (aire y radiación solar).El trabajo se encuadra en el proyecto FAVEDES, financiado por la Secretaría de Estado de I+D+I del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad dentro de la convocatoria INNPACTO 2011 y cuenta con la participación de Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología, Tecnalia, Grupo de Energética de la Universidad de Málaga, Astrawall Ibérica, b720 Arquitectos y Negarra

Unidad terminal de suelo frío con ventilación incorporada

Modelo numérico de un suelo frío con ventilación incorporadaUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech