Gestión de la demanda y la producción de energías renovables en el distrito

El objetivo principal de este proyecto es desarrollar una metodología de gestión de la demanda en edificios, en primer lugar; con una posterior aplicación de esta metodología para la gestión de un distrito con producción de energía renovable. De esta manera se pretende alinear la situación energética en edificios hacia los objetivos de las actuales Directivas. La memoria presenta una estructura clara, donde aparece un capítulo 1 de introducción, en el cual se contextualiza la necesidad del proyecto, así como los conceptos necesarios previos y los estudios realizados en este ámbito, que nos han ayudado; capítulo 2, con la primera parte del proyecto, donde se desarrolla la metodología de gestión de la demanda para cinco edificios dados, distribuidos por España; el capítulo 3, contiene el segundo bloque del proyecto, en el cual se realiza la gestión energética del distrito elegido de la Isla de La Graciosa, que contiene a 2 de los edificios estudiados en la sección anterior; cerrando con el capítulo de conclusiones y líneas futuras de desarrollo. Se destaca la versatilidad de la metodología planteada, alcanzando interesantes resultados y constituyendo un estudio base para posteriores proyectos en este ámbito, muy actua; ya que el sector de la electricidad se enfrenta a grandes desafíos en el futuro cercano.Universidad de Sevilla. Máster en Ingeniería Industria

Obtención de líneas base: Aplicación a edificios de oficinas y sedes judiciales

El objetivo de este proyecto es desarrollar una propuesta de caracterización inversa de consumos energéticos a partir de consumos proporcionados, esta propuesta permite obtener modelos útiles para gestión energética y verificación de ahorros; en este caso, tanto en edificios de oficinas como sede judicial. Para ello, se realiza un procedimiento que permita obtener las Líneas Base en dichos edificios en el año de referencia 2014 y después son aplicadas en 2015, incluyendo las diferentes alternativas de Bandas de Error creadas para el análisis de datos. La memoria presenta una estructura clara, donde aparece un capítulo 1 de introducción, capítulo 2 de fundamentos de la modelización desarrollada, capítulo 3 donde esos fundamentos explicados previamente se aplican a nuestros edificios, proporcionando toda la base teócia suficiente de nuestra metodología, y los siguientes con las aplicaciones de propuesta de la caracteriación. Se concluye con la verificación de estas Líneas Bases y las diferentes alternativas mostradas en función de los datos de partidas y características del edificio.Universidad de Sevilla. Grado en Ingeniería de Tecnologías Industriale

Sensitivity analysys and potential evaluation using building thermal mass combined with DSM strategies

CLIMA 2019 Congress. Bucharest, Romania, May 26-29, 2019. S.I Tanabe, H. Zhang, J. Kurnitski, M.C. Gameiro da Silva, I. Nastase, P. Wargocki, G. Cao, L. Mazzarela and C. Inard (Eds.)The objective of the work is to develop an algorithm that automatically manages the activation of the heat pump in response to the most appropriate strategies according to the pricing and operating conditions. It is interesting to see if a balance can be reached between the cost savings, the increase in energy consumed, the thermal comfort of the occupants and the contribution to the reduction of the peak loads. The study shows different results and conclusions, highlighting the important influence of various factors on the results obtained, such as user behavior, constructive quality of the building and electric pricing. Connection with a future renewable production can maximize the economic savings; it is interesting the use of buildings as thermal storage of unused photovoltaic surplus. Finally, the possibility of combining these measures with electrical storage and with the possible arbitration linked to renewable production.Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Government of Spain) and European Regional Development's funds (ERDF) project “Zero-Energy Balance Districts Through Algorithms of Adaptive Comfort and Optimal Management of Energy Networks” (BIA2016-77431-C2-2-R)University of Seville (Spain) Plan VI (VPPI-US

Experimental analysis of atmospheric heat sinks as heat dissipators

Artículo premiado ETSI 1er trimestre 2020Overheating, a general problem both in urban spaces and inside buildings, calls for the deployment of passive cooling techniques to reduce energy consumption, protect the environment and institute satisfactory comfort levels. A key factor in such techniques is the capitalisation on the cooling potential of natural heat sinks. The sky, one such sink, has essentially limitless cooling power. In addition, its temperature on fair nights is lower than that of other environmental sinks (ground and air). The sky's promise in that respect prompted this exploration of the potential of nocturnal radiation cooling. A review of the state of the art revealed that in all the radiative dissipators developed and tested to date the dissipation fluid (water) transferred heat indirectly to the heat sink (the sky) by circulating water inside solar collector pipes. The highest values reported for maximum dissipation power were on the order of 100 W/m2. The present study aimed to asses night time dissipation power in a dual system in which water circulated either inside pipes or flowed down the outer surface of the collector. The two modes, one involving in-pipe circulation and the other outer surface downflow, were compared experimentally, for whereas the former has been analysed and assessed by earlier researchers, the latter has not. The empirical findings verified that downflow setups enhanced cooling, delivering up to five-fold the dissipation power obtained with the conventional arrangement.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BIA2016-77431-C2-2-RFondos FEDER UIA03-30

CartujaQanat: Recovering the street life in a climate changing world. Bioclimatic lattices and confinement of air in exterior conditions

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Evaluation of the behavior of an innovative thermally activated building system (TABS) with PCM for an efficient design

The global energy crisis has caused a double effect. On the one hand, users are increasingly aware of the energy cost they face. On the other hand, public administrations have become aware of the importance of limiting energy consumption in buildings as a way to combat climate change and reduce the energy dependence with the climate. This situation supposes a great opportunity for innovative constructive solutions with an energetic behaviour that surpasses the traditional approach of reduction of the transmittance. In this work, studies are presented to obtain potential of a new solution thermally activated with two innovations with respect to those existing in the market: its activation is done by hot / cold water produced by renewable systems; and its concrete structural element in addition to having coupled the heat exchanger presents an innovative mortar doped with PCM microencapsulated phase change material.Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Government of Spain) and European Regional Development's funds (ERDF) project “Zero-Energy Balance Districts Through Algorithms of Adaptive Comfort and Optimal Management of Energy Networks” (BIA2016-77431-C2-2-R)University of Seville (Spain) Plan VI (VPPI-US

Training memory without aversion: Appetitive hole-board spatial learning increases adult hippocampal neurogenesis.

Learning experiences are potent modulators of adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN). However, the vast majority of findings on the learning-induced regulation of AHN derive from aversively-motivated tasks, mainly the water maze paradigm, in which stress is a confounding factor that affects the AHN outcome. Currently, little is known regarding the effect of appetitively-motivated training on AHN. Hence we studied how spatial learning to find food rewards in a hole-board maze modulates AHN (cell proliferation and immature neurons) and AHN-related hippocampal neuroplasticity markers (BDNF, IGF-II and CREB phosphorylation) in mice. The 'Trained' mice were tested for both spatial reference and working memory and compared to 'Pseudotrained' mice (exposed to different baited holes in each session, thus avoiding the reference memory component of the task) and 'Control' mice (exposed to the maze without rewards). In contrast to Pseudotrained and Control mice, Trained mice reduced the number of proliferating hippocampal cells but they notably increased their population of immature neurons assessed by immunohistochemistry. This evidence shows that hole-board spatial reference learning diminishes cell proliferation in favor of enhancing young neurons' survival. Interestingly, the enhanced AHN in the Trained mice (specifically in the suprapyramidal blade) positively correlated with their reference memory performance, but not with their working memory. Furthermore, the Trained animals increased the hippocampal protein expression of all the neuroplasticity markers analyzed by western blot. Results show that the appetitively-motivated hole-board task is an useful paradigm to potentiate and/or investigate AHN and hippocampal plasticity minimizing aversive variables such as fear or stress.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. This study was funded by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Agencia Estatal de Investigación) co-funded by the European Research Development Fund -AEI/FEDER, UE- (PSI2015-73156-JIN ‘Jóvenes Investigadores grant’ to E.C.O. and PSI2013-44901-P to L.J.S. and C.P.), from ‘Junta de Andalucía’ SEJ1863 to C.P. and from University of Málaga (Plan Propio 2017 – ‘Ayudas para proyectos puente’) to M.G.F. Author P.S.P. holds a ‘Juan de la Cierva-formación‘grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (code: FJCI-2015-23925) and a ‘D.3. Estancia de investigadores de reconocido prestigio en la UMA‘ grant from the University of Málaga. Authors R.D.M.F. and D.L.G.M. hold ‘FPU’ grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (code: FPU14-01610 and FPU13/04819, respectively). Author F.J.P. holds a ‘Miguel Servet’ grant (code: CP14/00212) from the National System of Health-Instituto de Salud Carlos-III co-funded by FEDER, UE

Planeación, gobernanza y sustentabilidad Retos y desafíos desde el enfoque territorial

Frente a la compleja realidad actual, resulta ineludible el desarrollo de la investigación científica de los fenómenos y procesos urbanos, territoriales y ambientales, que contribuya a su comprensión y la construcción de alternativas de solución a los retos y desafíos vigentes. En este contexto, el abordaje de las ciudades y regiones metropolitanas, el ordenamiento del territorio y la ocupación del espacio, así como la relación sociedad-naturaleza y la complejidad ambiental, precisa la generación de metodologías y procesos de investigación multi e inter disciplinarios que contribuyan a la comprensión de los procesos socioterritoriales, el mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida y la conservación ambiental.Programa de Fortalecimiento de la Calidad Educativa PFCE-2016 proyecto K0313101

Protocol for the monitoring of environmental variables that affect the defensive heritage of tapial: A case study of the wall of the Alcazaba Cadima. Granada, Spain

The extent of deterioration of built heritage largely depends on the degree to which it is exposed to the climatic and environmental conditions in its immediate environment. Structured knowledge regarding these conditions demands that diagnostic protocols are designed on the basis of monitoring, thus enabling an assessment of how the asset´s state of conservation is affected by the environmental conditions. This paper presents an environmental and surface test protocol (Temperature and Humidity) applied to different sections of the Zirí Wall located in the city of Granada. The main objective is to identify, analyse and characterise the relationship between changes to the cultural asset´s state of preservation and the environmental variables in its immediate microclimate. To do this, a methodology has been designed which uses a network of sensors distributed according to the following factors: Orientation, construction system, degree of deterioration, degree of exposure and altitude. In order to specifically locate them, processes which impede changes to the dynamic environmental variables affected by direct solar radiation have also been taken into account. It is important to note that the technique employed to obtain the environmental temperature is that of generating a continuous movement of air by natural convection. The underlying structure of this model, on the basis of differential equations, allows us to predict the behaviour of structures over time. By so doing, effective and efficient preventive action measures can be adopted, which are additionally more sustainable when considering the heritage values of the cultural asset. We propose that this proven strategy, which takes the specific microclimate into account, could be extrapolated to other affected cases. © 2020, University of Cantabria - Building Technology R&D Group. All rights reserved

Tromboembolismo pulmonar : proceso asistencial integrado

publicado en la página web de la Consejería de Igualdad, Salud y Políticas Sociales: www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud (Consejería de Igualdad, Salud y Políticas Sociales / Profesionales / Nuestro Compromiso por la Calidad / Procesos Asistenciales Integrados)YesProceso seleccionado por su incidencia y elevada morbimortalidad, siendo la tercera causa de fallecimiento por patología cardiovascular. Constituye la primera causa de muerte evitable intrahospitalaria. Una identificación diagnóstica precisa seguida de un tratamiento anticoagulante adecuado puede reducir la mortalidad del 30% al 2-8%