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Endoreversible description of photothermal Vuilleumier refrigeration machines
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Sustainable cooling is critical for climate change mitigation and energy resilience, potentially reducing global greenhouse gas emissions while addressing rising demand for cooling. Solar refrigeration technologies offer alternatives to...
Publication · 4d
Energía solar concentrada para procesos industriales: un recurso estratégico hacia la sostenibilidad
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Concentrated solar power is a key technology for reducing the dependence on fossil fuels in industry by generating the heat needed for different industrial processes. Despite its limited adoption, its potential is significant for industr...
Publication · 4d
A Rational Efficiency Definition for Heat Exchangers
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Heat exchangers are fundamental devices in thermal systems, widely employed in industrial applications, power generation, and thermal conversion processes. Engineers commonly evaluate their performance using two principal methodologies: ...
Publication · 4d
A framework for teaching the efficiency of realistic work extractors from thermal reservoirs
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The Carnot efficiency represents an idealised, unreachable limit in thermodynamics. Its status as a theoretical, rather than practically attainable, maximum creates a significant learning challenge for students, who must bridge this theo...
Publication · 4d
Communicating the economic impact of science funding cuts changes attitudes and motivates action
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In the United States, cuts to federal science funding will have widespread negative consequences for research, healthcare, and local economies. Communicating the impact of funding cuts is critical for informing policymakers and the publi...
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Mereology in Quantum Many Body Systems
In this project, I critically examine the atomistic assumptions that underlie much of the physics of complex systems—assumptions that often support weak-emergence explanations—and explore the possible role of strong emergence. Since Descartes, the...
Project · 4d
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