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Analysis of the carbonation in normal concrete with the addition of tire rubber aggregate
Vilches-Tapia, Juan; Figueroa, Juan; Chamorro, L.; Piña, C. (2020)Tires are an industrial waste that has become a worldwide environmental problem. To minimize this effect, tire waste is used in construction as a concrete aggregate. Additionally, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affects ...
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Artisan brick kilns: State-of-the-art and future trends
Valdes, H.; Vilches-Tapia, Juan; Felmer, Gabriel; Hurtado, Mariela; Figueroa, Juan (2020)A large part of the global brick manufacturing industry has evolved based on knowledge transmitted from generation to generation without developing a consistent scientific approach. The purpose of this article is to ...
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Comparative analysis of gas emissions from ecokiln and artisanal brick kiln during the artisanal firing of bricks
Figueroa, Juan; Valdes, H.; Cáceres Vilches, Juan; Schmidt, W.; Valencia, F.; Torres, Viviana; Diaz-Robles, Luis; Muñoz, Pedro; Letelier, V.; Morales, Valentina; Bustamante, Marion (2024)This article focuses on the research of gas emissions in two types of brick kilns located in the Maule Region, Chile. One of them is an artisanal brick kiln known as a “chonchón” (AKC), while the other is a semi-artisanal ...
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Effect of socioeconomic status on the relationship between short-term exposure to PM2.5 and cardiorespiratory mortality and morbidity in a megacity: the case of Santiago de Chile
Pino-Cortés, Ernesto; Díaz-Robles, Luis A.; Campos, Valeria; Vallejo, Fidel; Cubillos, Francisco; Gómez, Jaime; Cereceda-Balic, Francisco; Fu, Joshua; Carrasco, Samuel; Figueroa, Juan (2020)This work analyzes the relationship between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and its incidence of respiratory and cardiorespiratory diseases. It involved the socioeconomic status of the population distributed ...
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Effects on the compressive strength and thermal conductivity of mass concrete by the replacement of fine aggregate by mussel shell particulate
Figueroa, Juan; Fuentealba-Cruz, Marta; Ponce, R.; Zúñiga, M. (2020)The behaviour of mussel shell particulate as fine aggregate for mass concrete has been analysed. The shells were washed and mechanically crushed to obtain a particle size similar to that of the natural aggregate (fine) to ...
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Evaluation of waste generation in a housing construction work to develop improvements in its final disposal
Cabrera, Hernán; Figueroa, Juan; Avila, J.; Méndez, K.; López, C.; López, B. (2020)Construction is one of the productive sectors that generates the greatest environmental impact, on the one hand, there are high demands for raw materials and energy required for production, and on the other hand the large ...
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Life cycle assessment for hydrothermal carbonization of urban organic solid waste in comparison with gasification process: A case study of Southern Chile
Corvalán, Constanza; Espinoza Pérez, Andrea Teresa; Díaz-Robles, Luis A.; Cubillos, Francisco; Vallejo, Fidel; Gómez, Jaime; Pino-Cortés, Ernesto; Espinoza-Pérez, Lorena; Pelz, Stefan K.; Paczkowski, Sebastian; Rumberg, Michael; Carrasco, Samuel; Silva, Javier; Lapuerta, Magín; Cereceda-Balic, Francisco; Pazo, Amparo; Monedero, Esperanza; Figueroa, Juan (2021)Most developing countries lack sufficient legal and management infrastructure to dispose of urban solid waste (USW). The continuous increase of USW generation requires evaluating different treatments for developing countries ...
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Nanoporous amorphous carbon with exceptional ultra-high strength
Castillo-Castro, Daniel; Correa, Felipe; Aparicio, Emiliano; Amigo, Nicolás; Prada, Alejandro; Figueroa, Juan; González, Rafael I.; Bringa, Eduardo; Valencia, F. (2023)Nanoporous materials show a promising combination of mechanical properties in terms of their relative density; while there are numerous studies based on metallic nanoporous materials, here we focus on amorphous carbon with ...