Implementación de materias del ciclo integral del agua en los estudios de GIC y MICCP

En este documento se plantea una estrategia para coordinar las asignaturas del área de ingeniería hidráulica concernientes al ciclo integral del agua y una metodología para su implementación en los estudios de Grado en Ingeniería Civil y de Máster en Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos. Los objetivos son: corregir redundancias temáticas, completar vacíos en los contenidos y establecer una secuencia lógica de enseñanza-aprendizaje, con la finalidad de que el alumno adquiera una base de conocimiento integrada e integral del ciclo hídrico urbano. El estudio implica tres puntos estratégicos: la descripción de los elementos constituyentes del ciclo integral del agua, la caracterización de los conocimientos a adquirir y la adecuación del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. La metodología adoptada ha consistido en definir los conocimientos que deben adquirir los alumnos sobre el ciclo integral del agua, acotar la extensión de los mismos y secuenciar el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. El contraste de estos aspectos con las guías docentes de las asignaturas implicadas permite detectar posibles carencias o redundancias y, en su caso, proponer las modificaciones oportunas. De los resultados obtenidos se extraen conclusiones prácticas sobre la adquisición de competencias y el desarrollo de habilidades en las materias del ciclo hídrico urbano.

Construction of 17-19th century domes in the province of Alicante (Spain): the case of San Juan Bautista in Cox

From the late seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries, many religious temples have been built in the province of Alicante (south east of Spain) with brick domes as their main characteristic feature. Often, the limited data available about these remarkable constructions make rehabilitation interventions become into real research projects, with a high value for their historic conservation over time. The aim of this paper is to show a detailed refurbishment analysis of a religious temple built in 1778, showing the need of preservation of historic buildings as a part of the architectural heritage by establishing a common pattern of materials, geometry and constructive systems, specifically in their domes. In most cases, there was not an architectural project for the construction, that is why the analysis of any documentary and archival sources available is essential to find different ways to proceed on the use and maintenance of these religious buildings.

Platinum–rhodium–tin/carbon electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation in acid media: effect of the precursor addition order and the amount of tin

Carbon-supported Pt x –Rh y –Sn z catalysts (x:y:z = 3:1:4, 6:2:4, 9:3:4) are prepared by Pt, Rh, and Sn precursors reduction in different addition order. The materials are characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy techniques and are evaluated for the electrooxidation of ethanol in acidic media by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and anode potentiostatic polarization. The influence of both the order in which the precursors are added and the composition of metals in the catalysts on the electrocatalytic activity and physico-chemical characteristics of Pt x –Rh y –Sn z /C catalysts is evaluated. Oxidized Rh species prevail on the surface of catalysts synthesized by simultaneous co-precipitation, thus demonstrating the influence of synthesis method on the oxidation state of catalysts. Furthermore, high amounts of Sn in composites synthesized by co-precipitation result in very active catalysts at low potentials (bifunctional effect), while medium Sn load is needed for sequentially deposited catalysts when the electronic effect is most important (high potentials), since more exposed Pt and Rh sites are needed on the catalyst surface to alcohol oxidation. The Pt3–Rh1–Sn4/C catalyst prepared by co-precipitation is the most active at potentials lower than 0.55 V (related to bifunctional effect), while the Pt6–Rh2–Sn4/C catalyst, prepared by sequential precipitation (first Rh and, after drying, Pt + Sn), is the most active above 0.55 V.