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Gil-Lopez, TomasCorresponding AuthorCastejon-Navas, JuanAuthorGalvez-Huerta, Miguel A.Author

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June 9, 2019
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Energetic, environmental and economic analysis of climatic separation by means of air curtains in cold storage rooms

Publicated to: ENERGY AND BUILDINGS. 74 8-16 - 2014-05-01 74(), DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.01.026

Authors:

Gil-Lopez, Tomas; Castejon-Navas, Juan; Galvez-Huerta, Miguel A; O'Donohoe, Paul G
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Affiliations

Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Marítima y Portuaria. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Madrid Polytech Univ, Avenida Juan de Herrera 4, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

Generally, doorways are the part of a cold storage rooms where maximum energy gains and losses occur. The main purpose of this research is to achieve a more efficient energy control for these areas. To do this, a comprehensive study of a climate separation system with highly efficient air curtains has been conducted. Not only the energy consumption has been analyzed but also the carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, as well as the cost effectiveness of different alternatives. The results of the study, from the viewpoint of energy performance and amortization period, show that using high efficiency air curtains as a climate separation is a cleaner and cheaper solution than other commonly used systems. It reduces heat gains and losses through the door of the storage room by 80% compared with a physical separation solution. The simplicity of the installation makes these systems feasible not only in new buildings, but also in buildings under construction or refurbishment. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

Air curtainClimate separationCo environmental impact 2Co2 environmental impactCold storage roomEconomic analysisEnergy efficiency

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal ENERGY AND BUILDINGS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position 30/89, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Energy & Fuels.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.22. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.2 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-27, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 42
  • Scopus: 47
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Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/91586/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 50
  • Downloads: 53
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GIL LOPEZ, TOMAS) and Last Author (O'Donohoe, Paul G.).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GIL LOPEZ, TOMAS.

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