César Valderrama

Prof. César Valderrama

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech
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Academic Career Length

19Years (2008-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 April 2017 in Science of The Total Environment
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ISI. Sancho
I. Sancho
ELE. Licon
E. Licon
César ValderramaCésar Valderrama
César Valderrama
NAN. de Arespacochaga
N. de Arespacochaga
SLS. López-Palau
S. López-Palau
JPJose Luis Cortina Pallas
Jose Luis Cortina Pallas

30 July 2009 in Journal of Hazardous Materials
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César ValderramaCésar Valderrama
César Valderrama
RAR. Alessandri
R. Alessandri
TAT. Aunola
T. Aunola
JPJose Luis Cortina Pallas
Jose Luis Cortina Pallas
XGX. Gamisans
X. Gamisans
TTT. Tuhkanen
T. Tuhkanen

1 April 2020 in Chemosphere
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Xanel VecinoXanel Vecino
Xanel Vecino
Mònica ReigMònica Reig
Mònica Reig
OGO. Gibert
O. Gibert
César ValderramaCésar Valderrama
César Valderrama
JPJose Luis Cortina Pallas
Jose Luis Cortina Pallas

9 December 2015 in Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
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MHMehrez Hermassi
Mehrez Hermassi
César ValderramaCésar Valderrama
César Valderrama
NPNatalia Moreno Palmerola
Natalia Moreno Palmerola
OFOriol Font
Oriol Font
XQXavier Querol
Xavier Querol
JPJose Luis Cortina Pallas
Jose Luis Cortina Pallas

25 October 2023 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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SVSergi Vinardell
Sergi Vinardell
PNPalina Nicolas
Palina Nicolas
ASAna Maria Sastre
Ana Maria Sastre
JPJose Luis Cortina Pallas
Jose Luis Cortina Pallas
César ValderramaCésar Valderrama
César Valderrama
This article investigates the economic and environmental implications of implementing green ammonia production plants in Spain. To this end, one business-as-usual scenario for gray ammonia production was compared with three green ammonia scenarios powered with different renewable energy sources (i.e., solar photovoltaic (PV), wind, and a combination of solar PV and wind). The results illustrated that green ammonia scenarios reduced the environmental impacts in global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, and fossil resource scarcity when compared with conventional gray ammonia scenario. Conversely, green ammonia implementation increased the environmental impacts in the categories of land use, mineral resource scarcity, freshwater eutrophication, and terrestrial acidification. The techno-economic analysis revealed that the conventional gray ammonia scenario featured lower costs than green ammonia scenarios when considering a moderate natural gas cost. However, green ammonia implementation became the most economically favorable option when the natural gas cost and carbon prices increased. Finally, the results showed that developing efficient ammonia-fueled systems is important to make green ammonia a relevant energy vector when considering the entire supply chain (production/transportation). Overall, the results of this research demonstrate that green ammonia could play an important role in future decarbonization scenarios.

26 May 2023 in Science of The Total Environment
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ÁMÁlvaro Mayor
Álvaro Mayor
SVSergi Vinardell
Sergi Vinardell
KGKishore Ganesan
Kishore Ganesan
CBCarles Bacardí
Carles Bacardí
JCJose Luis Cortina
Jose Luis Cortina
César ValderramaCésar Valderrama
César Valderrama