Complete list of activities developed by Aitemin:

Title:   I-STONE project
Description:   Re-engineering of the natural stone production chain through knowledge based processes, eco-innovation and new organisational paradigms. This project is co-ordinated by the italian company Pedrini SPA, and participated by 36 companies and organisms from different European countries.
Key words:   Natural stone, waste, life cycle assesment, waste management
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   31/12/2008
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Mª Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Study and implementation of mining emergency plans for the Asturias Region
Description:   The objective of this project, carried out in the Principality of Asturias (Spain) in co-operation with the National Institute of Silicosis and that will last up to threee years, is to check and to update the emergency and evacuation plans ot the main mining companies of Asturias.
Key words:   Mines, evacuation, simulation, emergency plans
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   31/12/2007
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo Salas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   IN Silicosis
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Evaluation of energy efficiency in buildings in Castilla - La Mancha
Description:   The objective is to create the bases for developing and analysis, evaluation and characterization methodology in real climatic conditions of constructive systems and bioclimatic buildings aimed at assessing their energy efficiency.
Key words:   Energetic efficienty, construction systems, energetic evaluation, monitoring, thermal insulation, sustainable development, bioclimatic construction.
Begining date:   01/01/2004
Finish date:   31/12/2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Roberto Díaz Rubio
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Real time monitoring of temperatures in a high speed train
Description:   The objective of the work is the design and installation of a real time monitoring system to measure the temperatures of the grease boxes of the bogies of a new high speed train AVE S 103 (Velaro E) which must be working with the train travelling at a speed up to 350 km/h.
Key words:   Monitoring, temperatures, high speed train
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   31/12/2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Manufacturing and processing industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Geographic Information System of La Sagra Mining Consortium (Toledo, Spain)
Description:   Creation and treatment of the digital maps of the terrain encompassed by the municipalities in which the La Sagra Mining Consortium has operations and subsequent analysis of said information using geological, mining and environmental databases that are the support base for the Mining-Environmental Information System developed by AITEMIN.
Key words:   Mining, clays
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   31/12/2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Mª Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Hydrogeologic stury of San Juan de Duero Cloister (Soria, Spain)
Description:   To analize the impact of the floods of the river Duero (Soria, Spain) in the aquifer levels where the cloister of the Monastery of San Juan de Duero is located and its relationship with the occasional floods that take place there.
Key words:   Flood, undergound water, hydrogeology
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   31/12/2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Jesús Suso Llamas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Monitoring and control system for San Pedro de Anes fire test tunnel
Description:   Desing and installation of a monitoring and control system for the fire test tunnel of San Pedro de Anes (Asturias, Spain), specially adjustedto carry out supervision and control works of the different tests and experiments that can be done in the tunnel, together with the control of the tunnel equipment.
Key words:   Tunnels, installations, tests, ventilation, fire
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   31/12/2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Handbook on the use of natural stone in construction
Description:   The objective of this activity is to ellaborate a practical handbook covering the main aspects of the use of the natural stone in architecture.
Key words:   Natural stone, handbook, architecture
Begining date:   01/01/2004
Finish date:   31/07/2006
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Natural Stone
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Annual Report of the Spanish Natural Stone Federation
Description:   AITEMIN has carried out in co-operation with the Spanish Natural Stone Federation (FDP) the report of the natural stone sector of the year 2004. It includes data about production and foreign trade, together with the general conclusion about the sector.
Key words:   Natural stone, production and foreing trade
Begining date:   21/02/2005
Finish date:   31/05/2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Joaquín Obis Sánchez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Research of clay formation in La Sagra (Toledo, Spain)
Description:   Geological investigation of several research permits located in the area of La Sagra (Toledo, Spain)in order to establish its interest for the explotation of clays and detritic materials to use them in the fabrication of ceramic products.
Key words:   Drilling, clays, geology
Begining date:   04/05/2005
Finish date:   30/11/2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Jorge Bueno Díaz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   RAINOW Researching the applications of innovative open wireles technologies
Description:   The main objective of the project is to research and apply new wireless technologies in the coal mining industry.
Key words:   Wireless networks, Mesh networks, smart sensors
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   30/06/2008
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez López
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   DSK, DMT, MRSL, RMT, EMAG
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Experimental study of the mechanical behaviour of bolts in ventilated façades
Description:   Experimental study characterization of the mechanical behaviour of the various types of bolts commercially available to anchor ventilated façade linings over ceramic masonry to determine which are the most suitable types of bolts and affixing procedures for each particular instance.
Key words:   Brick factory, ventilated facade, anchorage
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   30/06/2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Roberto Díaz Rubio
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Manufacturing of ornamentals mortars for the restoration of historical buildings
Description:   To study in depth the phisical, mecanichal and technological properties of the manufacture mortars used through the history to ornament walls and the designation of methods to manufacture replacement mortars in the restoration of historical buildings.
Key words:   Mortars, historical buildings, architechtonical heritage.
Begining date:   01/01/2005
Finish date:   30/06/2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Avelino Tirado Alonso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Reduction of atmospheric emissions in the ceramics industry
Description:   To learn about the polluting emissions generated by the structural ceramics industry and determine whether they are originated by the raw materials or the fuels used in the processing and study the most suitable methods to reduce those emissions that exceed the maximum thresholds permitted by the IPPC European Directive.
Key words:   Polluting agents, emissions, ceramic, environment
Begining date:   01/01/2004
Finish date:   30/06/2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Jorge Velasco Vélez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Geothermal energy
Description:   Study of the applicability of low enthalpy geothermal energy systems in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). To study the possibilities to take advantage of the low enthalpy geothermal energy in Castilla-La Mancha for climatization systems.
Key words:   geothermal, hydrogeology
Begining date:   01/11/2004
Finish date:   30/06/2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Jesús Suso Llamas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   CENIT-CO2
Description:   The Global objective of the CENIT-CO2 project directed by ENDESA is to research, develop and validate new knowledge and integrated solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. AITEMIN works as a subcontractor of ENDESA, and its activity is focused on the aspects related to CO2 storage in geological formations.
Key words:   CO2, gas, emisions, storage
Begining date:   2008
Finish date:   2010
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Energy
Responsable:   José Luis Fuentes-Cantillana Isusi
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENDESA
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Engineered barrier Emplacement Experiment in clayish formations - EB
Description:   The Barrier Emplacement (BE) project started in the year 2000 at the underground laboratory of Mont Terri (Switzerland). The objective of the project is to demonstrate a new concept in the field of engineered barriers for the underground storage of radioactive wastes using compactec bentonite blocks and a granular material made from bentonite pellets.
Key words:   Repository, radioactive waste, clay, Mont Terri
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2009
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Civil engineering - Geotechnics - Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Improving staff training in mining through Virtual Reality simulators
Description:   To lend continuity to previous work completed in the field of mining machine simulators for personnel training purposes, AITEMIN is currently developing a dual arm jumbo drill based on virtual reality techniques.
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Key words:   simulation, software development, mining, virtual reality, roadheaders, training, safety, expert system
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2009
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology - Simulation and modelling
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Instrumentation of the cover solutions test at El Cabril
Description:   Select, acquire, calibrate and verify the instruments to be installed for the test of different cover solutions for the repository for low activity radioactive waste at El Cabril (Córdoba). The test verifies two types of adjacent multilayer covers. The layers will be fitted with different sensors to record the geomechanical parameters.
Key words:   Instrumentation, monitoring, storage, waste, nuclear
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2009
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Waste management
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Monitoring of El Cabril stockage cells
Description:   Implementing a system to monitor several environmental parameters (temperature and humidity) at the low activity radiation waste stockage cells 1 and 16 located at El Cabril (Córdoba).
Key words:   monitoring, radioactive, waste, storage
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2009
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Waste management
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Prototype repository project in cristalline rock
Description:   The objective of the Project is to simulate ata a real scale level the Swedish concept of repositories for radioactive waste in granite rock formations. The role of AITEMIN in this project is to develop, start up, install and monitor a system based on fiber optic instrumentation to measure the possible movements of the heaters within the bentonite mass inside which they are confined.
Key words:   Cristalline rock, Engineering barriers, nuclear waste
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2009
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Waste management
Responsable:   Ignacio Bárcena Barrigón
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   UPC-CIMNE, SKB, CT, POSIVA, VTT, VBB-VIAK, BGR, GE
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Thermal Buffer Test - TBT
Description:   The experiment consists of the installation of two electric heaters in a single vertical shaft excavated in granite, and surrounded by a bentonite barrier, with the aim of checking the behaviour of that barrier at high temperatures.
Key words:   Nuclear waste, heating, barrier, bentonite, Äspö
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2009
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Geotechnics
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   SKB, ANDRA
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Engineering studies and demonstrations of repository designs - ESDRED
Description:   The objective of the ESDRED integrated project directed by ANDRA (France) is to demonstrate the technical viability at the industrial scale of the engineering aspects related to the building, operation and sealing of a deep geological storage site for highly active radioactive residues. The Spanish participation in this project is focused on the development of the gallery sealing systems using low pH sprayed concrete plugs. www.esdred.info
Key words:   radioactive waste, underground repository, shotcrete plugs
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2008
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ANDRA, ENRESA, Instituto Eduardo Torroja - CSIC...
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   SCOUT Sustainable Construction of Underground Transport Infrastructures
Description:   To develop a new, highly productive, construction method to build diaphragm walls more respectful towards the natural environment by introducing new excavation and support techniques that permit overlapping of construction stages that are now carried out in a consecutive sequence. This method eliminates the need to use bentonite sludges to support the trench.
Key words:   Diaphragm Wall, Concrete Pumping, Soil recycling
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2008
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez López
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Soletanche-Bachy, ARMINES, ARUP, IBDIM, RTU, Sandv
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   The Multidimensional City
Description:   The general objective of the project is to develop new technologies associated to the building and utilization of underground spaces to promote their utilization in urban environments. A total of 24 Spanish companies and entities participate in this project coordinated by DRAGADOS. The role of AITEMIN in this project is to cover various aspects related to the data transmission system, energy, fire safety and personnel training.
Key words:   tunnels, underground construction
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2008
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Energy - Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   José Luis Fuentes-Cantillana Isusi
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   DRAGADOS
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Ventilation test in clayish formations - VE Experiment
Description:   To observe and analyse the desaturation-resaturation processes in clayish rock formations caused by gallery ventilation and their impact on its mechanical, hydraulic and thermal properties. The assay is performed in a 1.2 m micro tunnel at the Mont Terri underground rock laboratory (Switzerland).
Key words:   instrumentation, supervision, control, ventilation, drying, clay, tunnel, nuclear waste,
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2008
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Aquifers remediation by in situ chemical oxidation with Fentons reagent
Description:   Research and start up of a methodology for aquifers affected by light hydrocarbon spills using in situ chemical oxidation with hydrogen peroxide and a ferrous catalyst (Fentons reagent).
Key words:   aquifers, remediation, light hydrocarbon, chemical oxidation
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Gaspar Baleriola Sánchez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   REPSOL YPF
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Detection of defects in steel wire ropes
Description:   The objective is to develop a defect detection system in steel wire ropes by non-destructive analysis techniques intended as permanent control measure.
Key words:   wire rope, wear, breakage
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention
Responsable:   J.L. Garcia Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Improving of methane drainage systems - SAFETECH
Description:   The project has been developed within the frame of a European consortium coordinated by the German mining company DSK. The participation of AITEMIN in the Project has been focused on developing a new methodology to drain methane out of coal layers with a high content of methane before removing the gas towards the ventilation flues.
Key words:   mining, safety, gas, methane, drainage
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   DSK (DE), Hullera Vasco Leonesa SA, HUNOSA
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
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 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Increasing the Efficiency of Roadway Drivages - IAMTECH
Description:   The main objective of this project is to increase the efficiency of roadway drivages in mining operations by increasing the availability of machinery, reducing the work cycles, and overlapping the excavation and the installation os structural support stages.
Key words:   roadway drivages, construction, automation, advanced technologies
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Angel Rodriguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   HUNOSA, DMT, DSK, MRS, KOMAG, Voest-Alpine
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Industrial Observatory on Equipment Goods
Description:   The purpose of the Industrial Observatory on Equipment Goods is to carry out studies and analisis on the problems in the equipment goods sector in Spain and to ellaborate proposals in order to improve its competitiveness.
Key words:   Observatory, equipment goods, prospective
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Manufacturing and processing industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   José Luis Fuentes-Cantillana Isusi
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   FEDIT
Working centre: 
 
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 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   KEY Experiment - Desing and test of a bentonite blocks system for cutting EDZ
Description:   The general objective of the experiment is to verify a method to interrupt the continuity of the excavated damaged zone (EDZ) at the Bure underground laboratory (France) by digging a trench filled with compacted bentonite blocks.
Key words:   EDZ, permeability, bentonite, nuclear waste
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Waste management
Responsable:   María Rey Mazón
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Production of nitrates vulnetability maps usin GIS
Description:   Apply to the Castilla - La Mancha case the methodology developed to evaluate the nitrate vulnerability of subterranean waters and its natural regeneration capacity.
Key words:   pollution, nitrates, GIS
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Pollution
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Research on hydraulic plugs for abandoned mine sections - WATERCHEM
Description:   To develop new hydraulic plug systems in abandoned areas in the mine, analyzing both the constructive techniques as the hydrogeological factors that condition the location of the plugs and their effect on the hydrogeological regime of the area. This activity has been developed within the frame of a European project under the leadership of DMT (Germany).
Key words:   hydrogeology, plugs, mina, hydraulic plug
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   DMT
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
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 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Study of the effects of high size fires in confined spaces
Description:   The projects objective is to carry out real scale fire simulations in tunnels to obtain data relevant to analyze the existing safety criteria and requirements and determine how appropriate they are, and if needed provide more realistic criteria. This data will also be used to validate computer fire models based on tools such as the CFD.
Key words:   Fire, simulation, test, tunnels
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Susana Tuñón Valladares
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   TST, S.A., Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Synthesis of technologies for crystalline rocks characterization
Description:   Creating a study that brings together and synthesizes all the existing technologies to characterize crystalline rock media for their potential utilization as radioactive waste storage.
Key words:   radioactive waste storage, hidrogeology
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Waste management - Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Jesús Suso Llamas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Technical support for reviewing the Deep Underground Repository concept
Description:   Review and critical analysis of the works done to date by ENRESA of the design engieering aspects of the Spanich Deep Underground Repository concept (AGP) for radioactive wastes.
Key words:   radioactive, waste, storage
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Waste management
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Technological characterization of Mauritanian clays to be used in ceramics
Description:   Characterize the mineral resources of the alluvial floodplain of the Senegal River and the Kaédi sandstones for their possible use as raw materials in the manufacture of ceramics construction materials.
Key words:   clay, ceramics, international
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Jorge Velasco Vélez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   IGME
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Viability of using geophysics to investigate subsoil infiltration processes
Description:   The aim was to determine the viability of geophysical tomography and georadar techniques to determine subsoil infiltration typologies (fresh water, salt water and hydrocarbons), as well as their spatial scope and temporal evolution. The project also aims to develop a methodology useful in the qualitetive analysis of the humidity contents of the subsoil.
Key words:   GPR, geotechnic, pollution
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2007
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:    NUMIRA - Development of new methodologies
Description:   Development of new methodologies for impact assessment and bioremediation of nitrates. To develop a technology to treat aquifers polluted with nitrates by eliminating them on site and avoiding the generation of wastes at a low economic cost. This project was undertaken jointly with the Manresa Technology Center (CTM).
Key words:   aquifers, nitrates, pollution, hydrogeology
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology - Pollution
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Centro Tecnológico de Manresa (CTM)
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Automatic classification system for elaborated granite slabs
Description:   The objective is to develop an automatic system prototype capable of accurately identifying the hue of elaborated granite slabs, both dry and wet, as wll as research a variation of this system than can work with semi-elaborated material (before polishing).
Key words:   granite, classification, computer vision
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Computer vision
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Characterization of stucco and plastering mortars
Description:   TEchnological caracterization of various types of mortars for stuccos and plasters currently commercialized, according to the standards required for EC labeling, and study of the possible modification of their properties through the manufacturing, handling and on site application processes.
Key words:   morter, stucco
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Construction materials - Concrete and mortars
Responsable:   Israel González Benito
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Digital voice and data radiofrequency transmission
Description:   Development of a digital voice and data transmission system used to control mobile machinery that integrates intercom systems using wireless technology and data transmission technology through low voltage power networks. Another objective is to integrate voice transmission in digital format in the field bus systems used in the mining industry, improving digitally their quality and inteligibility.
Key words:   radiofrequency, simultaneous transmission, voice,interphone
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation - Monitoring and control - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Angel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   DMT
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Fires in tunnels - UPTUN project
Description:   Development of measures for improving safety conditions towards fire in already existing tunnels. The objectives are orientated on the one hand to the development of innovative measures for limiting the probability and effects of fires in already existing tunnels, and on the other hand towards a procedure for evaluating and improving the safety conditions in existing tunnels.
Key words:   Tunnel, fire, detection, control, assessment methodology
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo Salas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   TNO holandés, 42 socios europeos
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
X
 León  

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Title:   Hydrogeological study for the enlargement of the cementery at Villarejo de Salva
Description:   Evaulate the vulnerability of the soil and water system in the environment of the Villarejo de Salvanés Municipal Cementery prior to the expansion works planned by the Town Hall authorities.
Key words:   ground water, hydrogeology
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology - Pollution
Responsable:   Jorge Bueno Díaz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Installation of an automatic piezometric monitoring network at El Cabril (Spain)
Description:   Installation of an automatic piezometric network to monitor the level of subterranean water at the repository station for medium and low activity radioactive waste located in El Cabril (Córdoba).
Key words:   
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Jesús Suso Llamas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Enresa
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Technical viability for use of sludge of PWTS
Description:   Technical viability for use of sludge of PWTS in the fabrication of ceramic materials. Study the possibilities of reusing sludge generated at the Potable Water Treatment Station (PWTS) of Comillera (Asturias) as raw material for ceramics manufacturing processes.
Key words:   sludge, ceramic materials, waste
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials - Waste management
Responsable:   Javier Cerdeño del Castillo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Training - Extractive industry of the natural stone
Description:   AITEMIN worked in co-operation with the Spanish Natural Stone Federation in the campaign carried out during 2005 about the training in the preparation and implementation of the Health and Safe Document in the companies of the sector which was carried out in the frame of the National Plan of Mine Security.
Key words:   Natural stone, health and safety, training
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Training
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Natural Stone
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo Salas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   FDP
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
X
 León  

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Title:   Tunnel fan monitoring system
Description:   Design, installation and set up of a control system to monitor air jet fans installed in the tunnel network built under the Dubai International Airport as well as its integration in the tunnel monitoring and control system.
Key words:   transmission, underground spaces,tunnel, monitoring, fans
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Extractive Industry - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Angel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Ventilation of underground shale quarries
Description:   Study the ventilation of underground shale quarries for Pizarras Expiz, S.A. The project aims to create a detailed model of the ventilation that enable to configure various exploitation scenarios and future mine developments.
Key words:   ventilation, shale
Begining date:   2006
Finish date:   2006
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Underground mining
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo Salas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
X
 León  

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Title:   Design of fire test tunnel at San Pedro de Anes
Description:   Project and monitoring of the construction work on the new experimental tunnel of San Pedro de Anes for the testing of fans and situations with fire promoted by the Fundación Barredo in Siero (Asturias), and project on various specific installations.
Key words:   Tunnel, fire, ventilation,
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   José Luis Fuentes-Cantillana
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   GEOCONTROL S.A., SINEX S.A.
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Gas explosion active barrier systems
Description:   Design and test active systems capable of serving as barriers to hold back methane explosions.
Key words:   mining, instrumentation, safety, coal, explosion, barrier, water, sprayer, flame, fire
Begining date:   1996
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation - Risk prevention - Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Hydrogeological tests at El Cabril
Description:   Support for Enresa in the hydrogeological studies being conducted for the better knowledge of hydrogeological functioning in the Storage Facility for Medium and Low Activity Radioactive Waste in El Cabril (Córdoba).
Key words:   Hydrogeology, radioactive waste, storage
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Jesús Suso Llamas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA, CIEMAT
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Improvement of copper based data transmission systems in coa
Description:   Improvement in the efficiency of transmission systems on telephone lines in mines, increasing the data transmission speed in order to be able to carry integrated services (voice and data) on a single physical channe
Key words:   data transmission, modem, intrinsic safety, mine, underground, monitoring, control, cables
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Electronic and Instrumentation - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Angel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CECA, DSK, DMT, MRS
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   International training course on ceramic process, Cúcuta (Colombia)
Description:   In November 2005 a theorical-practical course about ceramic processes took place in Cúcuta (Colombia), in co-operation with the University Francisco de Paula Santander, that covered different aspects of the ceramic industry such as the study of the raw materials, the ceramic process, quality, patologies, etc.
Key words:   Clay, ceramics, training
Begining date:   2005
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Training
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Life cycle assessment of structural ceramic materials
Description:   To carry out a Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ceramic products for construction manufactured in Spain, from extraction of the raw materials up to the treatment received by the product at the end of its useful life.
Key words:   Lyfe cicle analysis, ceramic materials
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   LIFETIME Thematic Network
Description:   The LIFETIME Thematic Network (Lifetime Engineering of Buildings and Civil Infrastructures) has to do with the building construction and civil and industrial infrastructure sectors. More than 90 contractors are involved, one of which is AITEMIN.
Key words:   Network, building construction, infraestructure
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   
Responsable E-mail:   
Partners:   VTT-Technical Research Center Finland
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Measurement of cross-section in steel ropes
Description:   Development of a precise method for measurement of the cross-section of steel ropes composed of strands, by means of artificial vision, determining the main characteristics of each wire and each strand.
Key words:   wires,image,calculation
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   NESMI thematic Network
Description:   The network aims to be a meeting forum among producers, equipment suppliers, consultings, associations, and research centres of the different mine branches and regions.
Key words:   Network, Vth framework programm, meeting forum
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Extractive Industry
Responsable:   
Responsable E-mail:   
Partners:   DMT
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Research on gas explosions
Description:   Study and tests on the conditions of initiation and development of methane explosions in mines, and especially those corresponding to layers of gas formed in the roof of galleries.
Key words:   mining, safety, explosion, gas, methane
Begining date:   1999
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention - Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Testing of additives for EPBM-Earth Pressure Boring Machines
Description:   Development and prove out non standard test methods for checking the effectiveness of different products and additives, such as greases and foaming agents, etc. manufactured by SIKA and used in the excavation of tunnels with earth pressure boring machines (EPBM).
Key words:   additives, greases, foaming agents, characterisation, test methods, earth pressure boring machines, tunnels excavations.
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   SIKA
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Upgrading of Secondary Ventilation software - VenSec
Description:   Upgrading and improvement of the VENSEC computer program developed in 1995 by AITEMIN for calculating secondary ventilation circuits in mining and underground works by adapting it to the technological advances and to the new needs.
Key words:   ventilation, software, mining, simulation, modeling
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology
Responsable:   David Alarcón
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Web site of the Natural Stone Federation
Description:   Development of a corporate web site for the FDP with the inclusion of a wide range of information and services for its members and for the general public.
Key words:   Website, natural stone, FDP, virtual reality
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2005
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology - Natural Stone
Responsable:   David Alarcón Rojas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Federación Española de la Piedra Natural (FDP)
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Automatic measurement of brick efflorescences
Description:   Computer vision system for the objective measurement of efflorescence in bricks once they have been subjected to the washing test.
Key words:   construction material, computer vision, image processing, brick, measurement, efflorescence, quality, laboratory, software development
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Computer vision - Information Tecnology - Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Automatic microscopic analysis of coal blends
Description:   Development of an automatic system for the microscopic analysis of coal, that will enable to carry out the petrographic analysis of coal blends in power plants.
Key words:   Petrographic analysis, computer vision, coal
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Computer vision - Energy
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina Hernández
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CSIC, IBERDROLA, ENDESA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Automation systems at the Carrio pit (HUNOSA)
Description:   Project design and implementation of an integral automation system for the HUNOSA Carrio Pit, encompassing the main ventilation, the drainage system, the conveyor belt transport system and the environmental control of the operations.
Key words:   automation, pit
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Manufacturing and processing industry
Responsable:   Angel Rodriguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Backfill and Plug Test - BPT
Description:   Full scale test of different gallery backfill materials, compacted “in situ”, along with a gallery sealing plugat the Äspö underground laboratory (Sweden).
Key words:   monitoring, control, instrumentation, sealing, radiactive wastes, Äspö, bentonite, granite, ENRESA, hydraulic pulses, piezometer, permeability
Begining date:   1999
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation - Monitoring and control
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA, UPC, SKB
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Castilla La Mancha Mining White Book
Description:   Preparation of a White Book on the extractive activities of Castilla-La Mancha as an element of debate for the Regional Government and the industrial sectors which use mineral raw materials.
Key words:   white book, mining activity, Castilla la Mancha
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Environment - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Compact packaging machine
Description:   Development of a compact, economical and flexible machine that enables the consumer goods manufacturers to make by themselves personalized cardboard boxes
Key words:   cardboard box, manufacturing, control
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Manufacturing and processing industry
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina Hernández
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   PYMEs, Italia, España, Reino Unido
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Comparative study on properties for different paving tiles
Description:   Determination of the technological characteristics and properties of paving tiles for exterior use of different materials, such as natural stone, fired clay, concrete and artificial stone.
Key words:   paving tiles, materials, natural stone, fired clay, concrete, artificial stone
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Control of the expansion effects in ceramic products
Description:   Definition of a fast and reliable method that can be conducted in the factory itself, in order to predict the possible behaviour towards frost of ceramic materials for construction, as an alternative to normative tests.
Key words:   Expansion, construction ceramic, humidity
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Development of bioclimatic constructions
Description:   Development of new, improved-efficiency building systems by combining ceramic pieces and phase-change heat accumulators.
Key words:   Trombe wall, accumulator, insulator, ceramic, bioclimatic
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials - Energy
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Environmental effects of the flooding of mining pits
Description:   Hydrogeological study of the area affected by the mining operations of the Pumarabule and Mosquitera pits aimed at evaluating the possible environmental impacts of the interruption of the drainage related to the closing of these pits and also the area affected after the potential closing and flooding of the Pozo Barredo.
Key words:   hidrogeology, pit, environmental effect, flooding
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   HUNOSA
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   FPC system and initial type tests for aggregates plant
Description:   Preparation of the documentation of the Factory Production Control (FPC) system for the “La Chimenea” aggregate quarry and treatment plant of Gravillas Santa Cruz, S.A., and conducting of the Initial Type Tests for being granted the EC marking.
Key words:   factory prduction control, procedures, management, maintenance, calibration, testing, inspection, aggregates
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Aggregates
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Gravillas Santa Cruz, S.A.
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Frost resistance of ceramic products
Description:   Alternative methods for the determination of frost resistance in ceramic building materials
Key words:   construction material, instrumentation, resistance, frost, ceramic, fired clay
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Jorge Velasco
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Handbook of pathologies in construction ceramics
Description:   Preparation of a Handbook of a practical nature compiling all the defects that can appear in buildings in relation to ceramic products, describing the causes of them and the most appropriate repair works for each case, along with preventive measures
Key words:   construction material, pathology, clay, ceramic, raw material, manual, catalogue, manufacturing
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials - Manufacturing and processing industry
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Heating test in clay formations - HE Experiment
Description:   To analyse the response of a clay-type rock formation from the thermo-hydro-mechanical point of view, with regard to the thermal impact of a radioactive waste storage.
Key words:   monitoring, control, radioactive waste, bentonite, probe, sensor, heater
Begining date:   1999
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Geotechnics
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA, ANDRA (Francia), NAGRA (Suiza), UPC
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Hydraulic characterisation of boreholes at Guadarrama tunnel
Description:   Characterise the altered cretaceous and the overlying and underlying gneises at the layout of the Guadarrama High-Speed Train tunnels in the Valle de la Umbría area.
Key words:   test, hydraulic, boreholes, tunnel
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Guadarrama Sur UTE
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Hydrogeological tests at the FEBEX project
Description:   Conducting, documentation and preliminary interpretation of the tests of a hydraulic characterisation campaign conducted in the FEBEX tunnel of the underground laboratory of Grimsel (Switzerland.
Key words:   FEBEX, hydrogeology, monitoring, instrumentation, granite,
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology - Monitoring and control
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Improvement of cooper based data transmission systems
Description:   Improvement of the capacity of the data transmision systems currently used in undergound mining so that advanced functions could be used with the same cabling.
Key words:   Transmission, data, cables, modem, monitoring, control, mine, underground, intrinsic safety
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez López
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CECA, DMT, DSK,
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Improvement of properties of light weight clay blocks
Description:   Development of a new design of lightweight clay block which improves its thermal insulation properties and reduces the risk of horizontal cracking in walls constructed in this material.
Key words:   clay blocks, resistance, holes
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Agripino Perez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CTCLM
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Measurement of the mechanical strength of brickworks
Description:   The purpose of this project is to understand the relative influence of the bricks and the mortar in the mechanical strength of brickwalls
Key words:   Strength, brick, mortar, wall
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Construction materials - Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Methods to preserve high porosity natural stones
Description:   To develop preservation methods for high porosity natural stone, determining the most suitable waterproofing or water-repellent products for each variety of stone.
Key words:   Porosity, preservation, natural stones
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Natural Stone
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Mortars for the restoration of historical buildings
Description:   Probing into the knowledge of physical-mechanical properties of lime-sand mortars used up until the 19th century in the construction of buildings.
Key words:   Mortar, historical building, bricks, cultural heritage
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Construction materials - Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Natural Stone Thematic work OSNET
Description:   The object of this network is improve competitiveness in the sector grouping: producers, machinery manufacturers, research centres, universities, users, etc.
Key words:   onstruction material, network, group, natural stone, extraction, transform, elaboration, machinery
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Natural Stone
Responsable:   Joaquín Obis
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Operational risks web site in the Natural Stone sector
Description:   Development of a self-diagnosis tool for making risk evaluations in the Natural Stone sector, available on a web site for the companies and other agents in the sector.
Key words:   web site, risk evaluations, natural stone,
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology - Risk prevention - Natural Stone
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Generalitat Velenciana
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   OSNET thematic Network
Description:   This Network purpose is to generate an interfaz organization among the different natural stone sector agents in order to improve the sector competitivity and to confirm its worldwide leadership status.
Key words:   Network, interfaz, natural stone
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Natural Stone
Responsable:   
Responsable E-mail:   
Partners:   National Technical University of Athens
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Potential new applications of georadar
Description:   The purpose of this activity is the investigation on the possibilities for the application of georadar techniques for the identification of different kinds of irregularities in the subsoil.
Key words:   Georadar, subsoil, pollution, anomalies
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Prenormative research on aggregates
Description:   To characterise the materials coming from different quarries for aggregates owned by companies in Castilla-La Mancha, according to national and European standards, determining the most suitable use for each aggregate in line with the results.
Key words:   Aggregates, catalogue, standards,
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Aggregates - Standards and Codes
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Research on auxiliary ventilation
Description:   To improve the knowledge of factors influencing the ventilation of single-entry zones and to characterise the noise to which workers are subjected when they are in the vicinity of the fans.
Key words:   secondary ventilation, mining, instrumentation, pipe, fan, union, branch, calculation, database, sutirage, coal
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Software for the management of pyrotechnic warehouses
Description:   To develop a software application making it possible to computerise the Movements Log, Auxiliary Sheet and Monthly Report on explosive materials and fireworks products which pyrotechnic warehouses are required complete under the laws in force.
Key words:   software, database, warehouse mangement, explosives, fireworks
Begining date:   2004
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Explosives and Fireworks
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology
Responsable:   David Alarcón
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   AFAPE
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   SOSYEM: Advanced control software for cogeneration plants
Description:   Development of an advanced control system for optimised management of small or medium size cogeneration plants.
Key words:   cogeneration, hardware
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Manufacturing and processing industry
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology - Monitoring and control
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Study of physico-chemical changes in historical bricks
Description:   To determine the causes and types of physical-chemical weathering of historical bricks, produced by the action of different external agents, with regard to establishing the bases for the preservation and conservation of these materials.
Key words:   Bricks, historical buildings, physical-chemical alterations
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials - Cultural heritage
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Venting of soils contaminated by light hydrocarbons
Description:   To investigate the factors affecting the conducting of pilot venting tests on soils contaminated by light hydrocarbons as well as the venting feasibility as a function of the characteristics of the soil and type of contaminant.
Key words:   Ventilation, soil, pollution, hydrocarbons
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2004
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Environment - Hydrogeology - Monitoring and control
Responsable:   Jesús Suso Llamas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   URS-Dames&Moore
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Clay research at Los Yébenes (Toledo)
Description:   Geological survey by means of sinking boreholes with the permission of the “Yébenes Association” mining research, in the province of Toledo, and the taking of samples of the subsoil, in order to determine their interest for the extraction of clays.
Key words:   boreholes,clays,mineralogical characterisation
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Extractive Industry
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

-*-

 

Title:   Conservation status of the architectonic heritage
Description:   To establish a diagnosis methodology of the state of conservation of natural stone in historical buildings, by means of conducting “in situ” tests with non-destructive techniques.
Key words:   methodology,natural stone,sonic speed
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Agripino Perez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CTM
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Development of a shockwave tube blasting device
Description:   Development of a new blasting device for the opening of blasting using shock wave pipes.
Key words:   Blasting device, shock wave
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Explosives and Fireworks
Topic(s):   Explosives and Fireworks - Extractive Industry
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez López
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

-*-

 

Title:   Effects of fires in mines and underground spaces
Description:   Analysis of the problem of fires in interior mines and other underground spaces, and the validation of the computing tools available for the simulation and prediction of their effects.
Key words:   fire, research, mining, safety, test, prediction, underground
Begining date:   1999
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention - Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Santa Bárbara
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
X
 León  

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Title:   Environmental risks in open cast coal mines
Description:   Development of software for the modelling of small open pit coal mines, as aid to planning the working and the restoration of the land.
Key words:   environment, mining, coal, open cast, software, modeling
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Environment - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Pilar Martinez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CECA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Explosive residues treatment in fireworks
Description:   Analysis of the most suitable methods of treatment of waste material from fireworks, eliminating their explosive nature, and the design of a standard installation in accordance with the needs of companies in the sector.
Key words:   waste material from fireworks,incineration treatment
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Explosives and Fireworks
Topic(s):   Environment
Responsable:   Agripino Perez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Frost resistance of natural stone
Description:   To determine an alternative method to that stated in standard UNE-EN 12371: 2002 “Test methods of natural stone. Determination of frost resistance”, currently in force.
Key words:   frost,natural stone
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Natural Stone
Responsable:   Agripino Perez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CTM, INTROMAC
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   General hydrogeological study of the “La Sagra”
Description:   To complement the hydrogeological aspects of the environmental impact study of the mining plan known as “Consorcio Minero de La Sagra”.
Key words:   environmental impact,hydrogeological aspects,underground waters
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Extractive Industry
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

-*-

 

Title:   Hidromineral inventory in the Castile-La Mancha region
Description:   To obtain detailed knowledge on the current situation of the sector of mineral and thermal waters in the Autonomous Community of Castilla – La Mancha, and to conduct an inventory of available resources.
Key words:   Hydromineral, inventory
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Hydrogeological study at San Teodoro spoil heap (Almadén)
Description:   A hydrogeological study at San Teodoro spoil heap (Almadén, Ciudad Real) has been carried out in order to estimate damage on the physical-chemical quality of the surrounding underground waters.
Key words:   Hydrogeology, spoil heap, pollution
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Jesús Suso Llamas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

-*-

 

Title:   Measuring methane emissions from abandoned mines
Description:   Fine-tuning of a methodology for recording methane emissions in abandoned coal mines.
Key words:   methodology,mine,methane
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   IGME
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

-*-

 

Title:   Possibilities of mechanization in pyrotechnics manufacture
Description:   Study of the current handcrafted processes in pyrotechnic and analysis of the possibilities of mechanization
Key words:   Pyrotechnics, mechanization, handcrafted process
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Explosives and Fireworks
Topic(s):   Explosives and Fireworks
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Generalitat Valenciana
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Safe power supplies for explosive atmospheres
Description:   Safe power supply systems for explosive atmospheres
Key words:   supply, explosive atmospheres, charger, battery, inverter, mining, coal, electricity, certification, instrumentation, safety
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation - Risk prevention - Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CECA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Silk-screen printing system for textile products - MILLENIUM
Description:   Development of an automatic printing system for textiles permitting the use of water-based dyes, which are more innocuous than those based on PVC. Millenium CRAFT project.
Key words:   innovation, instrumentation, control, software, textile, silk-screen, ink
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Manufacturing and processing industry
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Angel Rodriguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

-*-

 

Title:   Synthesis and evaluation of the hydrogeological investigatio
Description:   Evaluation of the methods of hydrogeological characterisation in low permeability fractured media and their possibilities of application in other locations.
Key words:   hydrogeological characterisation,low permeability
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Civil engineering
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Technical assistance on the environmental study
Description:   Technical assistance to the City Council of Puertollano (Ciudad Real) for analysing the project “Environmental Impact Study of the Mina Lourdes Mining Project”.
Key words:   Environmental Impact,mine
Begining date:   2003
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Extractive Industry
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez de la Calle
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   TOPIC- Technically Optimised Piling Concept
Description:   Development of a new system for the construction of piles with improvements in the quality of execution, environmental impact and in costs of the operation.
Key words:   monitoring, control, instrumentation, drilling, data transmission, radio, automation, piling, pump concrete
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2003
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Soletanch-Bachy, Arup, Elkem, TUD TUVG
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Automatic selection of plastic bottles - RAINBOW
Description:   Automation of a recycling plant of plastic bottles by optical classification. CRAFT project "RAINBOW".
Key words:   recycling, plastic, bottle, polyethylene-terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, plant, software, supervision, control, automation
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Manufacturing and processing industry
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Control of mobile equipment in underground mining
Description:   Development of a remote control system for mobile machines, applicable to coal shearers, with wireless transmission of data.
Key words:   monitoring, control, instrumentation, mining, mobile machine, seam cutting machine, coal, intrinsic safety
Begining date:   1998
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation - Monitoring and control
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Course on prevention of labour risks in pyrotechnics
Description:   The purpose of these courses is to train the workers of pyrotechnic manufacturing companies on safety aspects. The courses are specially oriented to managers and technical staff with a basic knowledge of prevention risks.
Key words:   Training, explosives, pyrotechnic
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Training
Sector:   Explosives and Fireworks
Topic(s):   Explosives and Fireworks
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez Lorenzo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Experiment for underground heating in the Meuse/Haute Marne
Description:   Study for the experiment of heating in the ANDRA´s underground laboratory in Meuse/Haute Marne (France)
Key words:   nuclear wastes, clay, heating, instrumentation, monitoring, control
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Geotechnics
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ANDRA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Fire detection system in the Bulnes underground funicular
Description:   Fire detection system in the Bulnes underground funicular
Key words:   safety, supervision, control, fire, tunnel, funicular, Bulnes
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Risk prevention - Monitoring and control - Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ADARO TECNOLOGÍA S.A.
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Investigation of methane risks in Pajares tunnel
Description:   AITEMIN carried out in 2002, a study to determine the methane content in the coal seams to be crossed by the Pajares tunnel
Key words:   Methane, coal layers, tunnel, explosion, risks
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Risk prevention
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo Salas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   GEOCONSULT, INECO
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Methane purging control in single entry areas
Description:   Automation of the slow purging of methane working in single entry areas.
Key words:   mining, motoring, control, safety, methane, purging, venting, automation, secondary ventilation, concentration, single entry face, cul-de-sac
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Risk prevention
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   DMT
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Post mining activities in 'Minas de la Reunión'
Description:   Post mining activities in 'Minas de la Reunión'
Key words:   mining, safety, risk, combustion, spoil heap, coal, post-mining
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Environment - Risk prevention
Responsable:   Joaquín Obis
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   IMPROASA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Sampling of diffusion in clay formations
Description:   Chambers for diffusion test and water sampling in clay formations (DI-B Experiment)
Key words:   test, instrumentation, control, oplinus clay, hydro-geochemical, water
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Hydrogeology
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CIEMAT, ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Work risks assessment in natural stone processing
Description:   The purpose of this work is to help the company managers to implement the necessary methods to improve the workers safety, by avoiding or reducing risks
Key words:   Guide, work risks, natural stone, processing
Begining date:   2002
Finish date:   2002
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention - Natural Stone - Manufacturing and processing industry
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo Salas
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   FDP
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:    New clay pastes for artistic ceramics
Description:   Study of new clay pastes for artistic ceramics
Key words:   construction materials, natural resources, artistic ceramic, clay, raw material, classification, manufacturing
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials - Artistic ceramics
Responsable:   Agripino Pérez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Esmaltes Cerámicos de Castilla
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Analysis of corrosion effects in steel ropes
Description:   Research about corrosion in hauling steel cables
Key words:   safety, mining, steel, hauling cables, corrosion, non-destructive test, inspection
Begining date:   1998
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Barredo
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
X
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Computerisation of administrative processing for wind parks
Description:   Computerization of the administrative processing of strategic wind plans and individual wind parks in Castilla - La Mancha
Key words:   software development, natural resources, environment, wind park, computerization, application
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology - Energy
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Consejería de Industria - JCCLM
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Computerization of mining plans
Description:   Computerization of the task plans for mining companies in Castilla – La Mancha
Key words:   software development, mining, task plans for mining, computerization
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Information Tecnology
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Evacuation Plan of Bulnes underground funicular
Description:   Emergency plan for the Bulnes underground funicular evacuation
Key words:   evacuation, emergency, prevention, safety, funicular
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Risk prevention
Responsable:   Pedro Morillo
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Gas migration test in clay buffer (GMT)
Description:   Experiment to determine the permeability to gas of a filling material composed of sand and bentonite, in an underground store for low and medium activity radioactive waste.
Key words:   monitoring, control, simulation, modeling, permeability, gas, bentonite, radioactive waste, instrumentation
Begining date:   1999
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Simulation and modelling
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   RWMC (Japón), NAGRA (Suiza)
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Hydrogeology study of an old uranium mine
Description:   Study of the hydrogeological impact of an old uranium mine (Ratones mine).
Key words:   hydrogeology, environment, mine, uranium, water, pollution, reclamation
Begining date:   1998
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Environment
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology - Extractive Industry
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CIEMAT, CSIC, UPC
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Improvement of acoustic insulation of bricks
Description:   Technological innovations in ceramic products with improved acoustic insulation using additives.
Key words:   construction material, industry, acoustic insulation, ceramic, additive, UNE, EN, ISO, 140-3, LOE
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Javier Cerdeño
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Materials for diaphragm walls - ECOMAT
Description:   Improvement of materials and techniques for the construction of diaphragm walls for the confinement of polluted zones (ECOMAT project).
Key words:   diaphragm wall, monitoring, control, instrumentation, environment, pollution bentonite, sludge, drilling, reology, ions
Begining date:   1998
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation - Environment
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Soletanche-Banchy: Francia, Iko-Erbslöh: Alemania
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   On-going training - Project PANCECS
Description:   AITEMIN has participated in the Pan-European Project for On-Going Professional Development and Competency Standards in Construction and Engineering (PANCECS).
Key words:   regulation, training, engineering, competence
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Diffusion and Tecnology Transfer
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation
Responsable:   Jose Luis Fuentes-Cantillana
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Piezometers for measurement of pore pressure in clay
Description:   Testing and validation of piezometers installed in probes with little diameter for the measurement of pore pressures in clays.
Key words:   instrumentation, piezometers, pressure, clay, probe
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Waste management
Topic(s):   Electronic and Instrumentation - Geotechnics
Responsable:   José Luis García-Siñeriz
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA, UPC
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Preliminary hydrogeological study of Fe Uranium mine
Description:   The uranium mine 'Mine Fe' finished the extraction in the year 2000. AITEMIN has developed in the 2001 an hydrogeological study.
Key words:   hydrogeology, environment, uranium, mining, drill, database, geology, metamorphic materials
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Services and Technical Assistance
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology - Environment
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   ENRESA
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Preliminary project for fire test tunnel
Description:   Preliminary design of a tunnel for testing fires and ventilation at full scale.
Key words:   mining, simulation, modeling, instrumentation, tunnel, ventilation, fire, material
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Simulation and modelling - Electronic and Instrumentation - Fire and Explosion
Responsable:   José Luis Fuentes-Cantillana
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Gobierno Principado de Asturias
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Safety training for mobile equipment operators
Description:   Training course on safety for operators of mobile equipment in surface mining, in the Cantabria Region.
Key words:   training, safety, mobile machinery, quarry, surface mining, prevention, course, Cantabria
Begining date:   2001
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Training
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention
Responsable:   Joaquin Obis
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   FINANZAUTO
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Software for detection, evaluation and prevention of risks
Description:   Computing application for detecting, evaluating and preventing of job risks.
Key words:   software development, safety, accident, job risk, database, prevention, detection
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Risk prevention - Information Tecnology
Responsable:   David Alarcón
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Underground water - Research for supplying
Description:   Hydrogeological research for supporting the water supplies for Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) and Denia (Alicante) with underground water.
Key words:   hydrogeology, underground water, water supply, purification plant, reverse osmosis plant
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Civil engineering
Topic(s):   Hydrogeology
Responsable:   Jesús Suso
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Use of water repellents in bricks
Description:   The purpose of this work has been to study the pernicious effects of water repellents during the manufacturing of bricks and how to prevent them.
Key words:   construction material, clay, brick, water repellent, efflorescence,
Begining date:   2000
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Construction materials
Topic(s):   Ceramic Materials
Responsable:   Jorge Velasco
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   
Working centre: 
 
 
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Using slagheaps and mining cavities as landfill
Description:   Utilization as a controlled dump for urban refuse of slagheaps from coal mining and cavities resulting from open cast mining.
Key words:   mining, environment, slagheaps, cavity, open cast mining, coal, urban refuse, hydrogeology
Begining date:   1998
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Environment
Responsable:   Pilar Martínez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   CECA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
X
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Ventilation dynamic control
Description:   Automatic system for dynamic control of ventilation to optimize it
Key words:   ventilation, mining, monitoring, control, air flow, dynamic control, optimization, energy,
Begining date:   1998
Finish date:   2001
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Monitoring and control - Risk prevention
Responsable:   Ángel Rodríguez
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   Fundación Santa Bárbara
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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Title:   Automatic analysis of coal macerals
Description:   Design and development an automatic system for petrographic analysis of coals blended for thermal power plants. It uses image processing from a microscope and an expert system.
Key words:   research, computer vision, image processing, instrumentation, software development, thermal power plant, expert system, petrographic analysis, microscope
Begining date:   1997
Finish date:   2000
Type:   Research and Development
Sector:   Extractive Industry
Topic(s):   Computer vision - Information Tecnology - Energy
Responsable:   Juan Carlos Catalina
Responsable E-mail: 
Partners:   INCAR, ENDESA, IBERDROLA
Working centre: 
 
X
 Madrid  
 
 Toledo  
 
 Asturias  
 
 León  

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