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Octavio Armas is affiliated with the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain and has a research profile centered primarily in the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering. This work extends into subfields including Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Automotive Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Octavio Armas has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including José A. Soriano, Pablo Fernández-Yáñez, Reyes García-Contreras, Luis Sánchez Rodríguez, and Carmen Mata.

The scientist has published research in several recurring academic venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Fuel
  • Energies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • VideoGIE
  • Applied Sciences

Among recent publications, the following papers illustrate some of the key research contributions:

  • Thermal management of thermoelectric generators for waste energy recovery, 2021, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Impact of regulated pollutant emissions of Euro 6d-Temp light-duty diesel vehicles under real driving conditions, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Global energy balance in a diesel engine with a thermoelectric generator, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Comparison of real driving emissions from Euro VI buses with diesel and compressed natural gas fuels, 2020, Fuel
  • Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID-19, 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Best Publications

  • Effect of biodiesel fuels on diesel engine emissions

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;José Rodríguez-Fernández

  • Emissions from a diesel–bioethanol blend in an automotive diesel engine

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;José M. Herreros

  • Characterization of light duty Diesel engine pollutant emissions using water-emulsified fuel

    O. Armas;R. Ballesteros;F.J. Martos;J.R. Agudelo

  • Diesel emissions from biofuels derived from Spanish potential vegetable oils

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;Rosario Ballesteros;Jesús Fernández

  • Diagnosis of DI Diesel combustion from in-cylinder pressure signal by estimation of mean thermodynamic properties of the gas

    M. Lapuerta;O. Armas;J.J. Hernández

  • Stability of diesel-bioethanol blends for use in diesel engines

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;Reyes García-Contreras

  • Impact of fuel formulation on the nanostructure and reactivity of diesel soot

    Kuen Yehliu;Randy L. Vander Wal;Octavio Armas;André L. Boehman

  • Effect of alternative fuels on exhaust emissions during diesel engine operation with matched combustion phasing

    Octavio Armas;Kuen Yehliu;André L. Boehman

  • Effect of Ethanol on Blending Stability and Diesel Engine Emissions

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;Reyes García-Contreras

  • Influence of measurement errors and estimated parameters on combustion diagnosis

    F. Payri;S. Molina;J. Martín;O. Armas

  • Emissions from different alternative diesel fuels operating with single and split fuel injection

    Kuen Yehliu;André L. Boehman;Octavio Armas

  • Reduction of diesel smoke opacity from vegetable oil methyl esters during transient operation

    Octavio Armas;Juan J. Hernández;María D. Cárdenas

  • Impact of engine operating modes and combustion phasing on the reactivity of diesel soot

    Kuen Yehliu;Octavio Armas;Randy L. Vander Wal;André L. Boehman

  • Correlation for the estimation of the density of fatty acid esters fuels and its implications. A proposed Biodiesel Cetane Index.

    Magín Lapuerta;José Rodríguez-Fernández;Octavio Armas

  • Pollutant emissions from engine starting with ethanol and butanol diesel blends

    Octavio Armas;Reyes García-Contreras;Ángel Ramos

  • Thermal management of thermoelectric generators for waste energy recovery

    P. Fernández-Yáñez;V. Romero;O. Armas;G. Cerretti

  • Diesel Particle Size Distribution Estimation from Digital Image Analysis

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;Arántzazu Gómez

  • Thermal analysis of a thermoelectric generator for light-duty diesel engines

    Pablo Fernández-Yañez;Octavio Armas;Azael Capetillo;Simón Martínez-Martínez

  • Potential for reducing emissions in a diesel engine by fuelling with conventional biodiesel and Fischer–Tropsch diesel

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;Juan José Hernández;Athanasios Tsolakis

  • Diesel Particulate Emissions from Biofuels Derived from Spanish Vegetable Oils

    Magín Lapuerta;Octavio Armas;Rosario Ballesteros

  • Sensitivity of diesel engine thermodynamic cycle calculation to measurement errors and estimated parameters

    M. Lapuerta;O. Armas;V. Bermúdez

Frequent Co-Authors

Magín Lapuerta
Magín Lapuerta University of Castilla-La Mancha
André L. Boehman
André L. Boehman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Jose Martin Herreros
Jose Martin Herreros University of Birmingham
Tomás García
Tomás García Spanish National Research Council
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ramón Murillo
Ramón Murillo Spanish National Research Council
Randy L. Vander Wal
Randy L. Vander Wal Pennsylvania State University
Francisco Payri
Francisco Payri Universitat Politècnica de València
M.P. Dorado
M.P. Dorado University of Córdoba

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