Natalia Moreno Palmerola
932557565 - int: 437740
natalia.moreno@idaea.csic.es
https://www.idaea.csic.es/egar/laboratory/
ORCID:
0000-0003-1488-2561
Research group: Environmental Geochemistry and Atmospheric Research (EGAR)
Service: X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
Tenured Scientist since 2018. Head of X-Ray Laboratory equipped with two X-Ray Diffractometers (XRD) and an Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). She graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona (1998) and received her PhD in Mining Engineering and Natural Resources by the UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) in 2002. Between 2003 and 2009, she worked as a researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences “Jaume Almera” (ICTJA-CSIC) through several contracts as a post-doctoral researcher. She is currently a member of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) where she was initially incorporated in 2010 with a permanent position of X-Ray Diffraction Specialised Technician, and in 2018 she obtained the position of Tenured Scientist of the Superior Council of Scientific Research (CSIC). Her research focuses on the industrial waste valorisation, industrial emissions, atmospheric pollution and applied geochemistry.
She has participated in numerous research projects of public funding and also in various agreements with public and private entities. Her scientific activity can be summarised in more than 60 original scientific works published in international scientific journals included in the SCI, and she has also collaborated in writing 4 books and 4 chapters in international books. Her scientific research has been presented in numerous national and international scientific conferences in the field of Environmental Sciences and Environmental Geochemistry.
AeroSolfd
Fast track to cleaner, healthier urban Aerosols by market ready Solutions of retrofit Filtration Devices for tailpipe, brake systems and closed environments
Emissions of the existing gasoline engines and brakes of the commercial vehicle fleets in Europe relate to health problems and death of annually >1,45 Mio. people. For the next decades, these vehicles will continue populating the roads, emitting PM/PN exhaust particles and toxic secondary emissions. For immediate reduction, retrofit solutions for tailpipe and brake emissions must be brought to TRL 8 and introduced to the market by 2025. Timing is crucial: Retrofits are transition technologies until full electrification of Europe’s transport fleet. Even beyond, brake retrofits play an important role in the electrified fleet. Quick wins in the reduction of the overall footprint of the existing fleets can be realised by using our 3 retrofits for tailpipe, brake and closed environments: 95% of PM2.5 and 80% of toxic secondary emissions using an innovative Gasoline Particle Filter, 60% of NOx exhaust emissions replacing the aged TWC by original equipment, 90% of the brake particles of long-lived road transport assets using a passive BDPF, 90% of particles in closed environments (bus stops, tunnels, metro stations) using a special designed and enhanced stationary air purifier.
To create credible key messages for clients, citizens and policy, we perform lighthouse demo activities:
1) tailpipe retrofit: 1.000 vehicles in 2 climate zones (Germany + Israel) for 4 representative engine type families,
2) brake retrofit: Define emission fingerprints for the public transport of the cities of Valladolid, Ancona, Fermo and Sofia and > 35000 km lab testing on dynamometer and > 8000 km real driving,
3) air purifier retrofit for closed environments: 3 underground stations (Sofia, 2x Lisbon) with > 130000 commuters and Valladolid central bus depot with > 150 buses. For market preparation we will reach >4.000 citizens and policy makers from EU KOM level and >8 EU countries. We unite world leading industry, renowned scientific institutes and lighthouse demo sites in 8 European countries
Funding: Horizon Europe, Horizon-CL5-2021-D5-01-15