Biography:
Carlos Morales Polo obtained an Industrial Engineer degree (major in Mechanics) from the Comillas Pontifical University-ICAI (2014) and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (major in Environmental Engineering), from the same University (2019). He currently serves as lecturer in the areas of Mechanics, Environment and Energy, coordinates the Master's Degree in Environment and Energy Transition and serves as associate researcher at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT).
Areas of interest:
Waste management and treatment. Water technologies. Energy use. Environmental Impact Study through Life Cycle Assesment.
Cledera-Castro, M.M., Hueso-Kortekaas, K., Sanchez-Mata, C., Morales-Polo, C., Calzada-Funes, J., Delgado-Mellado, N., Caro, R., An exploratory study of fibre microplastics pollution in different process stages of salt production by solar evaporation in Spain. Heliyon. Vol. 10, nº. 11, pp. e31609-1 - e31609-15, June 2024. [Online: May 2024] 
JCR: 3,400 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,617 Q1 (2023) Serrat, L., Linares, J.I., Cledera-Castro, M.M., Morales-Polo, C., Hueso-Kortekaas, K., Ground source heat pump driven by reciprocating engine firing biomethane from wastewater treatment plant sludge in a cogeneration for district heating and cooling. A case study in Spain. Applied Thermal Engineering. Vol. 219, nº. Part B, pp. 119586-1 - 119586-16, January 2023. [Online: November 2022]
JCR: 6,100 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 1,488 Q1 (2023);
JCR: 8,200 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 1,998 Q1 (2023); Morales-Polo, C., Cledera-Castro, M.M., Revuelta-Aramburu, M., Hueso-Kortekaas, K., Enhancing energy recovery in form of biogas, from vegetable and fruit wholesale markets by-products and wastes, with pretreatments. Plants. Vol. 10, nº. 7, pp. 1298-1 - 1298-30, July 2021. [Online: June 2021]
JCR: 4,658 Q1 (2021); 4,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,765 Q1 (2021); 0,795 Q1 (2023) Morales-Polo, C., Cledera-Castro, M.M., Revuelta-Aramburu, M., Hueso-Kortekaas, K., Bioconversion process of barley crop residues into biogas: energetic-environmental potential in Spain. Agronomy. Vol. 11, nº. 4, pp. 640-1 - 640-24, April 2021. [Online: March 2021]
JCR: 3,949 Q1 (2021); 3,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 0,654 Q1 (2021); 0,688 Q1 (2023)
JCR: 7,963 Q1 (2020); 8,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,795 Q1 (2020); 1,998 Q1 (2023)
JCR: 7,963 Q1 (2020); 8,200 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,795 Q1 (2020); 1,998 Q1 (2023) Morales-Polo, C., Cledera-Castro, M.M., Moratilla, B.Y., Biogas production from vegetable and fruit markets waste- Compositional and batch characterizations. Sustainability. Vol. 11, nº. 23, pp. 6790-1 - 6790-23, December 2019. [Online: November 2019]
JCR: 2,576 Q2 (2019); 3,300 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,581 Q2 (2019); 0,672 Q1 (2023) Morales-Polo, C., Cledera-Castro, M.M., Moratilla, B.Y., Reviewing the anaerobic digestion of food waste: From waste generation and anaerobic process to its perspectives. Applied Sciences. Vol. 8, nº. 10, pp. 1804-1 - 1804-35, October 2018. [Online: October 2018]
JCR: 2,217 Q2 (2018); 2,500 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 0,508 Q2 (2023)
JCR: 1,631 Q3 (2016); 1,000 Q4 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2016); 0,256 Q3 (2023) Moratilla, B.Y., Ruiz-Sánchez, R., Estadieu, M., Belda-Sánchez, B., Cordón Peralta, C., Martín-Cañas, P., Rodríguez-Penalonga, L., Cledera-Castro, M.M., Sáenz-Nuño, M.A., Morales-Polo, C., Impact of the taxes on used nuclear fuel on the fuel cycle economics in Spain. Energies. Vol. 8, nº. 2, pp. 1426 - 1439, February 2015. [Online: February 2015]
JCR: 2,077 Q3 (2015); 3,000 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,651 Q1 (2023) 
