Biografía:
Carlos Morales Polo es Ingeniero Industrial (especialidad Mecánica) por la Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICAI (2014) y Doctor en Ingeniería Industrial, especialidad en Medio Ambiente, por la misma Universidad (2019). Actualmente ejerce como profesor en las áreas de Mecánica, Medio Ambiente y Energía, coordina el Máster en Medio Ambiente y Gestión Inteligente de la Energía y es investigador asociado en el Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT).
Áreas de interés:
Gestión y tratamiento de residuos. Tecnologías del agua. Aprovechamiento energético. Estudio de impacto ambiental mediante Análisis Ciclo de Vida
C. Martín-Sanz-Garrido, M. Revuelta-Aramburu, C. Morales-Polo, A. Santos-Montes, "Digestate from Spanish wholesale food markets: valorization as biofertilizer and analysis of environmental impacts compared to synthetic fertilizers", Environmental Sciences Europe, Vol. 37, pp. 134, 2025. [Online: Agosto 2025] doi: 10.1186/s12302-025-01183-w
JCR-JIF: 7,100 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 1,597 Q1 (2025); M.M. Cledera-Castro, K. Hueso-Kortekaas, C. Sanchez-Mata, C. Morales-Polo, J. Calzada-Funes, N. Delgado-Mellado, R. Caro, "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, Junio 2024. [Online: Mayo 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31609
JCR-JIF: 3,600 Q1 (2024); - SJR: 0,644 Q1 (2024); L. Serrat, J.I. Linares, M.M. Cledera-Castro, C. Morales-Polo, K. Hueso-Kortekaas, "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, Enero 2023. [Online: Noviembre 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119586
JCR-JIF: 6,100 Q1 (2023); 7,500 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,488 Q1 (2023); 1,556 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 8,200 Q1 (2023); 8,000 Q1 (2024) - SJR: 1,998 Q1 (2023); 2,043 Q1 (2025) C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, M. Revuelta-Aramburu, K. Hueso-Kortekaas, "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, Julio 2021. [Online: Junio 2021] doi: 10.3390/plants10071298
JCR-JIF: 4,658 Q1 (2021); 4,700 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,765 Q1 (2021); 0,960 Q1 (2025) J. Victoria Rodríguez, C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, "A generalized kinetic model for anaerobic co-digestion of agro-industrial biomass mixtures improved through pretreatments or additives", Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 249, pp. 123654, Julio 2026. [Online: Junio 2026] doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2026.123654
JCR-JIF: 6,400 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,965 Q1 (2025) C. Martín-Sanz-Garrido, M. Revuelta-Aramburu, C. Morales-Polo, A. Santos-Montes, "Digestate from Spanish wholesale food markets: valorization as biofertilizer and analysis of environmental impacts compared to synthetic fertilizers", Environmental Sciences Europe, Vol. 37, pp. 134, 2025. [Online: Agosto 2025] doi: 10.1186/s12302-025-01183-w
JCR-JIF: 7,100 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 1,597 Q1 (2025); P. Gómez-Sánchez de Rojas, J. Victoria Rodríguez, C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, "Environmental and techno-economic analysis of a biomethane energy community in southern Spain", Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Vol. 82, pp. 104496, Octubre 2025. [Online: Agosto 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104496
JCR-JIF: 7,400 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 1,416 Q1 (2025); C. Martín-Sanz-Garrido, M. Revuelta-Aramburu, A. Santos-Montes, C. Morales-Polo, "A Review on Anaerobic Digestate as a Biofertilizer: Characteristics, Production, and Environmental Impacts from a Life Cycle Assessment Perspective", Applied Sciences, Vol. 15, nº. 15, pp. 8635, Agosto 2025. [Online: Agosto 2025] doi: 10.3390/app15158635
JCR-JIF: 2,900 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 0,555 Q2 (2025); A. López-Aguilera, C. Morales-Polo, J. Victoria Rodríguez, M.M. Cledera-Castro, "Assessment of Biomethane Production Potential in Spain: A Regional Analysis of Agricultural Residues, Municipal Waste, and Wastewater Sludge for 2030 and 2050", Sustainability, Vol. 17, nº. 10, pp. 4742, Mayo 2025. [Online: Mayo 2025] doi: 10.3390/su17104742
JCR-JIF: 4,100 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 0,750 Q1 (2025); D. Gil-García, M. Revuelta-Aramburu, C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, "Optimizing Methane Recovery for Fuels: A Comparative Study of Fugitive Emissions in Biogas Plants, WWTPs, and Landfills", Fuels, Vol. 5, nº. 4, pp. 762 - 781, Diciembre 2024. [Online: Noviembre 2024] doi: 10.3390/fuels5040042
JCR-JIF: 2,800 Q3 (2024); 4,000 Q2 (2025) M.M. Cledera-Castro, K. Hueso-Kortekaas, C. Sanchez-Mata, C. Morales-Polo, J. Calzada-Funes, N. Delgado-Mellado, R. Caro, "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, Junio 2024. [Online: Mayo 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31609
JCR-JIF: 3,600 Q1 (2024); - SJR: 0,644 Q1 (2024); L. Serrat, J.I. Linares, M.M. Cledera-Castro, C. Morales-Polo, K. Hueso-Kortekaas, "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, Enero 2023. [Online: Noviembre 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119586
JCR-JIF: 6,100 Q1 (2023); 7,500 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,488 Q1 (2023); 1,556 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 8,200 Q1 (2023); 8,000 Q1 (2024) - SJR: 1,998 Q1 (2023); 2,043 Q1 (2025) C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, M. Revuelta-Aramburu, K. Hueso-Kortekaas, "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, Julio 2021. [Online: Junio 2021] doi: 10.3390/plants10071298
JCR-JIF: 4,658 Q1 (2021); 4,700 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,765 Q1 (2021); 0,960 Q1 (2025) C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, M. Revuelta-Aramburu, K. Hueso-Kortekaas, "Bioconversion process of barley crop residues into biogas: energetic-environmental potential in Spain", Agronomy, Vol. 11, nº. 4, pp. 640, Abril 2021. [Online: Marzo 2021] doi: 10.3390/agronomy11040640
JCR-JIF: 3,949 Q1 (2021); 4,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,654 Q1 (2021); 0,802 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 7,963 Q1 (2020); 8,000 Q1 (2024) - SJR: 1,795 Q1 (2020); 2,043 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 7,963 Q1 (2020); 8,000 Q1 (2024) - SJR: 1,795 Q1 (2020); 2,043 Q1 (2025) C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, B.Y. Moratilla, "Biogas production from vegetable and fruit markets waste- Compositional and batch characterizations", Sustainability, Vol. 11, nº. 23, pp. 6790, Diciembre 2019. [Online: Noviembre 2019] doi: 10.3390/su11236790
JCR-JIF: 2,576 Q2 (2019); 4,100 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,581 Q2 (2019); 0,750 Q1 (2025) C. Morales-Polo, M.M. Cledera-Castro, B.Y. Moratilla, "Reviewing the anaerobic digestion of food waste: From waste generation and anaerobic process to its perspectives", Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, nº. 10, pp. 1804, Octubre 2018. [Online: Octubre 2018] doi: 10.3390/app8101804
JCR-JIF: 2,217 Q2 (2018); 2,900 Q2 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 0,555 Q2 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 1,631 Q3 (2016); 3,400 Q2 (2025) - SJR: Q2 (2016); 0,520 Q2 (2025) B.Y. Moratilla, R. Ruiz-Sánchez, M. Estadieu, B. Belda-Sánchez, C. Cordón Peralta, P. Martín-Cañas, L. Rodríguez-Penalonga, M.M. Cledera-Castro, M.A. Sáenz-Nuño, C. Morales-Polo, "Impact of the taxes on used nuclear fuel on the fuel cycle economics in Spain", Energies, Vol. 8, nº. 2, pp. 1426 - 1439, Febrero 2015. [Online: Febrero 2015] doi: 10.3390/en8021426
JCR-JIF: 2,077 Q3 (2015); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,748 Q1 (2025) 
