Social Appropriation of Knowledge School of Technology

Social Appropriation of Knowledge School of Technology

Technology and technological education are fundamental for promoting a country’s development. A country that does not produce its own technology is doomed todepend on the production of other nations, leading to excessive expenses from importing components and equipment that could be locally produced, along with thecreation of qualified jobs that this would entail. This book presents three research findings from the School of Technology. The first pertains to the implementation and analysis of an electric vehicle chargingstation powered by solar energy. This project serves as a technological development benchmark, significantly contributing to the mitigation of environmental impactby utilizing an electric vehicle that replaces a combustion engine, thereby reducing pollution while employing a renewable energy source—solar power.
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Design, Implementation, and Analysis of a Solar Charging Station for Vehicles
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Methodology
      • 2.1. Planning and sizing of the solar electric station
      • 2.2. Preliminary simulation of the monthly power generation of the solar system to be installed
      • 2.3. System load design
      • 2.4. System Assembly
    • 3. Results and discussion
    • 4. Conclusions
    • References
  • 2. Levels of Trihalomethanes in Swimming Pool Waters
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Materials and methods
      • 2.1. Standard solutions
      • 2.2. Optimization of the HS-SPME method
      • 2.3. HS-SPME-GC-µECD analysis
      • 2.4. Laboratory proficiency testing
      • 2.5. The concentration of trihalomethanes in swimming pool waters in Tuluá and Pereira, Colombia
    • 3. Results and discussion
      • 3.1. Optimization of the method
      • 3.2. Analytical parameters of the method
      • 3.3. Laboratory proficiency testing of the method
      • 3.4. Concentration of trihalomethanes in swimming pools in Pereira and Tuluá
    • 4. Conclusions
    • References
  • 3. Antibacterial Activity of Chitin Extracted from Chrysalides of Bombyx mori L. Hybrid Pilamo
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Materials and methods
      • 2.1. Materials
      • 2.2. Pretreatment
      • 2.3. Deproteinization
      • 2.4. Cleaning
      • 2.5 Demineralization
      • 2.6. Characterization of chitin by infrared spectroscopy
      • 2.7. Antibacterial activity evaluation
    • 3. Results and discussion
      • 3.1. Extraction performance
      • 3.2 Characterization of chitin by infrared spectroscopy
    • 4. Conclusion
    • 5. Acknowledgments
    • References