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[EN] The following article describes the work of dynamic segmentation of daily load profiles throughout years 2008 and 2009, of a representative sample of Spanish residential customers. The technique applied is classification of the energy consumption time series of load profiles by means of dynamic clustering algorithms. The techniques used and analysis performed prove adequate as a fast tool to classify clients according to their energy consumption patterns, as well as to evaluate their overall energy consumption trends at a glance. The segmentation of the energy consumption load profiles is performed, and the results are analyzed and discussed. ; The works developed in this document have been possible thanks to Iberdrola Distribucion Electrica S.A.U. and the development of the GAD project. The GAD or "Active Demand Management" (in Spanish) project was a project supported by the Spanish Government, and participated by 14 different companies and 14 research centers. It was sponsored by the CDTI (Technological Development Centre of the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain), and financed by the INGENIO 2010 program. ; Benítez Sánchez, IJ.; Quijano-Lopez, A.; Diez, J.; Delgado Espinos, I. (2014). Dynamic clustering segmentation applied to load profiles of energy consumption from Spanish customers. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 55:437-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2013.09.022 ; S ; 437 ; 448 ; 55

1 4 301 ; S ; [En] Cellular polymers have recently attracted attention for their property of exhibiting a piezoelectric constant when they are electrically charged. The electrostatic charge generated in the voids by the internal discharges creates and internal macrodipole which is responsible for the piezoelectric effect. Charging by corona discharge is the most used method for cellular polymers. Many works has been published on polypropylene and polyethylene films mainly focused on the required expansion process or on the results obtained for raw cellular materials electrically activated. Our work is based on commercial polyethylene cellular films which have been physically characterized and electrically activated. The effect of thermal treatment, physical uniaxial or biaxial stretching and corona charging was investigated. The new method of corona charging improved the piezoelectric constant under other activation conditions. This work has been developed under the project Intelligent Materials with Mechanical and Electrical Properties interaction (E-MAT)" which has been submitted for funding with reference number IMDEEA/2011/13 to the call of Technological Centers of IMPIVA Network 2011, Strategic development program (action 1, R+D projects) financed by the Generalitat Valenciana through the Instituto de la Mediana y Pequena Empresa Valenciana (IMPIVA) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Ortega Braña, GE.; Llovera Segovia, P.; Magraner Bella, F.; Quijano Lopez, A. (2011). Influence of corona charging in cellular polyethlene film. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 301:1-4. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/301/1/012054 Fukada, E. (2000). History and recent progress in piezoelectric polymers. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 47(6), 1277-1290. doi:10.1109/58.883516 Sessler, G. M., & Hillenbrand, J. (1999). Electromechanical response of cellular electret films. Applied Physics Letters, 75(21), 3405-3407. doi:10.1063/1.125308 Hillenbrand, J., & Sessler, G. M. ...

Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of volunteers from the Galician (CEMMA) and Portuguese (SPVS) stranding networks. They also thank E. Dalgarno, L. Phillips, I. Hussy and J. A. Scurfield for their help with the organochlorine analysis. We would like to thank R. Gallois and C. Trichet, for their participation in the determination of total lipid content. This work was supported through the PhD grant of PMF from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology of the Government of Portugal (SFRH/BD/36766/2007). GJP acknowledges support from the EU under the ANIMATE project (MEXC-CT-2006-042337). MBS was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Programa Nacional de Movilidad de Recursos Humanos de Investigación (PR-2010-0518) and the LOTOFPEL project (Plan Nacional de I + D + I, CTM 2010–16053). Two anonymous reviewers and the associate editor F. Riget are thanked for helpful suggestions and comments on an earlier form of this manuscript. ; Peer reviewed ; Postprint

The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of volunteers from the Galician (CEMMA) and Portuguese (SPVS) stranding networks. The authors would like to thank R. Gallois and C. Trichet for their participation on total lipid content analysis. P. Méndez-Fernandez was supported during the research period through a PhD grant from the Fundação do Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal and ANIMATE project (SFRH/BD/36766/2007) and through a Science Without Borders (CSF) young talent postdoctoral grant of the Brazilian government. G. J. Pierce acknowledges support from the EU ANIMATE project (MEXC-CT-2006-042337), University of Aveiro and Caixa Geral de Depósitos (Portugal). ; Peer reviewed ; Postprint

The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of volunteers from the Galician (CEMMA) and Portuguese (SPVS) stranding networks. The authors would like to thank R. Gallois and C. Trichet for their participation on total lipid content analysis. P. Méndez-Fernandez was supported during the research period through a PhD grant from the Fundação do Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal and ANIMATE project (SFRH/BD/36766/2007) and through a Science Without Borders (CSF) young talent postdoctoral grant of the Brazilian government. G. J. Pierce acknowledges support from the EU ANIMATE project (MEXC-CT-2006-042337), University of Aveiro and Caixa Geral de Depósitos (Portugal). ; Peer reviewed ; Postprint