Browsing by Subject "Water pollution"

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    • A Software system for the microbial source tracking problem 

      Sánchez-Mendoza, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-06-20)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      The Microbial Source Tracking problem (MST) has to do with the determination of the fecal pollution origin in waters by the use of microbial and chemical indicators. This document introduces a methodology for solving MST ...

    • A solution for robotized sampling in wastewater plants 

      Guerra Paradas, Edmundo; Bolea Monte, Yolanda; Grau Saldes, Antoni; Munguía Alcalá, Rodrigo Francisco; Gámiz Caro, Javier Francisco (IEEE Press, 2016)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      This work presents a solution to automatize the water sampling process of outdoor basins in a wastewater treatment plant. The system proposed is based on the utilization of collaborative robotics: a team of an UAV and a ...

    • Análisis de datos composicionales: aguas, contaminantes, recursos, sociología... 

      Egozcue Rubí, Juan José; Tolosana Delgado, Raimon; Jarauta Bragulat, Eusebio; Ortego Martínez, María Isabel; Díaz Barrero, José Luis (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins Canals i Ports de Barcelona, 2011-11-15)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Los datos composicionales describen las partes de un todo. Se presentan en forma de vectores proporciones, porcentajes, concentraciones químicas etc. y aparecen en multitud de campos de la ciencia y la ingeniería. A pesar ...

    • Análisis probabilístico de estándares de emisión para el dimensionamiento volumétrico de tanques de tormenta 

      Andrés-Doménech, Ignacio; Marco Segura, Juan B.; Vallés Morán, Francisco J.; Albentosa Hernández, Eduardo (Fundación para el Fomento de la Ingeniería del Agua, 2010-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      El impacto ambiental sobre los medios receptores que provocan los vertidos de escorrentías urbanas desde un tanque de tormentas para el control de la contaminación puede enfocarse de dos formas diferentes: estableciendo ...

    • Aplicació i serveis web per Ichnaea Software 

      Velazco Sanchez, Nahuel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06-27)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement

    • Aplicación de tecnologías facilitadoras para la mejora de un sistema de tratamiento de efluentes de lodos activados 

      Giménez Costa, Martín Nicolás (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-07)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      In the present work, the operation of an activated sludge reactor and the incorporation of different technologies are exposed to improve its operation, monitoring, reduce operating and installation costs, and how can even ...

    • Contaminated Soil Biomonitoring: Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) in invertebrate communities (SOILBIOMONITOR) 

      Riva Juan, Mª del Carmen; Bori Dols, Jaume (Campus de Terrassa de la UPC, 2013-06-13)
      Conference report
      Open Access

    • Degradación de contaminantes de preocupación emergente por medio de fotocatálisis heterogénea 

      Domínguez Pardo, Álvaro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-05)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Las aguas superficiales próximas a áreas urbanas suelen presentar trazas de compuestos orgánicos de naturaleza recalcitrante o no biodegradables, tales como productos farmacéuticos, pesticidas, químicos industriales, ...

    • Desempenho da filtração lenta empregada no tratamento da carga de DBO oriunda de esgoto doméstico 

      Melo Júnior, Ariston S.; Merij, Abrão C.; Ribeiro, Kleber A.; Gerardini, Leonardo (Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa / Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie de São Paulo / Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas / Grup de Recerca en Urbanisme de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Academia de Escolas de Arquitectura e Urbanismo de Língua Portugues, 2020-06)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Devido à preocupação atual com a preservação das fontes de água potável para as futuras gerações, cada vez mais tem sido importante o estudo de novos processos e tecnologias para tratamento do esgoto gerado pela sociedade. ...

    • Diseño de una práctica docente para evaluar de forma multidisciplinar la calidad del agua 

      Romero, Carmen; Amante García, Beatriz (2011)
      Article
      Open Access
      Uno de los elementos clave del éxito del Plan de Convergencia Europea es la coordinación del profesorado implicado en una misma licenciatura. Cada materia es un proyecto de formación específica pero que no actúa aisladamente ...

    • Dynamic model for a water distribution network: application to leak diagnosis and quality monitoring 

      Delgado-Aguiñaga, J.A.; Becerra-López, F.I.; Torres, L; Besançon, G; Puig Cayuela, Vicenç; Jiménez Magaña, Martín Rubén (2020)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      This paper presents a model based on the rigid water column (RWC) theory to describe the ow and the decay of chlorine in water distribution networks (WDNs), which can be used for developing tools to diagnose leaks and ...

    • ICHNAEA 2.0: un programari pel modelatge en microbiologia 

      Pérez Pérez, Aitor (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-01-24)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      ICHNAEA 2.0 és un programari que fa servir diferents tècniques de Machine Learning per a donar solució a un problema en microbiologia anomenat MST (Microbial Source Tracking), determinant l'origen dels residus fecals ...

    • Industrial symbiosis between the winery and environmental industry through the Utilization of grape marc for water desalination containing copper(II) 

      Bustos, G; Calvar, S; Vecino Bello, Xanel; Cruz Freire, José Manuel; Moldes Menduíña, Ana Belén (2018-02-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      A bioadsorbent formulated with a secondary raw material, consisting of grape marc, subjected to a bioxidize process and entrapped in calcium alginate beads, was used for the desalination of water containing copper(II) ...

    • Open loop exhaust gas cleaning system, a deep analysis of effects produced by its residual waters 

      Díaz Delgado, Nelson Gustavo; Martínez de Osés, Francesc Xavier; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Ciència i Enginyeria Nàutiques, 2020-09)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      New regulation implemented through Marpol Convention on its Annex VI has come into force on 01st January 2020. We are talking about a new sulphur cap in fuels used by ships which is established in a 0.5% mass/mass. We can ...

    • Self-propelled micromotors for cleaning polluted water 

      Soler Turu, Lluís; Magdanz, Veronika; Fomin, Vladimir M.; Sanchez, Samuel; Schmidt, Oliver G. (2013-11-01)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      We describe the use of catalytically self-propelled microjets (dubbed micromotors) for degrading organic pollutants in water via the Fenton oxidation process. The tubular micromotors are composed of rolled-up functional ...

    • Sources of contamination and modelled pollutant trajectories in a Mediterranean harbour (Tarragona, Spain) 

      Mestres Ridge, Marc; Sierra Pedrico, Juan Pablo; Mösso Aranda, César; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (2010-06)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      The proximity of commercial harbours to residential areas and the growing environmental awareness of society have led most port authorities to include environmental management within their administration plan. Regarding ...

    • Water pollution monitoring by an artificial sensory system performing in terms of Vibrio fischeri bacteria 

      Zadorozhnaya, Olesya; Kirsanov, Dmitry; Buzhinsky, Igor; Tsarev, Fedor; Abramova, Natalia; Andrey, Bratov; Muñoz, Francesc Javier; Ribó, Joan; Bori Dols, Jaume; Riva Juan, Mª del Carmen; Legin, Andrey (2015-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      This report describes the application of potentiometric multisensory system for estimation of water samples toxicity in terms of Microtox ® analyzer—a widespread instrument for toxicity evaluation. The working principle ...