Doctorat en Enginyeria de Processos Químics

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  • A potential lignocellulosic biomass based on banana waste for critical rare earths recovery from aqueous solutions 

    Lapo Calderón, Byron Gonzalo; Bou Serra, Jordi; Hoyo Pérez, Javier; Tzanov, Tzanko; Carrillo, Manuel; Peña, Karina; Sastre Requena, Ana María (2020-04-29)
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    Rare earth elements (REE) present multiple applications in technological devices but also drawbacks (scarcity and water contaminant). The current study aims to valorise the banana wastes - banana rachis (BR), banana ...

  • Ammonia decomposition over 3D-printed CeO2 structures loaded with Ni 

    Lucentini, Ilaria; Serrano Carreño, M. Isabel; Soler Turu, Lluís; Jiménez Divins, Nuria; Llorca Piqué, Jordi (2020-02-05)
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    Binder-free ceria pastes have been formulated and used to prepare ceria structures with a woodpile arrangement of microchannels through 3D printing. After loading them with nickel, these catalytic structures have been ...

  • Macroporous silicon coated with M/TiO2 (M=Au,Pt) as a highly efficient photoreactor for hydrogen production 

    Serafin, Jaroslaw; Soler Turu, Lluís; Vega Bru, Didac; Rodríguez Martínez, Ángel; Llorca Piqué, Jordi (2020-03-07)
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    Macroporous silicon disks containing ordered channels of 2 µm side and 0.2 mm length (9 × 106 channels cm-2) have been functionalized with a thin layer of Au/TiO2 and Pt/TiO2 photocatalysts and tested in the photoproduction ...

  • Domino effect by jet fire impingement in pipelines 

    Foroughi, Vahid; Cavini, Alessia; Palacios Rosas, Adriana; Albo Selma, Kim; Agueda Costafreda, Alba; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Casal Fàbrega, Joaquim (2019-01-01)
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    Jet fires are often considered to be a minor fire accident, as compared to pool or tank fires. However, if there is flames impingement on an equipment very high heat flux densities will be reached, which can originate its ...

  • In vitro antioxidant activity optimization of nut shell (Carya illinoinensis) by extrusion using response surface methods 

    Villasante Dueñas, Juliana; Pérez Carrillo, Esther; Heredia Olea, Erick; Meton Teijeiro, Isidoro; Almajano Pablos, María Pilar (2019-12-16)
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    The pecan (Carya illinoinensis) nut shell is an important byproduct of the food processing industry that has not been previously explored as an antioxidant compound. This work aims to study the effect of the extrusion ...

  • Antioxidant properties of Enterobacter cloacae C3 lipopeptides in vitro and in model food emulsion 

    Hmidet, Noomen; Jemil, Nawel; Ouerfelli, Manel; Almajano Pablos, María Pilar; Nasri, Moncef (2019-12-17)
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    The present work aims to investigate the in vitro antioxidant activities of Enterobacter cloacae C3 lipopeptides, as well as the stability of sunflower oil in water (o/w) emulsion and the conservation of raw beef patties. ...

  • Modelling of solid oxide electrolizer and hydrogen leak estimation 

    Cifuentes López, Alejandro; Husar, Attila Peter; Roda Serrat, Vicente; Morales Comas, Miguel; Bernadet, Lucile; Torrell Faro, Marc; Serra, Maria (2019)
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    Solid Oxide Elecyrolizers (SOEC) are electrochemical devises that produce hydrogen from water using the energy of an electric power source. SOEC operate at high temperatures (around 800ºC) and have efficiencies around 53% ...

  • Main specifications of CFD codes for WUIVIEW activities 

    Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel; Mata Miquel, Cristian; Muñoz Navarro, Juan Antonio; Scarponi, Giordano Emrys; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa (2019-04-05)
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    CFD simulations will be the core activity of the WUVIEW performance based fire safety analysis. The purpose of this document is to provide WUIVIEW partners with a general overview of the CFD codes to be used in the ...

  • Permeability dependencies on the carrier concentration and membrane viscosity for Y(III) and Eu(III) transport by using liquid membranes 

    Pavón Regaña, Sandra; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Coll Ausió, Mª Teresa; Bécue Bertaut, Mónica María; Sastre Requena, Ana María (2020-05-15)
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    The recovery of Y(III) and Eu(III) from fluorescent lamp leachates via supported liquid membranes using Cyanex 923 as a carrier has been studied. The results reveal that the transport process is mainly controlled by the ...

  • Report on LPG infrastructure impact at the WUI microscale 

    Scarponi, Giordano Emrys; Vacca, Pascale; Salzano, Ernesto; Tugnoli, Alessandro; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Cozzani, Valerio (2019-09-30)
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  • WUI state of the art and regulatory needs in Europe 

    Muñoz Navarro, Juan Antonio; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Scarponi, Giordano Emrys; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia; Agueda Costafreda, Alba (2019-08-31)
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    The document summarizes the state of the art of the regulationsrelevant to WUI in Europe, providing an organized set of references to the specific regulatory documents. It is focused on three main relevant topics: i) ...

  • Una nueva herramienta para el diseño de los tratamientos de combustible en la interfaz urbano-forestal 

    Muñoz Navarro, Juan Antonio; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia (2020)
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    La Interfaz Urbano-Forestal (IUF) constituye uno de los escenarios de mayor riesgo en incendios forestales. Esto se debe –entre otros importantes factores –al aumento en la complejidad de la emergencia, el incremento de ...

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