Departament d'Enginyeria Química
Recent Submissions
-
Antioxidant properties and applications of pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-02-18)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessAt the present time, the environmental challenges are the second concern on a global level, and the first one in some countries. This is one of the main reasons behind the recent boost of new methods of production within ... -
Optimization strategies for efficient dosage of H2O2 in Fenton and photo-Fenton processes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-07)
Doctoral thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThis Thesis work addresses the challenge of designing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dosage Strategies for improving Fenton and photo-Fenton applications. The determination of the H2O2 dosage scheme that minimizes hydrogen ... -
TiO2-based heterostructure photocatalysts for enhanced hydrogen production
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-30)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe photocatalytic production of hydrogen from water and biomass derivatives such as ethanol, glycerol and sugars is a highly attractive strategy to generate environmentally benign hydrogen. Ethanol is more easily oxidized ... -
Ultrasound micromolding technique and real-time X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation : applications to porous scaffolds for biomedical devices and study of thermal-induced transitions
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-16)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessCurrent market trend is moving to miniaturized specimens, especially in the biomedical field seeking high effective and less invasive treatrnent. Ultrasound (US) micromolding is a new technique developed to the aim of ... -
A contribution to sustainable management of integrated material/energy networks in process industries
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessTowards sustainability forces process industries to change their traditional patterns. Therefore, efficient retrofitting has been a significant challenge and raised several issues, motivating the process system engineering ... -
A study of epoxy composites for high thermal conductivty applications
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-08)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessNowadays. both electronic and microelectronic circuits have great relevance and wide application in our daily lives and are increasingly being used with higher powers and frequencies. One of the main problems faced by their ... -
Synthesis and characterization of polycarbonates from epoxidized vegetable oils, propylene oxide and carbon dioxide
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-05-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe current research is primarily focused on the preparation of a polycarbonate using epoxidized linseed oil (ELO) and epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) as feedstocks. The presence of unsaturation in vegetable oil structure ... -
A contribution to chemical process operation support: new machine learning and surrogate models based approaches for process optimization, supervision and control
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-05-05)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn the chemical process industry, the decision-making hierarchy is inherently model-based. The scale and complexity of the considered models (e.g., enterprise, plant or unit model) depend on the decision-making level (e.g., ... -
Study on crystallinity, properties and degradability of poly-4-hidroxybutyrate and related polyesters
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-04-14)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn the last decades, polymeric biomaterials, due to their advanced physical and mechanical properties, have been used in a vast variety of surgical and pharmaceutical applications. In this thesis, a study on crystallinity, ... -
Study on adsorption behavior of rare earth elements onto magnetic nanocomposites of carboxymethyl chitosan, alginate and novel biodegradable polyamide
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-16)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessRare Earth Elements (REEs) are known as the remarkable components in many technologies that are driving the modern world. They are widely used in chemical engineering, permanent magnets, fluorescent lighting, sensors, cell ... -
Rare earth elements recovery from E-wastes by solvent extraction and supported liquid membrane processes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessNowadays, rare earth elements (REEs) have gained importance due to their indispensable and critical use in many high-tech industries like hybrid cars, fluorescent lamps, flat screen televisions, mobile phones, disc drives ... -
Decision support strategies for the efficient implementation of circular economy principles in process systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-03-26)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEconomic growth at any expense is no longer an option. Awareness of the growing human footprint is crucial to face the problems that the impoverishment of ecosystems is causing and will cause in the future. One of the key ...
RSS 1.0