Departament d'Enginyeria Química
Enviaments recents
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Obtaining micro- and nanotextured functional surfaces on thermoplastics via injection moulding techniques using laser textured metallic inserts and NIL (nano-imprint lithography) -textured polymeric films
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-10-06)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Surfaces with special functionalities owed to their surface topographies or textures are present all around us in nature. Millions of living organisms around us profit from those special functionalities thanks ... -
Partial oxidation of methane into syngas at low temperature
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-10-27)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Syngas (a mixture of H2 and CO) is a versatile feedstock that can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals and fuels. For that reason, there is a great interest to optimize and explore new routes for its ... -
Risk analysis of jet fires thermal effects
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-20)
Tesi
Accés restringit per acord de confidencialitat(English) The historical analysis performed has shown that jet fires have been the origin of a high number of domino effect accidents, both in the process industry and in the transportation of flammable fluids by pipelines ... -
Lignocellulosic wastes and chitosan composites applied to recover rare earth elements by liquid-solid separation
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-12)
Tesi
Accés restringit per acord de confidencialitat(English) Rare earths elements (REE) are crucial elements to the future of technology, particularly to the power generation and road transport. One of the most sustainable processes to recover rare earths is biosorption. ... -
Mechanochemical preparation of TiO2-based photocatalysts for hydrogen production
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-05-19)
Tesi
Accés restringit per acord de confidencialitat(English) Metal clusters and single atoms have been considered as effective cocatalysts for the enhancement of photocatalytic hydrogen production dueto their singular geometric structures, electronic properties and unique ... -
Fire risk analysis framework at the wildland-urban interface
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-20)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Wildfires that reach the border between the wildland and urban areas, defined as the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), have rapidly expanded in frequency and severity over the past few decades, and the number of ... -
Simulación y desarrollo de reactores catalíticos de membrana para la tecnología del hidrógeno
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-01-19)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) This thesis focuses on the study of the catalytic production of hydrogen from methanol and water. Catalytic production is carried out in a catalytic membrane reactor which manages to produce and purify hydrogen. ... -
Titanium dioxide and nanoshaped ceria for solar hydrogen production
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-21)
Tesi
Accés obertThis work facuses on the study of these processes on Ti02 and Ce02, respectively. Although the development of photocatalytic research with the use of semiconductor photocatalysts does not last longer than about 40 years, ... -
Del mur romànic al museu. La tècnica de la pintura mural romànica i del seu traspàs amb morters de caseïna
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-11-17)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) An important collection of Romanesque wall paintings, detached from their original places at the beginning of the 20th century, is now preserved and exhibited in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. To define ... -
Polymer-zirconia based ceramic composites produced by 3D-printing
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-11-09)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Zirconia ceramic is widely used in numerous fields, such as electronics, machinery, and biomedical applications, due to its excellent properties as chemical resistance, thermal stability, electrical resistance, ... -
In situ studies of catalytic processes by Near Ambient X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-25)
Tesi
Accés obert(English) Labels misplacement in the bottles are currently causing problems in wine cellar's labelling lines. According to data provided by Codorníu and Torres cellars, 1 % of the bottles present this issue. Once the wine ... -
ECO-DWOR: ECOlogical finishing agents for Durable Water & Oil-Repellent textiles with advanced functionalities
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-18)
Tesi
Accés obertFluorinated chemicals, commonly known as per- and polyfluoroalkyt substances (PFASs), are widely used to obtain water-, oil- and stain-repellent texUles. The constant development and optimization of fluorochemicals for ...