Departament d'Enginyeria Química
Recent Submissions
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Design and analysis of dual-curing systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-17)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessDual-curing processing is a method to prepare thermoset materials through two polymerization reactions carried out simultaneously or sequentially. In these processes, a firm understanding of reaction mechanisms enables ... -
Ionic complexes of naturally-occurring biopolymers and cationic surfactants : a platform for industrial and biomedical applications
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-13)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn recent years, the increasing public concern about the environmental pollution caused by persistent plastic wastes has stimulated the interest in replacing synthetic polymers by biopolymers. The term biopolymer refers ... -
Inverse modelling in wildfire spread forecasting: towards a data-driven system
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-11-30)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessWildfires are an ecological phenomenon inherent to earth dynamics and widely spread over the globe. In addition to the environmental impact, when wildfires grow beyond controllable magnitudes, they pose a principal threat ... -
Enhancing the thermal efficiency of a salinity gradient solar pond. Implementation of the study in the design, construction, salinity gradient establishment, operation and energy transfer at industrial scale
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-02-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe energy model in the last decades has been dominated by the consumption of fossil fuels assuming a high environmental cost. Global warming and the destruction of the ozone layer are two examples of the deterioration ... -
A contribution to support decision making in energy/water sypply chain optimisation
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-02-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe seeking of process sustainability forces enterprises to change their operations. Additionally, the industrial globalization implies a very dynamic market that, among other issues, promotes the enterprises competition. ... -
Study of conductive polymers, biomolecules and their hybrids through computational approaches
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-03-08)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn this thesis, different theoretical approaches designed to study a wide interval of length- and/or time-scales have been used to examine the microscopic properties of chemical systems with varying degrees of complexity ... -
Towards the wastewater treatment plant of the future : integration of carbon redirection and nitrogen recovery technologies
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-12-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessMost of the urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), based on conventional activated sludge (CAS) systems, cannot be considered sustainable since the concept of resources (energy and nutrients) recovery is not taken into ... -
Nutrient recovery from waste water treatment plant by sorption processes : technical and economic analysis
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-11-29)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn the last years has been performed a huge number of research related to nutrients (mainly N and P) recovery from waste water in order to promote their reuse and also to avoid eutrophication. Recovering nutrient from waste ... -
The role of superplasticizers and their degradation products on radionuclide mobility
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe most widely accepted option for the long-term management of radioactive waste materials considers their disposal in deep underground facilities (examples are Finland, Belgium, France, Sweden, etc.). Such installations ... -
Data driven methods for updating fault detection and diagnosis system in chemical processes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-23)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessModern industrial processes are becoming more complex, and consequently monitoring them has become a challenging task. Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) as a key element of process monitoring, needs to be investigated ... -
Characterization of amino acid changes in visual pigment evolution and interaction with associated proteins
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-06-11)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessVisual opsins are G protein-coupled receptors that function as light photoreceptors in the vertebrate retina. Rhodopsin is the visual pigment located in the rod photoreceptor cells specialized in scotopic vision. Bovine ... -
Application of computer simulation approaches to study the structure and properties of polymeric systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-12-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe study at the nanoscopic level of the polymeric systems is a keystone for a deeper understanding of their internal structure and properties, not only at nanometric scale but also at macroscopic level. The disciplines ...
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