Institut de Tècniques Energètiques
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Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and how to accelerate the development and commercialization of carbon capture technologies and carbon-based products in the European and United States markets
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-11-04)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Politecnico di TorinoThe main theme of this work revolves around the CO2 molecule, a stable waste gas of low value, low energy and often available in large quantities in different places. This work examines some viable avenues for capturing, ... -
Local optics corrections in the HL-LHC
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-06-16)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn order to increase the performance of particle colliders, it is crucial to make the beam sizes at the collision points as small as possible. This causes an increase of the beam size in the region surrounding the collision ... -
Valorization of low concentration sugar side-stream from dissolving pulp production
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-12-16)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessAmong the platform chemicals that can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass, furfural (FUR) constitutes a promising intermediate that can be processed into a variety of advanced end products. In this thesis, the ... -
Island-based polygeneration systems : feasibility of biomass-driven distributed concepts
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-02-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe colossal risks and challenges posed by climate change require innovative solutions that must fulfil energy service demands sustainably. The concept of small-scale, biomass-based polygeneration (SBP) is one such ... -
Solar fuels via two-step thermochemical redox cycles for power and fuel production
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-23)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Politecnico di TorinoWith the issue of the rise of anthropogenic CO2, global warming and rise of the primary energy demand, strong measures for the energy transition and the diversification with renewables and existing fossil-based infrastructure ... -
Neutron capture cross section measurement of the heaviest s-process branching 204Tl and of 203Tl at CERN n_TOF
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-10-27)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessNeutron capture cross sections are fundamental in the study of the slow neutron capture process of nucleosynthesis, also known as the s-process, which produces half of the observed solar system abundances of elements heavier ... -
Study of a Compton camera based on CsI(Tl) scintillator bars for radiological environmental imaging
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-10-26)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessCompton cameras are used for radiological imaging, which can be useful in environmental applications and especially in determining the position of hidden sources. Current Compton cameras are based on pixelated detectors ... -
Enhancement of methane production from the anaerobic digestion of chemical pulp and paper mill effluents
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-05-04)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Aalto-yliopistoSustainability of resources such as energy, water and waste have become important drivers in our current economy. For large industries that are water and energy intensive like pulp and paper (P&P) mills, this is a specifically ... -
Levels and behaviour of radionuclides in water treatment plants : the case of the Barcelona metropolitan area urban water cycle
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-02-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe Barcelona metropolitan area (BMA; 3.2 M inhabitants) has an integrated urban water cycle management. Different type of treatment plants are located along the drinking, sewerage and reuse networks where specific treatments ... -
Advanced carbon capture and storage technologies
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-09-30)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn this work two research topics are presented: investigation of carbonation reactions of high – calcium waste materials and CO2 storage in coal. Firstly, sorption capacity of CO2 and CH4 of hard coal and associated ... -
Development and assessment of estimate methods for internal dosimetry using PET/CT
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-04-03)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe aim of this thesis was to assess and develop internal dose calculations methods in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures to patients undergone PET/CT explorations. Towards this objective, the accuracy ... -
Contributions to new challenges in radiotherapy : from small field dosimetry to stereotactic body radiation therapy
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-12-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe use of small Fields has substantially increased in radiotherapy during recent years mainly due to expansion in the use of modulated techniques which are also used at some institutions for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy ...
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