Mekala, Samuel J. (Date of defense: 2017-03-20)
Packed bed reactors are widely used in various chemical processes. Fundamental understanding of the heat and mass transfer phenomena in the packed beds is essential for better modelling of these processes. ...
Somoza Tornos, Ana (Date of defense: 2020-03-26)
Economic 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 ...
Medina González, Sergio Armando (Date of defense: 2019-02-22)
The 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 ...
Dombayci, Canan (Date of defense: 2019-05-27)
This Thesis addresses the systematic construction of Decision Making Models (DMMs) from the conceptualization stage to its application in specific situations, with special emphasis on !he treatment of ...
Morales Huerta, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2018-02-26)
In recent years, as a result of climate change, the interest in sustainable materials has increased dramatically. The replacement of compounds of petrochemical origin by bio-based has spread to all areas ...
Sancho Lacalle, Irene (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)
Most 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 ...
Ardakani, Mohammad Hamed (Date of defense: 2018-07-23)
Modern 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 ...
Zakharova, Elena (Date of defense: 2017-12-11)
In this century, the major use of synthetic polymers have been as replacements for more traditional materials, particulary in packaging. Today the packaging industry is by far the major user of plastics. ...
García Cobos, David Manuel (Date of defense: 2018-09-20)
The 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.). ...
Ruano Torres, Guillem (Date of defense: 2021-11-12)
Depletion of natural resources and non-renewable energy sources has recently accelerated due to the development of globalized economy and industrialization. During the last years, the scientific community ...