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Johansson, Sara (Fecha de defensa: 2019-04-29)
Increasing awareness on the limited nature of the raw materials for the production of inorganic fertilizer is pushing for a shift from removal to recovery of nutrients from waste streams. In municipal ...
Ramió Pujol, Sara (Fecha de defensa: 2016-07-07)
This doctoral thesis deals with the synthesis of two biofuels (bioethanol and biobuthanol) by bacteria. Concretely, the thesis is focused on a group of bacteria able to grow in a simple substrate such ...
Cabrera-Codony, Alba (Fecha de defensa: 2016-07-27)
The thesis deals with removal of organosilicon compounds in the energy recovery of biogas. Alternative adsorbents for the siloxane removal were studied, and the physical and chemical mechanisms involved ...
Vilà-Rovira, Albert (Fecha de defensa: 2017-10-20)
This doctoral thesis has integrated biological models (activated sludge models “ASM”) with simulation tools of computational fluid dynamics “CFD”, and has applied them to the design of two advanced ...
Gabarrón Fernández, Sara (Fecha de defensa: 2014-05-16)
This thesis is based on diagnosing, assessing and optimising the design and operation of membrane bioreactors (MBR) used for treating municipal wastewater. Specifically, this thesis has been carried out ...
Vega Martínez, Esther (Fecha de defensa: 2014-07-30)
Environmental pollution related to odour emission has become in the last years an important public concern. Closeness of odour-causing facilities such as waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) to urban ...
Santos Clotas, Eric (Fecha de defensa: 2019-11-08)
The anaerobic digestion of organic matter causes the formation of biogas that can be used in energy conversion systems for the production of electricity and heat, injection into the gas grid or as a ...
Gabarró i Bartual, Jordi (Fecha de defensa: 2014-07-18)
The biological treatment of industrial wastewater containing high nitrogen concentrations (>1000 mg N L-1) and low biodegradable organic matter (bCOD) such as landfill leachate is nowadays challenging. ...
Castillo Llorens, Alba (Fecha de defensa: 2017-03-17)
The selection of the most appropriate wastewater treatment involves a complex decision making process. For that reason, some tools have been developed in recent years in order to deal with this complexity, ...
Dalmau Figueras, Montserrat (Fecha de defensa: 2014-10-17)
Membrane bioreactors (MBR) are a combination of common bioreactors and membrane filtration units for biomass retention, presenting unique advantages like high effluent quality and a smaller footprint ...