Rodriguez-Chiang, Lourdes (Date of defense: 2018-05-04)
Sustainability 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, ...
Martínez Martínez, Gabino Lester (Date of defense: 2019-07-11)
Hydrogen is one of the most promising solutions for the energy future, since its combustion only produces water vapour, so it does not pollute. In addition, it can be obtained from abundant and renewable ...
Jiménez Divins, Núria (Date of defense: 2015-04-10)
This Thesis focuses on the study of the catalytic production of hydrogen from a biofuel, namely the bioethanol. It also studies the subsequent purification of pre-cleaned reformate streams. The end use ...
Domínguez Escalante, Montse (Date of defense: 2016-01-15)
Hydrogen is an energy vector; it is not a direct energy source. It is an energy carrier. Hydrogen can be used to feed fuel cells (an electrochemical device), thus increasing the efficency of energy ...
Garcia, Vanesa M. (Date of defense: 2012-04-16)
This thesis presents results related to the design, modeling and control of a low temperature ethanol reformer as a source of hydrogen designed to feed a fuel cell (PEMFC). As fuel, ethanol has been ...
Ledesma Rodríguez, Cristian (Date of defense: 2011-11-25)
El modelo actual del consumo energético basado en la utilización de combustibles fósiles requiere un replanteamiento debido al agotamiento de éstos y a las emisiones de gases contaminantes que generan. ...
Gómez Millán, Gerardo (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
Among 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 ...
Castedo Rodríguez, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2018-09-21)
The depletion of fossil fuels and increase of global warming lead to a high demand for alternative energy sources that should be cheap and renewable to fulfill the future energy demand. The photocatalytic ...
Espinal Bustos, Raúl Uziel (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
Hydrogen constitutes a promising alternative to manage our energy supply more efficiently. Hydrogen can be stored and used in fuel cells to produce electricity, where it combines with the oxygen present ...
Hedayati, Ali (Date of defense: 2016-09-26)
Hydrogen is considered as a clean energy carrier that can be converted to electricity by fuel cell with high efficiency. To be economically feasible and comparable, hydrogen needs to be liquefied, ...