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García de Andrés, Xènia (Date of defense: 2022-10-25)
(English) Labels misplacement in the bottles are currently causing problems in wine cellar's labelling lines. According to data provided by Codorníu and Torres cellars, 1 % of the bottles present this issue. Once the wine ...
Ferrero, Fabio (Date of defense: 2006-06-21)
Though the number of studies on pool fires is relevant, the characteristics of boilover are not yet totally understood. Boilover is one of the most dangerous phenomena that can occur when the fuel is burning above a water ...
Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel (Date of defense: 2019-10-30)
Forest fires are natural phenomena essential for ecosystem balance. However, their impact on society is increasing. Emergency managers are facing unprecedented crises producing massive evacuations, numerous casualties and ...
Moreno Benito, Marta (Date of defense: 2014-03-06)
Specialty chemicals industry relies on batch manufacturing, since it requires the frequent adaptation of production systems to market fluctuations. To be first in the market, batch industry requires decision-support systems ...
Zamarripa Pérez, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2013-07-01)
El objetivo general de esta Tesis es mejorar el proceso de la toma de decisiones en la gestión de cadenas de suministro, tomando en cuenta principalmente dos diferencias: ser competitivo considerando las decisiones propias ...
Capón García, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2011-06-28)
In the current environment of markets globalization and fierce competition, process industries must strive to remain competitive. In this sense, companies pursue decision integration among the different space and time ...
Cantón Padilla, Jorge (Date of defense: 2003-06-17)
La planificación de la producción en plantas de proceso discontinuo es uno de los problemas más complejos e importantes para una amplia variedad de procesos industriales. A pesar de esta importancia la planificación de la ...
Echevarría Díez-Canedo, Carlos (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)
(English) Climate change and overpopulation are responsible for more frequent droughts, and the imbalance in the water resources management leads to a greater competition in the exploitation of freshwater sources. The ...
Reig i Amat, Mònica (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
Nowadays, due to the growing fresh water demand, several processes are used to purify seawater by means of desalination or industrial brackish water by different treatment processes. The main limitation of these techniques ...
López Rodríguez, Julio (Date of defense: 2019-12-17)
Nowadays mining and hydrometallurgical industries generate a considerable amount of acidic liquid wastes (ALWs), which are characterised by a low pH and the presence of metals (e.g. Fe, Cu, Zn and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) ...
González Dan, José Roberto (Date of defense: 2015-11-06)
The frequency of occurrence of an accident is a key aspect in the risk assessment field. Variables such as the human factor, which is a major cause of undesired events in process industries, are usually not considered ...
Rios Rubiras, Oriol (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)
Wildfires 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 ...
López Hernández, Arianne (Date of defense: 2023-12-20)
(English) Getting to give added value in the different products that are nowadays in the market has not been easy. Since many years ago we have worked on the addition of fragrances in different articles. This added value ...
Azman, Nurul Aini Binti Mohd (Date of defense: 2015-12-22)
In this PhD it has been analyzed the antioxidant activity of five plants: Camelia sinensis, Gentian lutea, Betula pendula, Convolvulus arvensis and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. An Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance has been ...
Tolentino Chivite, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2014-04-29)
Biopolymers are polymers produced by living organisms. A more broad classification would embrace also those polymers synthesized from renewable sources which are able to display biodegradability. The demand of biopolymers ...
Gamarra Montes, Ana (Date of defense: 2018-07-13)
In 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 ...
Bautista Betancur, Mayka Irina (Date of defense: 2015-09-21)
A polymer containing small amounts of ionic groups either along the polymer backbone chains or as pendant groups is defined as ionomer. As originally proposed by Eisenberg, the interaction between ionic groups leads to the ...
Muñoz Mata, Edrisi (Date of defense: 2011-12-12)
Nowadays, factors such as globalization of trade, market uncertainty and fierce competition involve dwindling error margins in enterprises. Two key aspects for achieve it are the viability and the competitiveness of ...
Bojarski, Aaron David (Date of defense: 2010-10-07)
La industria es comúnmente vista como una fuente de degradación ambiental y de consumo de recursos, a pesar de ello es una parte vital del desarrollo social y de la creación de riqueza. Del mismo modo, los sistemas ...
Lapo Calderón, Byron Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2023-07-12)
(English) Rare earths elements (REE) are crucial elements to the future of technology, particularly to the power generation and road transport. One of the most sustainable processes to recover rare earths is biosorption. ...