Maione, Silvana (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)
In the last decade, conductive polymers have received great interest in both scientific and technological levels due to the electroactive properties exhibited by these materials. For this reason, the ...
Silvente Saiz, Javier (Date of defense: 2016-02-17)
Nowadays, market trends have made companies modify the way of doing business. The current context of globalization, economic crisis, political conditions and competence among enterprises involves the ...
Lopes Rodrigues, Maximilien (Date of defense: 2019-11-11)
This thesis focuses on the preparation of nanomaterials made of proteins and polymers. Even though the technology has advanced in the last decades to design new devices at the atomic scale, researchers ...
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 ...
Morakabatchiankar, Shabnam (Date of defense: 2021-07-22)
Towards sustainability forces process industries to change their traditional patterns. Therefore, efficient retrofitting has been a significant challenge and raised several issues, motivating the process ...
Guaya Caraguay, Diana Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2017-03-22)
Phosphate and ammonium removal from waste water by adsorption using inorganic natural sorbents has been identified as a promising technology. The advantages of this methodology are associated with its ...
Puig Durán, Martí (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
It is broadly known that efficient ports are crucial for the economic development of their surrounding area. However, the loading and unloading of goods in the ports, the related ship traffic, and the ...
Shokry Abdelaleem Taha Zied, Ahmed (Date of defense: 2021-05-05)
In the chemical process industry, the decision-making hierarchy is inherently model-based. The scale and complexity of the considered models (e.g., enterprise, plant or unit model) depend on the ...
Basco Montia, Josep (Date of defense: 2016-02-01)
Chemical plants and other industrial installations process and store hazardous materials, which represent a certain risk to people, equipment and the environment. Overpressure is one of the most common ...
Montenegro Landivar, María Fernanda (Date of defense: 2022-09-21)
The residues resulting from orange and spinach processing, composed mainly by peels and seeds; and leaves, respectively, contain relevant amounts of polyphenols, so they can be used as raw material for ...