Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
L’Institut de Tècniques Energètiques (INTE) centra la seva activitat de recerca a l’entorn de quatre programes:1) Desenvolupaments energètics. Inclouen la tecnologia de l’hidrogen, la termohidràulica i el desenvolupament de materials. 2) Radioactivitat i medi ambient. Es treballa en el camp de la vigilància radiològica del medi ambient mitjançant el desenvolupament d'equips i procediments de mesura i la utilització de models per a la simulacó del transport dels radionúclids.3) Dosimetria i radiofísica mèdica. Les activitats d’aquest programa se centren en la metrologia i la dosimetria de les radiacions, amb especial èmfasi en les aplicacions sanitàries, tant en la mesura com en la modelització amb mètodes Monte-Carlo.4) Física nuclear i d’acceleradors. Es treballa principalment en el camp de la neutrònica i en la tecnologia d’acceleradors.
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(English) Interventional radiology procedures are associated with potentially high radiation doses to the skin. The 2013/59/EURATOM Directive establishes that the equipment used for interventional radiology must have a ...
The main theme of this work revolves around the CO2 molecule, a stable waste gas of low value, low energy and often available in large quantities in different places. This work examines some viable avenues for capturing, ...
In order to increase the performance of particle colliders, it is crucial to make the beam sizes at the collision points as small as possible. This causes an increase of the beam size in the region surrounding the collision ...
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 this thesis, the ...
The colossal risks and challenges posed by climate change require innovative solutions that must fulfil energy service demands sustainably. The concept of small-scale, biomass-based polygeneration (SBP) is one such ...
With the issue of the rise of anthropogenic CO2, global warming and rise of the primary energy demand, strong measures for the energy transition and the diversification with renewables and existing fossil-based infrastructure ...
Neutron capture cross sections are fundamental in the study of the slow neutron capture process of nucleosynthesis, also known as the s-process, which produces half of the observed solar system abundances of elements heavier ...
Compton cameras are used for radiological imaging, which can be useful in environmental applications and especially in determining the position of hidden sources. Current Compton cameras are based on pixelated detectors ...
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, this is a specifically ...
The Barcelona metropolitan area (BMA; 3.2 M inhabitants) has an integrated urban water cycle management. Different type of treatment plants are located along the drinking, sewerage and reuse networks where specific treatments ...
In this work two research topics are presented: investigation of carbonation reactions of high – calcium waste materials and CO2 storage in coal. Firstly, sorption capacity of CO2 and CH4 of hard coal and associated ...
The aim of this thesis was to assess and develop internal dose calculations methods in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures to patients undergone PET/CT explorations. Towards this objective, the accuracy ...
The use of small Fields has substantially increased in radiotherapy during recent years mainly due to expansion in the use of modulated techniques which are also used at some institutions for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy ...
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 generation of H2 ...
The present thesis is focused on the improvement of radiological surveillance networks using gamma spectrometry. Tipically they are equipped with gamma dose rate monitors, while they do not have gamma spectrometry monitors. ...
Dopaminergic neurotransmission SPECT studies with 123I-labelled radioligands can help in the diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson¿s disease and schizophrenia. Nowadays, interpretation of ...
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, compressed, or adsorbed ...
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 transfer as the amount ...
The main result of this thesis is a software system, called PRIMO, which simulates clinical linear accelerators and the subsequent dose distributions using the Monte Carlo method. PRIMO has the following features: (i) it ...
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 of the hydrogen ...
