Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Agrària i Tecnologia Agroalimentària

La Universitat de Girona té més de 15.000 estudiants i 1.400 professors. Ofereix uns 50 estudis de grau i més de 20 màsters. S’organitza en 9 centres docents, 1 Escola de Doctorat, 6 centres adscrits. L’activitat de recerca es du a terme en 24 departaments, 12 instituts de recerca i més de 40 càtedres, a més d’un centenar de grups de recerca especialitzat. Té la seu a la ciutat de Girona i s’integra en el sistema d’universitats públiques catalanes.

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Recent Submissions

Design of hybrid nano-engineered bioprocesses for wastewater treatment 

Ponzelli, Michele (Date of defense: 2023-12-11)

Freshwater scarcity is a growing concern, prompting the exploration of water reuse strategies. Anaerobic wastewater treatment is gaining popularity due to its low energy requirements and the potential for resource recovery. ...

Materiales compuestos a partir de filamentos naturales y matriz plástica biobasada, y sus posibles aplicaciones tecnológicas 

Séculi, Faust (Date of defense: 2023-10-11)

Nowadays the problem of climate change on planet Earth has aggravated, it has become extremely important to find solutions that considerably reduce or even eliminate its causes. Among the set of solutions that have been ...

Desenvolupament del procés d’obtenció d’un concentrat proteic d’alt valor nutritiu a partir de sang procedent d’escorxadors 

Ferrer Carré, Clara (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)

Global forecasts of an impending shortage of animal protein for human consumption have led to the search for new sources of dietary protein, either from alternative plant, fungal or insect sources, or from by-products of ...

Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) as an alternative and sustainable source of novel antimicrobial compounds to improve food safety 

Rubiño Campoy, Susana (Date of defense: 2023-07-28)

Macroalgae have been recognized as an interesting source of compounds with multiple applications in different fields due to their various bioactivities since current trends are moving towards the use of alternative compounds ...

Combined application of experimental and predictive modelling approaches towards the microbial safety of ready-to-eat meat products 

Serra Castelló, Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)

The food safety challenges derived from the market demands towards convenient food, such as ready-to-eat meat products with extended durability, motivate food business operators to explore and adopt new intervention ...

Characterization, improvement and application of plant elicitor peptides as new control tools against plant pathogens 

Foix Pericot, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

La família de les Rosaceae comprèn espècies d’alta rellevància econòmica, com ho són les espècies de fruiters de clima temperat, ornamentals i medicinals. El seu cultiu, però, es veu limitat per la propagació de diversos ...

Bioelectrochemical systems for ammonium removal in contaminated water 

Osset Álvarez, Miguel (Date of defense: 2023-03-08)

Summary Nowadays, ammonium (NH4+) is a pollutant present in all kinds of water bodies, leading to multiple environmental and health issues. The current NH4+-removing technologies are very expensive, as they require a lot ...

Chemometric methods to process online spectrometry for quality monitoring of different water matrices 

Plà Castellana, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)

Water quality monitoring during the purification and sanitation processes in Drinking Water Treatment Plants (DWTP), Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) and Water Reclamation Plants (ERA) is a necessary step to obtain a ...

Roadmap for scaling up thermophilic CO2 bioreduction to acetate : shedding light on using surplus renewable energy and industrial off gases 

Rovira Alsina, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-12-02)

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is largely emitted in the ignition of fossil fuels for transport, electricity generation or other industrial processes. CO2 is an inorganic compound that exists naturally on Earth, but its concentration ...

Development of an environmental decision support system to enhance coagulation in drinking water treatment plants 

Suquet Masó, Jordi (Date of defense: 2022-07-29)

Currently, the access to safe drinking water remains to be crucial for mankind development. Due to the geographical context, changes in demography and climate change perspectives, there are regions where water resources ...

Producción, caracterización y aplicación de nanofibras procedentes de pulpas de alto rendimiento con elevado contenido de lignina 

Serra Parareda, Ferran (Date of defense: 2022-06-02)

Nanocellulose is a sustainable nanomaterial with outstanding physico-mechanical properties, a fact that confers the nanomaterial a huge potential in sectors such as the papermaking, nanocomposites, aerogels for selective ...

Electrochemical control and minimization of hydrogen sulfide formation in anaerobic systems 

Sergienko, Natalia (Date of defense: 2021-10-13)

Formation of hydrogen sulfide represents a major challenge in the operation of wastewater collection systems. Hydrogen sulfide is malodourous and toxic gas, which causes corrosion of pipes, wells, and constructions, hence ...

Grape stalk and coffee polyphenolic extracts administration as new pharmacological strategies to modulate spinal cord injury-induced neuropathic pain in mice 

Bagó Mas, Anna (Date of defense: 2022-03-18)

More than half of spinal cord injury patients develop central neuropathic pain, which is largely refractory to current treatments. Developing neuropathic pain has a high impact on the quality of life becoming an emotional, ...

Importance of hydrogen-mediated mechanisms for microbial electrosynthesis: regulation at the molecular level 

Perona Vico, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2022-01-28)

Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is engineered to use electric power and carbon dioxide (CO2) as the only energy and carbon sources in reductive bioelectrochemical processes for biosynthesis. This technology is conducted ...

Multifunctional and hybrid nanocomposites from micro/nano fibrillated cellulose 

Sridhara, Pruthvi Kumar Bangalore (Date of defense: 2021-12-02)

As a renewable alternative to petroleum-based materials, wood or plant-based materials offer a greater prospect in the transition towards sustainable replacements. Native to wood, cellulose nanofibers (CNF) form the major ...

Evaluación de las propiedades mecánicas y micromecánicas de los materiales compuestos de polipropileno reforzado con fibras residuales provenientes del reciclado de recortes en la industria textil 

Serra Bruns, Albert (Date of defense: 2021-12-22)

Every year, the textile industry generates large amounts of cellulosic waste during the production and fabrication stages. This waste is made up of fibers, with lengths are less than 10 mm that prevent its reintroduction ...

Experimental basis for the control of plant diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa using synthetic antimicrobial peptides 

Baró Sabé, Aina (Date of defense: 2021-07-30)

Xylella fastidiosa is one of the most damaging phytopathogenic bacteria in the world, causing a variety of diseases with a major economic impact on agriculture and the environment. Until now, no therapeutic solution has ...

Correlating sensory attributes, textural parameters and volatile organic compounds for the assessment of distinctive quality traits of melon and peach fruit cultivars 

Bianchi, Tiago Luís Cardoso Ferreira Pinhanços de (Date of defense: 2021-02-09)

Melons (Cucumis melo L.) and peaches (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) are two commercially important fruit species in the European Union. The quality improvement of melon and peach cultivars is determinant to maintain and ...

Development of strategies for waste valorisation in waste water treatment plants (WWTPS): Consorci Besòs Tordera case study 

Palma Heredia, David (Date of defense: 2021-02-08)

The objective of this thesis is to develop and apply to a real case study a method to allow easier WWTP development planning and implementation of circular economy related processes in the wastewater treatment sector. In ...

The socio-cognitive dimension of water: the case of politicisation of water in Barcelona 

Popartan, Lucia Alexandra (Date of defense: 2020-10-08)

The thesis studies the discursive construction of cognitive frames in the water sector in order to understand the dynamics of politicisation and depoliticisation in the water conflict in Barcelona between 2011 and ...

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