Akaboci, Tiago Rogeiro Vitor (Date of defense: 2019-07-15)
Anammox-based processes have been commonly applied for the treatment of reject water (high nitrogen content and low C:N ratio), in the sidestream line of urban wastewater tretament plants (WWTP). However, ...
Colprim Galceran, Jesús (Date of defense: 1998-07-20)
The use of simulation as an upgrading tool has been tested on real wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Currently, the new WWTP have the possibility to monitor some process variables as the flows, oxygen ...
Aymerich Blazquez, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2019-01-22)
For a long time, there has been a need and an ambition to better understand the behavior of integrated systems by considering the whole urban water cycle, including wastewater transportation, wastewater ...
Coma Bech, Marta (Date of defense: 2011-05-11)
Biological nutrient removal has been studied and applied for decades in order to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. However, more anthropogenic uses and the continued demand for water have ...
Dalmau Solé, Jordi (Date of defense: 2009-11-13)
The activated sludge and anaerobic digestion processes have been modelled in widely accepted models. Nevertheless, these models still have limitations when describing operational problems of microbiological ...
Anfruns Bagaria, Alba (Date of defense: 2011-11-25)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are one of the main groups of odour causing compounds in Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP). Adsorption technology is already established, in recent years the interest ...
Sbardella, Luca (Date of defense: 2019-05-22)
The presence of several pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) in water bodies has garnered increasing attention and worldwide concern. The effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are one ...
Rodríguez-Roda Layret, Ignasi (Date of defense: 1998-04-02)
In this thesis, it is presented a research for the implementation of a supervisory system that integrates different technical to complement and improve the management of Waste Water Treatment Plants. ...