Browsing Programa de Doctorat en Enginyeria Ambiental by Subject "502"

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Closing loops in intensive livestock systems: innovative strategies for nutrient recycling and emissions reduction

Morey Gual, Lluís (Date of defense: 2023-11-17)

(English) The exponential growth of world population is leading to a high demand of food products and, consequently, to the development of intensive agricultural and livestock systems. In this sense, synthetic fertilizers ...

Desert dust characterization in Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe through regional dust modelling, and satellite-borne and ground-based observations

Basart Alpuente, Sara (Date of defense: 2012-01-30)

The impact of mineral dust upon climate, ecosystems and air quality represents a major scientific and societal issue. The aim goals of the present Ph.D. Thesis are to evaluate the behaviour and to improve the forecasting ...

Ecotoxicological bioassays as complementary tools for the risk assessment of contaminated soils

Bori Dols, Jaume (Date of defense: 2016-06-29)

Environmental impacts associated to the unstoppable growth of human population are threatening ecosystems worldwide. Among them, soil ecosystems are becoming increasingly degraded due to their unsustainable use and management, ...

Eliminación de blanqueadores ópticos de aguas textiles residuales y reutilización de efluentes

Salas Olivares, Héctor Manuel (Date of defense: 2021-09-14)

(English) he textile industry consumes a large volume of water in various activities and is an importan! wastewater generator. Colorless dyes that emit fluorescence when exposed to UV light are used in the optical whitening ...

Secondary air pollutants in urban and rural Catalonia, Spain: characterizing the precursors, source-contributions, and toxicity

In 't Veld, Marten (Date of defense: 2023-11-29)

(English) Air pollutants can be classed as either primary or secondary pollutants. Primary air pollutants are those that are directly emitted into the atmosphere, whereas secondary air pollutants are generated in the ...

Towards a better water resources management and control using bioelectrochemical systems

Fernández Gatell, Marta (Date of defense: 2024-06-11)

(English) Freshwater is an extremely scarce yet essential resource for all life forms on planet Earth. Its quality directly impacts the development of human societies as well as the ecosystems balance and health. However, ...

Understanding size-resolved dust emission from field measurements in Morocco

González Flórez, Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)

(English) Atmospheric mineral dust is composed of a variety of mineral particles exhibiting distinct composition, shape, and size. The wide range of diameters exhibited by dust particles, spanning more than three orders ...