Programa de Doctorat en Enginyeria de Processos Químics

Recent Submissions

Management strategies of Meloidogyne-resistant plant germplasm to avoid virulence selection 

Fullana Pons, Aïda Magdalena (Date of defense: 2025-02-04)

(Català) Durant el desenvolupament de la tesi doctoral es van realitzar diversos estudis a fi de conèixer el potencial de la resistència vegetal per a la gestió de Meloidogyne en cultius hortícoles sense afavorir la selecció ...

Recovery of critical raw materials from saltworks by integration of sorption processes 

Vallés Nebot, Víctor (Date of defense: 2024-07-24)

(English) Nowadays, the increasing demand for raw materials caused by population growth and industrialisation moved the European Union (EU) to improve resource efficiency and as result the Critical Raw Materials/Strategic ...

Mathematical modeling of advanced oxidation processes for the efficient wastewater treatment: integrated management of advanced oxidation processes and conventional bio-processes for the removal of recalcitrant components 

Nasr Esfahani, Kourosh (Date of defense: 2024-07-02)

(English) The objective of this thesis is to contribute to the development of mathematical modeling of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) aimed at the competent treatment of recalcitrant organic compounds in wastewater. ...

Liquid-Liquid membrane contactors for sustainable ammonia recovery and valorization: experimental insights, novel approaches and applications 

Aguilar Moreno, Miguel (Date of defense: 2024-07-05)

(English) This comprehensive research represents a significant stride in the exploration of innovative strategies aimed at enhancing ammonia recovery within diverse wastewater streams. The study is structured into distinct ...

Recovery of phenolic compounds from olive mill and winery wastes: evaluation of extraction and membrane processing technologies 

Tapia Quirós, Paulina (Date of defense: 2021-11-10)

(English) Olive oil and wine production are two major agri-food economic activities in Spain; and generate large amounts of solid and liquid wastes that represent an important environmental problem. In this context, the ...

Integration of advanced wastewater treatment and reclamation technologies for organic micropollutants removal and promote water reuse 

Echevarría Díez-Canedo, Carlos (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

(English) Climate change and overpopulation are responsible for more frequent droughts, and the imbalance in the water resources management leads to a greater competition in the exploitation of freshwater sources. The ...

Gadolinia-doped UO2 reactivity and redox-sensitive radionuclides mobility: implications for long-term safety of deep geological repositories 

García Gómez, Sonia (Date of defense: 2024-03-08)

(English) High-level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from nuclear power plants, remains dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years. To manage them properly and avoid harm to human health and the ...

Sustainable evaluation of Boron recovery for seawater desalination brines valorisation: integration of membrane processes and ion exchange resins 

Figueira Alves, Mariana (Date of defense: 2023-12-19)

(English) According to the European Green Deal, the European Union (EU) must become climate-neutral by 2050. However, many raw materials needed for this green transition are supplied by non-EU countries. To ensure the ...

Nitrogen recovery from wastewater treatment effluents by liquid-liquid membrane contactor for fertilizers production 

Sheikh, Mahdi (Date of defense: 2023-11-27)

(English) Changing wastewater treatment plants into wastewater and resource recovery facilities represents a paradigm shift in wastewater management. Resources such as water, energy, and nutrients are becoming scarcer, ...

Nano-enabled screen-printed electrodes for the determination of trace elements in aqueous environmental samples 

Torres Rivero Andrade, Karina Victoria Alejandra (Date of defense: 2023-07-12)

(English) Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a wastewater originated from complex oxidation processes that has become one of the most challenges facing the global mining industry due to its acidity, high content of SO42- and other ...

Preparation and characterisation of bimetallic catalysts for the steam reforming of methane 

Braga, Andrea (Date of defense: 2024-01-25)

(English) Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the most important chemical technologies available today to produce most chemicals at the basis of industrial production. The transition to a greener energy production demands ...

Evaluation of nutrient recovery from urban wastewater for sustainable fertilizer production 

Mayor Pillado, Álvaro (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)

(English) The 20th-century introduction of the Haber-Bosch nitrogen fixation process significantly disrupted the nitrogen cycle in ecosystems, contributing to environmental issues and nutrient loss. The heavy reliance on ...

Partial oxidation of methane into syngas at low temperature 

Fazlikeshteli, Shiva (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)

(English) Syngas (a mixture of H2 and CO) is a versatile feedstock that can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals and fuels. For that reason, there is a great interest to optimize and explore new routes for its ...

Risk analysis of jet fires thermal effects 

Foroughi, Vahid (Date of defense: 2023-09-20)

(English) The historical analysis performed has shown that jet fires have been the origin of a high number of domino effect accidents, both in the process industry and in the transportation of flammable fluids by pipelines ...

Lignocellulosic wastes and chitosan composites applied to recover rare earth elements by liquid-solid separation 

Lapo Calderón, Byron Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2023-07-12)

(English) Rare earths elements (REE) are crucial elements to the future of technology, particularly to the power generation and road transport. One of the most sustainable processes to recover rare earths is biosorption. ...

Mechanochemical preparation of TiO2-based photocatalysts for hydrogen production 

Chen, Yufen (Date of defense: 2023-05-19)

(English) Metal clusters and single atoms have been considered as effective cocatalysts for the enhancement of photocatalytic hydrogen production dueto their singular geometric structures, electronic properties and unique ...

Fire risk analysis framework at the wildland-urban interface 

Vacca, Pascale (Date of defense: 2023-07-20)

(English) Wildfires that reach the border between the wildland and urban areas, defined as the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), have rapidly expanded in frequency and severity over the past few decades, and the number of ...

Simulación y desarrollo de reactores catalíticos de membrana para la tecnología del hidrógeno 

Cifuentes López, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2023-01-19)

(English) This thesis focuses on the study of the catalytic production of hydrogen from methanol and water. Catalytic production is carried out in a catalytic membrane reactor which manages to produce and purify hydrogen. ...

In situ studies of catalytic processes by Near Ambient X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy 

García de Andrés, Xènia (Date of defense: 2022-10-25)

(English) Labels misplacement in the bottles are currently causing problems in wine cellar's labelling lines. According to data provided by Codorníu and Torres cellars, 1 % of the bottles present this issue. Once the wine ...

Recovery of polyphenols by extraction and purification technologies from orange and spinach processing residues 

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 recovery natural ...