Mateu Royo, Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-05-27)
One of the major challenges of this decade is developing more sustainable energy systems that contribute to environmental concern, especially climate change mitigation. Extending the operating conditions ...
Tena Tena, David (Date of defense: 2022-02-21)
The main objective in this thesis is to bring disturbance observers closer to control engineering practice, focusing in their applications in fault detection and disturbance rejection or fault tolerant ...
Navarrete Argilés, Nuria (Date of defense: 2020-06-23)
The present thesis deals with the synthesis and characterisation of nanofluids including phase change materials as the nanoparticles. The main aim of the work is to develop new materials that suppose ...
Miguel Escrig, Oscar (Date of defense: 2021-11-10)
This thesis studies the robustness and performance of Event-Based Controllers applied to network control. In these systems, event generation techniques are of paramount importance, among them, sampling ...
Beltrán Pitarch, Braulio (Date of defense: 2020-11-10)
Els dispositius termoelèctrics (TEs) poden convertir directament calor en electricitat o usar electricitat per crear una diferència de temperatura, no obstant això, actualment no estan molt estesos a ...
Roda Sales, Alba (Date of defense: 2021-07-19)
This thesis presents contributions to the characterisation of hand kinematics during product manipulation in activities of daily living (ADLs). The main contributions have been: (í) providing quantifiable ...
Monrós Andreu, Guillem (Date of defense: 2022-11-18)
Electrical impedance techniques have been investigated and used for the measurement of two-phase flows, both theoretically and experimentally. A proprietary design of intrusive probes composed of four ...
Valls Val, Karen (Date of defense: 2023-12-19)
The transition to a circular economy represents one of the most significant challenges for society. Educational institutions, as organisations dedicated to education, research and community services, ...
Burgos Rodríguez, Jorge (Date of defense: 2024-02-19)
This Thesis explores the use of solar nanofluids and hybrid emulsions with phase change materials for direct absorption solar collectors. It aims to create new heat transfer fluids that can enhance the ...
Castro Ruiz, Sergio (Date of defense: 2024-05-20)
This thesis seeks the direct conversion of heat into electricity more efficiently using porous materials and electrochemical concepts in thermoelectricity and thermo-electrochemical cells. The amount ...
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