López Roldán, Ramón (Date of defense: 2015-07-10)
An optimal strategy for monitoring water quality should be based on a combination of different technologies depending on the particularities of the system being observed. The final solution will be a ...
Pires Carneiro, Alex (Date of defense: 2015-07-21)
Water is a limited resource essential for life. Human activities have been exercising considerable pressures on it. The unsustainable use and the need to improve the management of water are among the ...
Avolio, Ciro (Date of defense: 2016-11-18)
This dissertation will focus on the analysis of water and sanitation service delivery solutions in the context of peri-urban and rural areas. In particular, it will investigate if public-public partnerships ...
Samsó Campà, Roger (Date of defense: 2014-03-28)
Constructed Wetlands (CWs) are a wastewater treatment technology that inherits the purification potential of natural wetlands and optimizes it to comply with regulations for treated discharges. CWs have ...
Rodríguez Abalde, Ángela (Date of defense: 2013-11-18)
The meat sector is one of the most important industrial sectors in Europe and it is associated with the generation of large quantities of animal by-products not intended for human consumption (ABPs). ...
Sotres Fernández, Ana (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioelectrochemical system (BES) capable of converting the chemical energy contained in the chemical bonds of a substrate into electrical energy by means of electrochemical ...
Álvarez, Ma. Dolores (Date of defense: 2014-06-25)
In Chapter 1 of the thesis the responsibilities of the main actors involved in the decision-making are identified, listed and described, stressing that there are many actors involved in the decision-making. ...
Affes Salah, Rim (Date of defense: 2013-05-14)
Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical process that transforms diverse categories of biomass feedstock to renewable energy, in the form of methane, and contributes to resources conservation and greenhouse ...
Cerrillo Moreno, Míriam (Date of defense: 2016-10-27)
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a widespread technology for treating high strength waste streams, such as livestock manure. AD has some limitations: i) high nutrient concentrations in effluents (especially ...