Domínguez Escalante, Montse (Date of defense: 2016-01-15)
Hydrogen is an energy vector; it is not a direct energy source. It is an energy carrier. Hydrogen can be used to feed fuel cells (an electrochemical device), thus increasing the efficency of energy ...
Morral Molto, Eloi (Date of defense: 2021-12-03)
The growth in world population has led to a significant increase in the generation of wastes (solid, liquid and gaseous). Waste gas is probably the major issue in the case of waste treatment, due to the ...
Reyes Ferrera, Ma. Reyes, (Date of defense: 2015-07-23)
This thesis is based on the development and validation of two analytical methods to determine fungicides commonly used in the tanning industry and other alternative. One of the methods determines ...
Canudas Ventura, Miquel (Date of defense: 2020-07-24)
The leather manufacturing process consists of a sequence of complex chemical reactions and mechanical processes that allow turning skin, a putrefiable by-product of alimentary industry, into leather, a ...
Gutiérrez Muntada, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-06-09)
In the leather industry, the finish process uses many types of resins including butadiene, acrylic and polyurethanes, aided by auxiliaries as pigments, waxes etc. that give touch to different articles ...
Aznar Alemany, Òscar (Date of defense: 2017-11-20)
During the last couple of decades the demand for good quality water in sufficient quantity has increased. The administration is now aware that water is not a commercial product; that hydrological ...
Fernández Francos, Xavier (Date of defense: 2009-07-10)
S’ha estudiat la copolimerització de resines epoxi amb una spirobislactona com a comonòmer per tal de controlar la contracció química durant el curat i millorar la seva degradabilitat per tal d’afavorir ...
Pérez Quiñones, Carme (Date of defense: 2017-07-19)
The laboratories of the leather sector have the necessity to analyse anionic species in different samples. Although ionic chromatography is currently the best method for this analysis, until now, the ...
Casadesús Fusté, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
The worldwide poultry industry generates a large amount of wastes which, accordingly to the current law, are mostly discarded. These wastes include chicken feathers, keratin structures which 109.056.179 ...
Sánchez Jiménez, Margarita (Date of defense: 2017-10-25)
Since their discovery, the spectacular properties of polymers called "conducting" have given rise to an important field of study in order to obtain knowledge about them and their commercial application ...