Rodriguez-Chiang, Lourdes (Date of defense: 2018-05-04)
Sustainability of resources such as energy, water and waste have become important drivers in our current economy. For large industries that are water and energy intensive like pulp and paper (P&P) mills, ...
Jiménez Divins, Núria (Date of defense: 2015-04-10)
This Thesis focuses on the study of the catalytic production of hydrogen from a biofuel, namely the bioethanol. It also studies the subsequent purification of pre-cleaned reformate streams. The end use ...
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 ...
Gómez Millán, Gerardo (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
Among the platform chemicals that can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass, furfural (FUR) constitutes a promising intermediate that can be processed into a variety of advanced end products. In ...
Castedo Rodríguez, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2018-09-21)
The depletion of fossil fuels and increase of global warming lead to a high demand for alternative energy sources that should be cheap and renewable to fulfill the future energy demand. The photocatalytic ...
Espinal Bustos, Raúl Uziel (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
Hydrogen constitutes a promising alternative to manage our energy supply more efficiently. Hydrogen can be stored and used in fuel cells to produce electricity, where it combines with the oxygen present ...
Hedayati, Ali (Date of defense: 2016-09-26)
Hydrogen is considered as a clean energy carrier that can be converted to electricity by fuel cell with high efficiency. To be economically feasible and comparable, hydrogen needs to be liquefied, ...
Uddin, Azhar (Date of defense: 2019-07-23)
With the issue of the rise of anthropogenic CO2, global warming and rise of the primary energy demand, strong measures for the energy transition and the diversification with renewables and existing ...