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, ...
Mulas, Dani (Date of defense: 2020-02-28)
The Barcelona metropolitan area (BMA; 3.2 M inhabitants) has an integrated urban water cycle management. Different type of treatment plants are located along the drinking, sewerage and reuse networks ...
Rodríguez, María D. (Date of defense: 2020-10-26)
Compton cameras are used for radiological imaging, which can be useful in environmental applications and especially in determining the position of hidden sources. Current Compton cameras are based on ...
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 ...
Pericas, Raimon (Date of defense: 2015-05-15)
The calculations that allow the operating license of the nuclear reactors are usually made using conservative methods. This conservatism, often excessive, limits the actual capabilities of the industry ...
López Vilanova, Natàlia (Date of defense: 2019-04-03)
The aim of this thesis was to assess and develop internal dose calculations methods in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures to patients undergone PET/CT explorations. Towards this ...
Gorlychev, Vitaly (Date of defense: 2014-02-05)
Beta delayed neutron emission probability is one of the main properties of neutron rich nuclei away from the valley of beta stability. The knowledge of this parameter provides the opportunity to extend ...
Rigla Pérez, Juan Pablo (Date of defense: 2013-10-09)
During last four or five decades there has been a growing demand in particle accelerators which can provide electron beams in the energy ranging from 2 MeV to 100 MeV with high energy resolution and ...
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 ...
Gallego Blanco, Judith (Date of defense: 2016-02-02)
Dopaminergic neurotransmission SPECT studies with 123I-labelled radioligands can help in the diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson¿s disease and schizophrenia. Nowadays, ...