Verdaguer Planas, Marta (Date of defense: 2012-12-21)
The thesis presents and evaluates the application of the paradigm of agents to the management of the urban wastewater system. The system is conceptualised as a multi-agent system from the development ...
Pellicer Johera, Neus (Date of defense: 2014-03-31)
WWTP present two issues: 1) Get adequate depuration performance; 2) Do it with minimal costs. There are many strategies that can be applied to achieve these requirements, but they cannot be applied ...
Montserrat Royuela, Albert (Date of defense: 2015-07-03)
In combined sewer systems (CSS) wastewater and stormwater flow through the same pipes. During severe rain episodes, the excess combined flow of untreated wastewater and stormwater is released out from ...
Castillo Llorens, Alba (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)
The selection of the most appropriate wastewater treatment involves a complex decision making process. For that reason, some tools have been developed in recent years in order to deal with this complexity, ...
Garrido Baserba, Manel (Date of defense: 2013-03-04)
The wastewater treatment plays an important role in the maintenance of natural water resources. However, regardless of the technology used or the level of treatment required, the treatment plants of the ...
Murlà Tuyls, Damián (Date of defense: 2013-05-17)
In the last decades and due to the Water Framework Directive implementation, the urban wastewater cycle management has become more complex. The concept of integrated urban wastewater system management ...