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    Chemometric methods to process online spectrometry for quality monitoring of different water matrices 

    Plà Castellana, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)

    Water quality monitoring during the purification and sanitation processes in Drinking Water Treatment Plants (DWTP), Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) and Water Reclamation Plants (ERA) is a necessary step to obtain a ...

    Combined application of experimental and predictive modelling approaches towards the microbial safety of ready-to-eat meat products 

    Serra Castelló, Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)

    The food safety challenges derived from the market demands towards convenient food, such as ready-to-eat meat products with extended durability, motivate food business operators to explore and adopt new intervention ...

    Combining forward osmosis and anaerobic membrane bioreactor technologies for raw municipal wastewater treatment 

    Ferrari, Federico (Date of defense: 2020-10-14)

    In this thesis, different studies were performed to investigate the combination of FO for the pre-concentration of municipal WW with an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) for the production of biogas. Firstly, a ...

    Comprehensive inventories for Life Cycle Assessment in urban wastewater systems 

    Morera Carbonell, Sadurní (Date of defense: 2016-02-19)

    This thesis represents an important contribution to facilitate the efficient creation of detailed inventories to carry out Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies of urban wastewater systems. Specifically, this thesis provides ...

    Conceptual design of wastewater treatment plants using multiple objectives 

    Flores Alsina, Xavier (Date of defense: 2008-04-28)

    La implementació de la Directiva Europea 91/271/CEE referent a tractament d'aigües residuals urbanes va promoure la construcció de noves instal·lacions al mateix temps que la introducció de noves tecnologies per tractar ...

    Conductive nanopaper from cellulose nanofibers and conductive polymers and/or carbon nanotubes 

    Lay, Makara (Date of defense: 2017-02-03)

    Coming from renewable and sustainable raw materials, nanocelluloses are rapidly emerging as one of the most promising future materials. Recently, the use of nanocellulose nanocomposites in flexible electrodes, biosensors ...

    Correlating sensory attributes, textural parameters and volatile organic compounds for the assessment of distinctive quality traits of melon and peach fruit cultivars 

    Bianchi, Tiago Luís Cardoso Ferreira Pinhanços de (Date of defense: 2021-02-09)

    Melons (Cucumis melo L.) and peaches (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) are two commercially important fruit species in the European Union. The quality improvement of melon and peach cultivars is determinant to maintain and ...

    Decision-support for adaptive and sustainable urban wastewater system management in the face of uncertainty 

    Hadjimichael, Antonia (Date of defense: 2016-12-14)

    With sustainable development as the new overarching goal, urban wastewater system (UWS) managers are now being asked to take all social, economic, technical and environmental facets related to their decisions into account. ...

    Desenvolupament d'un protocol per l'aplicació de sistemes basats en el coneixement a la gestió d'estacions depuradores d'aigües residuals urbanes 

    Rodríguez-Roda Layret, Ignasi (Date of defense: 1998-04-02)

    In this thesis, it is presented a research for the implementation of a supervisory system that integrates different technical to complement and improve the management of Waste Water Treatment Plants. The protocol proposed ...

    Desenvolupament d'un sistema de previsió de risc d'infecció per Stemphylium vesicarium. Avaluació, validació i implementació en parcel·les experimentals en camps comercials de perera 

    Llorente i Cabratosa, Isidre (Date of defense: 1997-10-24)

    L'estemfiliosi de la perera és una malaltia fúngica ocasionada pel fong Deuteromicet Stemphylium vesicarium. Els símptomes característics d'aquesta malaltia són lesions necròtiques en fulles i fruits, provocant el depreciament ...

    Desenvolupament d'un sistema expert com a eina per a una millor gestió de la qualitat de les aigües fluvials 

    Llorens i Ribes, Esther (Date of defense: 2004-06-18)

    Avui en dia no es pot negar el fet que els humans són un component més de les conques fluvials i que la seva activitat afecta enormement la qualitat de les aigües. A nivell europeu, l'elevada densitat de població situada ...

    Desenvolupament del procés d’obtenció d’un concentrat proteic d’alt valor nutritiu a partir de sang procedent d’escorxadors 

    Ferrer Carré, Clara (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)

    Global forecasts of an impending shortage of animal protein for human consumption have led to the search for new sources of dietary protein, either from alternative plant, fungal or insect sources, or from by-products of ...

    Design and implementation of an environmental decision support system for the control and management of drinking water treatment plants 

    Godo Pla, Lluís (Date of defense: 2020-11-05)

    Drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) face significant challenges due to anthropocentric pressure and climate change. To address them, DWTP managers need to adjust treatment units. In the present work, a decision support ...

    Design of hybrid nano-engineered bioprocesses for wastewater treatment 

    Ponzelli, Michele (Date of defense: 2023-12-11)

    Freshwater scarcity is a growing concern, prompting the exploration of water reuse strategies. Anaerobic wastewater treatment is gaining popularity due to its low energy requirements and the potential for resource recovery. ...

    Development of a decision support system for the integrated control of membrane bioreactors 

    Monclús Sales, Hèctor (Date of defense: 2011-11-08)

    The work presented in this PhD thesis includes various partial studies aimed at developing a decision support system for membrane bioreactor integrated control. The decision support systems (DSS) have as a main goal to ...

    Development of an air-scour control system for membrane bioreactors 

    Ferrero, Giuliana (Date of defense: 2011-07-01)

    The thesis involves the development and implementation of a new and robust control system based on permeability trends but at the same time capable of reducing aeration proportionally to permeate flux. Permeability was ...

    Development of an environmental decision support system to enhance coagulation in drinking water treatment plants 

    Suquet Masó, Jordi (Date of defense: 2022-07-29)

    Currently, the access to safe drinking water remains to be crucial for mankind development. Due to the geographical context, changes in demography and climate change perspectives, there are regions where water resources ...

    Development of new products from aquaculture fish species 

    Lazo Zamalloa, Oxana (Date of defense: 2018-02-13)

    Europeans are regular consumers of fish and aquaculture products. Therefore, five species of potential aquaculture rearing named: Meagre, Pikeperch, Grey Mullet, Greater Amberjack and Wreckfish were selected for new product ...

    Development of strategies for waste valorisation in waste water treatment plants (WWTPS): Consorci Besòs Tordera case study 

    Palma Heredia, David (Date of defense: 2021-02-08)

    The objective of this thesis is to develop and apply to a real case study a method to allow easier WWTP development planning and implementation of circular economy related processes in the wastewater treatment sector. In ...

    Development, implementation and evaluation of an activated sludge supervisory system for the Granollers WWTP 

    Comas Matas, Joaquim (Date of defense: 2000-12-14)

    La present tesi pretén recollir l'experiència viscuda en desenvolupar un sistema supervisor intel·ligent per a la millora de la gestió de plantes depuradores d'aigües residuals., implementar-lo en planta real (EDAR Granollers) ...