Johansson, Sara (Date of defense: 2019-04-29)
Increasing awareness on the limited nature of the raw materials for the production of inorganic fertilizer is pushing for a shift from removal to recovery of nutrients from waste streams. In municipal ...
Ramió Pujol, Sara (Date of defense: 2016-07-07)
This doctoral thesis deals with the synthesis of two biofuels (bioethanol and biobuthanol) by bacteria. Concretely, the thesis is focused on a group of bacteria able to grow in a simple substrate such ...
Cabrera-Codony, Alba (Date of defense: 2016-07-27)
The thesis deals with removal of organosilicon compounds in the energy recovery of biogas. Alternative adsorbents for the siloxane removal were studied, and the physical and chemical mechanisms involved ...
Vilà-Rovira, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-10-20)
This doctoral thesis has integrated biological models (activated sludge models “ASM”) with simulation tools of computational fluid dynamics “CFD”, and has applied them to the design of two advanced ...
Suárez Chaparro, Rosa (Date of defense: 2016-02-17)
El paisaje se ha considerado un elemento fundamental en la preferencia para visitar espacios naturales, con alto valor ecológico y paisajístico, con el propósito de realizar actividades turísticas y ...
Heras Mena, Sandra (Date of defense: 2010-07-13)
Sovint, la sistemàtica, basada principalment en caràcters morfològics, no es correspon amb els processos evolutius relacionats amb l'aparició dels grups d'organismes. En l'actualitat, la utilització de ...
Gabarrón Fernández, Sara (Date of defense: 2014-05-16)
This thesis is based on diagnosing, assessing and optimising the design and operation of membrane bioreactors (MBR) used for treating municipal wastewater. Specifically, this thesis has been carried out ...
Vega Martínez, Esther (Date of defense: 2014-07-30)
Environmental pollution related to odour emission has become in the last years an important public concern. Closeness of odour-causing facilities such as waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) to urban ...
Valdunciel i Coll, Julio (Date of defense: 2011-06-14)
This doctoral thesis offers a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the changes in the urban shape and landscape of the Girona Counties between 1979 and 2006. The theoretical part of the research ...
Santos Clotas, Eric (Date of defense: 2019-11-08)
The anaerobic digestion of organic matter causes the formation of biogas that can be used in energy conversion systems for the production of electricity and heat, injection into the gas grid or as a ...