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    Inorganic nanoparticles synthesized by the novel oil-in-water microemulsion reaction method and their potential applications 

    Pemartin, Kelly Lidia (Date of defense: 2013-01-31)

    The use of microemulsions as confined reaction media for nanoparticle synthesis presents various advantages compared to other methods. They offer a high control of nanoparticle size and often nanoparticles with crystalline ...

    Insights into nanomaterials: from surfactant systems to meso/macroporous materials and nanoparticles 

    May Masnou, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-06-13)

    Nanomaterials have structured components with at least one dimension of less than 100 nm. Their novel properties stem from their nanoscale dimensions and increased relative surface area, and they have a wide range of ...

    Liquid Phase Dehydration of 1-Butanol to Di-n-butyl ether Experimental Performance, Modeling and Simulation of Ion Exchange Resins as Catalysts 

    Pérez-Maciá, María Ángeles (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)

    Di-n-butyl ether (DNBE) is considered a very attractive oxygenate compound to reformulate diesel fuel. The research work performed along this thesis has clearly proven that sulfonic P(S-DVB) ion exchange resins are suitable ...

    Modelización del tratamiento fotocatalítico de contaminantes: radiación y cinética 

    Bayarri Ferrer, Bernardí (Date of defense: 2011-10-24)

    Actualmente, cada hogar en España consume una media de 150 L de agua por habitante y día. Por otro lado, casi 1000 millones de personas no tienen acceso a agua potable y, de confirmarse las tendencias actuales, se estima ...

    Obtenció de tensioactius biopolimèrics basats en la inulina en medi aquós 

    Morros Camps, Jordi (Date of defense: 2011-07-04)

    La inulina és un polímer (polifructosa) polidispers i relativament petit que s’extrau de les arrels de la xicoira. Recentment, s’ha observat un interès creixent per part de la indústria per introduir productes més bons, ...

    Optimització i modelització de processos avançats de digestió anaeròbia 

    Astals Garcia, Sergi (Date of defense: 2013-06-07)

    La codigestión anaeróbica es actualmente, como muestra el incremento de publicaciones, el tema más relevante en el campo de la digestión anaeróbica. La codigestión anaeróbica consiste en digerir dos o más sustratos de ...

    Photo-Fenton and Slow Sand Filtration coupling for hydroponics water reuse 

    Micó Reche, Mª del Mar (Date of defense: 2013-10-11)

    The collaboration between the University of Barcelona and Acciona Agua was focused on optimizing greenhouses hydric resources. The functionality of a combined treatment had to be assessed, when applied to the discard stream ...

    Polymeric Macroporous Nanocomposites using highly concentrated emulsions as templates 

    Vílchez Villalba, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2013-01-30)

    The design of nanocomposites, which typically consist of polymeric matrices with embedded particles having at least one characteristic length in the nanometer range, has recently been the focus of a great attention. ...

    Procesos fotoquímicos de oxidación para el tratamiento de sulfametoxazol en solución acuosa: integración con un reactor biológico SBBR 

    González Álvarez, Óscar (Date of defense: 2009-10-02)

    Durante los últimos años, la escasez y la calidad del agua se han convertido en una de las mayores preocupaciones a nivel mundial. Cada día se contaminan grandes cantidades de agua, especialmente en los países desarrollados, ...

    Strategies to improve anaerobic digestion of wastes with especial attention to lignocellulosic substrates 

    Fonoll Almansa, Xavier (Date of defense: 2015-12-17)

    The energy demand increase and the generation of wastes is being the major problem regarding the next generation sustainability. Both problems can be corrected through the implementation of anaerobic digestion, a waste ...

    Synthesis of C10‐C16 linear symmetrical ethers from n‐alcohols over heterogeneous acid catalysts 

    Casas Fernández, Carlos (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)

    Combustion of diesel fuel in a diesel engine is a complex process where several pollutants are emitted in the engine exhausts. To solve this problem and at the same time accomplish with the increasingly stringent regulations ...

    Thermally stable ion-exchange resins as catalysts for the liquid-phase dehydration of 1-pentanol to di-n-pentyl ether 

    Bringué Tomás, Roger (Date of defense: 2007-06-18)

    En este trabajo, se propone di-n-peintil éter (DNP) como un buen producto para la reformulación delos combustibles diesel por sus buenas propiedades, en especial un elevado número de cetano y buen comportamiento en frío. ...