Xing, Congcong (Date of defense: 2021-07-30)
The photocatalytic production of hydrogen from water and biomass derivatives such as ethanol, glycerol and sugars is a highly attractive strategy to generate environmentally benign hydrogen. Ethanol is ...
Binti Shaarani, Farra Wahida (Date of defense: 2021-05-20)
The current research is primarily focused on the preparation of a polycarbonate using epoxidized linseed oil (ELO) and epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) as feedstocks. The presence of unsaturation in vegetable ...
Morakabatchiankar, Shabnam (Date of defense: 2021-07-22)
Towards sustainability forces process industries to change their traditional patterns. Therefore, efficient retrofitting has been a significant challenge and raised several issues, motivating the process ...
Shokry Abdelaleem Taha Zied, Ahmed (Date of defense: 2021-05-05)
In the chemical process industry, the decision-making hierarchy is inherently model-based. The scale and complexity of the considered models (e.g., enterprise, plant or unit model) depend on the ...
Ouerfelli, Manel (Date of defense: 2021-11-24)
The present work has focused on the study of two edible plants, with attributable medicinal values, named Anthyllis vulneraria L. (A.vulneraria) and Azadirachta indica L. (A.indica) collected in Tunisia ...
Ruano Torres, Guillem (Date of defense: 2021-11-12)
Depletion of natural resources and non-renewable energy sources has recently accelerated due to the development of globalized economy and industrialization. During the last years, the scientific community ...
Corruchaga Guerrero, Agustín (Date of defense: 2021-10-04)
Evaporation from liquid spills is a phenomenon of great importance. This phenomenon has been studied by a number of researchers. However, most of them have focused on the evaporation of pure liquid ...
Keridou, Ina (Date of defense: 2021-04-14)
In the last decades, polymeric biomaterials, due to their advanced physical and mechanical properties, have been used in a vast variety of surgical and pharmaceutical applications. In this thesis, a ...
Zeinali, Reza (Date of defense: 2021-11-22)
TIPS process followed by freeze-dtying was used to prepare blodegradable and biocompatible matrices from poly(3- hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) containing 5 and 12 wt% of 3-hydroxyvalerate ...
Villasante Dueñas, Juliana (Date of defense: 2021-02-18)
At the present time, the environmental challenges are the second concern on a global level, and the first one in some countries. This is one of the main reasons behind the recent boost of new methods ...