Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Ambiente - Tesi di Dottorato: Recent submissions
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Membrane emulsification for the development of particulate systems for drug encapsulation
(2014-11-11)Il micro-incapsulamento è una tecnica ampiamente utilizzata per incapsulare sostanze nutraceutiche, farmaci, proteine, cellule ecc. Oggigiorno, la ricerca nel campo farmaceutico viene sempre più indirizzata allo sviluppo ... -
Bio-Hybrid Membrane Process for Food-based Wastewater Valorisation: a pathway to an efficient integrated membrane process design
(2014-11-11)The food industry is by far the largest potable water consuming industry that releases about 500 million m3 of wastewater per annum with very high organic loading. Simple treatment of this stream using conventional ... -
Evaluation of thermal polarization and membrane characteristics for membrane distillation
(2014-11-11)The current PhD work emphasizes on various aspects of membrane distillation for approaching zero liquid discharge in seawater desalination. In broader sense, two themes have been discussed in detail: (i) correlation ... -
Preparation and characterization of hybrid nanosphers containing lipase for chiral drug biotransformation
(2014-11-11)Le Lipasi sono adatte a catalizzare reazioni di esterificazioni in solventi organici, mostrando elevata enantioselettività rispetto a quella mostrata nelle reazioni di idrolisi. Rispetto al grande quantitativo di Lipasi ... -
Analysis of membrane reactor integration in hydrogen production process
(2014-11-11)In the H2 production field, the membrane reactor (MR) technology is considered a promising and interesting technology. In this thesis work the integration in a small scale hydrogen generator of an MR, to carry out ... -
An insight on pharmaceutical crystallization process by using membrane technology: PVDF-based mixed matrix membranes and PP grafted membranes as new tools for controlling the supersaturation rate and the heterogeneous nucleation mechanism.
(2014-11-11)Questo elaborato finale del progetto di dottorato tratta lo studio del processo di cristallizzazione a membrana finalizzato alla produzione di composti farmaceutici in forma cristallina. Lo studio ha come obiettivo quello ... -
Synthesis and characterization of helically coiled carbon nanotubes
(2011-11-23)Although coiled carbon nanofibers can be synthesized on large scale, the selective synthesis of coiled carbon nanotubes is still a challenge for the scientific community. In the present work we aimed to produce helically ... -
Urban sewer flooding:analysis of the behavior of drainage systems during extreme rain events
(2011)Currently cities and communities are experiencing ever growing problems related to urban pluvial flooding. This is due primarily to inefficient drainage inlets and overloaded sewer systems. In fact, existing drainage ... -
Coherent structures of turbulence in wall-bounded turbulent flows
(2011-10-24)Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a fully developed turbulent channel flow represents a powerful tool in turbulence research: it has been carried out to investigate the main characteristics of wall-bounded turbulence. ... -
Gold based photocatalysis used in the overall water splitting in a membrane reactor and in organic synthesis
(2011-11-08)La fotocatalisi eterogenea basata sull’utilizzo di catalizzatori di oro supportati si sta rivelando una tecnica promettente sia per la conversione di energia solare in energia chimica che per reazioni di sintesi organica, ... -
Preparation of Organic Solvent Resistant Polymeric Membranes for Applications in Non-aqueous Systems
(2011-11-08)Operazioni a membrana sono oggi usate in numerosi processi di separazione e il numero di applicazioni è in rapida crescita anche grazie alla necessità di sviluppare nuovi processi sempre più eco-sostenibili. Le operazioni ... -
Graphene and titanium based semiconductors in photocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen generation and hydrogenation of organics also in membrane reactors
(2013-11-12)The development of graphene (G)-based materials as photocatalysts has become in the last years of high interest due to their sustainability and flexibility in the modification and design, particularly in the field ... -
Development of membrane bioreactor (MBR) process applying novel low fouling membranes
(2013-11-12)Water is a part and parcel of human life. Water contaminated from industry and agriculture with heavy metal ions, pesticides, organic compounds, endocrine disruptive compounds, nutrients (phosphates, nitrates, nitrites) ...