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Advanced oxidation processes for food industry wastewater valorization and treatment
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-04-20)The research of new eco-friendly technologies that enable the production of energy is nowadays one of the topics of greatest interest to the scientific community. The population has chosen to break free from the use of ... -
Advanced polymeric composites for self-healing structural materials
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-06-16)This research work rises from collaborative activities between Alenia Aeronautica (Pomigliano D’Arco, Napoli) and the Industrial Engineering Department of University of Salerno. One of the biggest challenge facing materials ... -
Allergenic power reduction of food proteins by nonthermal technologies
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2015-07-30)The great interest of the research activity in food allergies could be attributed to the increase of allergic reactions all over the world not only in infants but even in adult age. As an alternative to the development of ... -
Analysis and modeling of the behavior of hydrogels-based systems for biomedical and agro-food applications
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-04-21)Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks capable of imbibing large amounts of water or biological fluids. Depending on the type of polymer, number of cross-links, presence of ionic species the ... -
Continuous supercritical emulsion extraction: process characterization and optimization of operative conditions to produce biopolymer microspheres
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-07-04)Controlled release systems for therapeutic drugs have received extensive attention in recent years, due to their great clinical potential. Biodegradable microspheres are well-recognized systems to control the release rate ... -
Demand flexibility: the unlocked capacity in smart power systems
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-04-07)In the next years, it is expected a deep growth of world primary energy and electricity demand. The scenarios prospect a positive rate in all the sectors, especially in the residential one. In particular, residential sector ... -
Development of edible coating functionalized with hydroxyapatite, complexed with bioactive compounds for the shelf-life extension of food products
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2023-05-08)The main goal of food packaging is to protect the food from physical, chemical and biological contaminations. The environmental impact of conventional food packaging directed research towards new packaging strategies based ... -
Dispersion of inorganic fillers in polymeric matrices for food packaging applications
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-06-14)The objective of this PhD project regards the formulation, preparation and characterization of polymeric materials in which lamellar inorganic solids containing potentially active molecules are dispersed. In particular ... -
The effect of temperature on flow properties of powders
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-06-18)Changes of cohesive flow properties of powders at high temperature are observed in many industrial process units, such as fluidized bed reactors, granulators and dryers. Many authors investigated the behaviour of powders ... -
Electrochemical syntheses Assisted by new nano-structured Catalysts
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2022-12-06)Nowadays, the necessity of a full transition towards green chemistry has become of fundamental importance. In order to guarantee such transition, an increasing reduction of fossil-based sources and, consequently, a growing ... -
Flexible Barrier Materials for Improving the Durability of Photovoltaic Devices
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-04-28)The economic viability of photovoltaic (PV) devices is strongly dependent upon equipment cost and durability. During their usage, these devices are exposed to several atmospheric degradation agents and thus they need to ... -
Fluidized Bed Torrefaction of Agro-Industrial Residues: the Case Study of Residues from Campania Region, Italy
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2016-04-20)The purpose of this Ph.D. project was to investigate the potential of the torrefaction treatment for upgrading low-value agro-industrial residues into useable solid fuels to be employed as high-quality energy carriers. The ... -
From graphene synthesis to applications
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-10-13)Graphene is the first two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystal available to us. Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has captured the attention and the imagination of worldwide researchers thank to its supreme properties. Catalytic ... -
Green processes based on SC-CO2: application to materials of biomedical interest
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2015-05-25)This research is focused on the production of structures of biomedical interest using supercritical assisted processes: Supercritical freeze extraction, Supercritical gel drying and Supercritical phase separation. These ... -
High Cell Density Cultivation to Produce Heterologous Proteins by S. cerevisiae Strains: a Holistic Approach to Investigate and Optimize the System
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-04-22)The research of this PhD thesis has been focused on the study and realization of high cell density cultivation (HCDC) systems with auxotrophic strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, these latter to be used as hosts ... -
High thermal conductivity catalysts for the CO-WGS process intensification
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2016-04-27)Today, the increasingly serious lack of resources and the obsolescence of the plants present on the whole planet led to develop new ways that go beyond “traditional” chemical engineering. The research is now focusing on ... -
Innovative catalysts for process intensification of methane reforming and propane dehydrogenation reactions
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-06-27)In the early decade, a rapid increase in oil consumption was recorded, that led to a widening between the predicted demand for oil and the known oil reserves. Such trend, mainly due to the growing new economies, is causing ... -
Innovative structured catalysts susceptible to microwaves for the intensification of chemical processes
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2023-02-27)Since the late 1980s, the scientific community has been attracted to microwave (MW) energy as an alternative method of heating, due to its peculiarity to be a volumetric process in which heat is generated within the material ... -
Intelligent monitoring of the injection moulding process
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011-04-04)The quality requirements of injection-moulded components have become more stringent because of the growing s applications of plastics and increasing customer demands. The quality of the moulded parts depend on the processing ... -
Micronization by supercitical antisolvent precipitation processes
(Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2016-04-21)In the last decade, the application of microparticles, nanoparticles and composite microparticles involved several industrial fields. Conventional micronization techniques, such as jet milling, spray drying, liquid antisolvent ...