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Evaluación de materiales naturales procedentes de Guanacaste, Costa Rica como adsorbentes de arsénico en agua
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2015)In Costa Rica in 2009, concentrations of arsenic were identified in water higher than the allowable limit (10 μg / L) in Guanacaste and San Carlos. Adsorption using natural materials has been successfully used for arsenic ... -
Trazabilidad de la Varilla de Acero para Construcción #3 como base para la elaboración de la Declaratoria Ambiental del Producto en ArcelorMittal Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The construction industry aims to transform raw materials into semi-finished or finished products. Within this is the steel industry to which major environmental impacts are attributed due to the intensity of use of resources ... -
Evaluación del Desempeño Ambiental del Edificio de Residencias Estudiantiles del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica en las Etapas de Producción de Materias Primas, Construcción y Ocupación
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The Life Cycle Assessment is a useful methodology to quantify the environmental impacts of processes, products and services. In this case, it was used to determine the environmental performance of the student residences ... -
Diagnóstico de los requerimientos para la carga ventral en los camiones cisterna de producto limpio y modelación de las emisiones fugitivas generadas en el patio de carga del plantel RECOPE El Alto
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Nowadays Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) generated in the load of tank trucks in the Refinería Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE) are released into the atmosphere without pretreatment causing concerns about the harmful ... -
Diagnóstico y propuesta de mejoras de la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales de la Municipalidad de La Unión, en la comunidad de Monserrat en Concepción, Cartago
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Urbanization causes a high impact on water resources due to the large volumes of contaminated water that must be treated. Wastewater treatment is a major challenge for Costa Rica, where coverage of sewerage with adequate ... -
Evaluación de la oferta y demanda del recurso hídrico - propuesta de mejoras para el sistema de acueducto de San Isidro de El Guarco, Cartago, Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The Aqueduct Administration Association (ASADA, according to initials in Spanish) in San Isidro, El Guarco, has shown problems with the administration, operation and maintenance of the aqueduct, which have not allowed it ... -
Evaluación físico-química, biológica e hidrodinámica del funcionamiento de sistemas de tratamiento prefabricados para el tratamiento de aguas residuales domiciliarias
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)In Costa Rica, 70,9% of the population uses septic tank as a system of individual treatment for domestic wastewater; This percentage represents approximately 800 000 Costa Rican households. (FOCARD-APS, 2013). However, ... -
Evaluación de la capacidad hidráulica de la red de distribución del acueducto de San Francisco de León Cortés
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Today, increasing demand on water supply services requires service providers to assess the hydraulic capacity in order to determine the feasibility of adopting new water services. However, this assessment requires technical ... -
Análisis del Ciclo de Vida del proceso de recuperación de un panel fotovoltaico de silicio policristalino en Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Within the last years, solar photovoltaic industry has grown considerably and currently Costa Rica does not have a waste management plan for photovoltaic panels. For this reason, the environmental profile of recovering ... -
Inventario de Gases de Efecto Invernadero del Centro de Servicio de Recursos Geotérmicos, Guanacaste
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Global warming is an effect caused by the increasing of concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Costa Rica is an example to the world on environmental protection, this is why the country was proposed ... -
Diseño del sistema de gestión para demostrar la carbono neutralidad del Centro de Acopio la Sylvia
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)The climate change that the planet has suffered generates serious consequences for the environment, society and economy; that is why companies must control and reduce their emissions. As a contribution to the solution of ... -
Desarrollo de una herramienta de modelado con tiempo en alta resolución para simular la demanda energética y la producción de energía fotovoltaica in situ: Aplicaciones en Costa Rica.
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2016)Nowadays strategies towards more energy-efficient systems imply the integration and application of urban energy analysis tools, in order to support the sustainable energy systems. In intermittent solar power systems, the ... -
Evaluación y modelado de la aplicación de piedra pómez recubierta de hidróxido de hierro (III) como material adsorbente para sistemas de tratamiento de arsénico de pequeña escala
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)In Costa Rica, groundwater contaminated with arsenic (up to 200 μg / L) was detected in the North Pacific and Northern regions in 2008. A possible local solution for its removal is the use of pumice stone coated with iron ... -
Diagnóstico y diseño de un plan de mejoras del sistema de abastecimiento de agua potable de la ASADA de San Antonio de León Cortés” de San Antonio de León Cortés
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)In Costa Rica, part of the population is supplied by communal or rural aqueducts; however, many operate under vulnerable conditions. For this reason, this research was proposed in order to evaluate and design an improvement ... -
Metodología para la inclusión de criterios ambientales en las compras públicas: Caso de estudio Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)The public sector is the main consumer of the country; therefore, it has the capacity to drive markets towards sustainable production models. Costa Rica has initiatives to promote green and sustainable public procurement. ... -
Análisis de la movilidad de estudiantes y funcionarios hacia y en el campus central del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Proper transportation planning is one of the biggest challenges that cities are facing today. In Costa Rica, the lack of transportation planning has caused a series of environmental, social and economic challenges. The ... -
Propuesta de un sistema de gasificación de residuos de hidrocarburos para aprovechamiento energético en el Plantel El Alto de RECOPE S.A.
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Gasification is an important process for the conversion of solid waste materials into useful gaseous products for direct firing in thermal applications and as well as raw gas for production of electricity, fuels or chemicals. ... -
Análisis de potencial de aprovechamiento energético de residuos de hidrocarburos por medio de gasificación en el Plantel El Alto de RECOPE S.A.
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)As a result of the operations performed at Plantel El Alto of the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo Sociedad Anónima (RECOPE S.A.), wastes are being generated, which mostly come from hydrocarbons. Those that are present ... -
Evaluación de la gestión de residuos sólidos ordinarios en la sede central del Tecnológico de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)Las universidades desenvuelven uno de los papeles más importantes dentro del desarrollo de la sociedad al preparar, educar y formar futuros profesionales involucrados en la toma de decisiones en temas tanto ambientales ... -
Estudio del biocompuesto Ácido poliláctico-fibra de hoja de piña
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)There is an important production of pineapple in Costa Rica, approximately 40 thousand hectares, which produce 70 tons of biomass after harvesting the fruit. One of the products that can be extracted from this waste is the ...