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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 ...
Herramientas para la evaluación de estudios de impacto ambiental de tratamientos térmicos de residuos sólidos
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)
Waste management in Costa Rica has been extensively worked in recent years; however, the
high amount of waste that is not being separated and recycled has lead the government to
find solutions and allow thermal treatments ...
Propuesta de mejora del sistema de abastecimiento de agua potable para la comunidad indígena de Amubri del Cantón de Talamanca-Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018)
Costa Rica is characterized by being one of the countries with the greatest coverage of the water service in the world, by 2014 an estimated 93.4% of the Costa Rican population receives drinking water, but only 78.5% of ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Sistema para la Gestión de los Gases de Efecto Invernadero en el Banco Central de Costa Rica
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2017)
In order to define a system for managing greenhouse gas emissions at the Central Bank of Costa Rica, its GHG emissions were quantified through the construction of an inventory based on the guidelines of ISO 14064:2016 for ...
Análisis del nivel de contaminación en la cuenca media alta del río Guápiles, Pococí
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2019)
The management of the wastewaters related to the contamination of the rivers in Costa Rica, is a problem that deserve special attention. In the case of the district of Guápiles, the Municipality of Pococí in its government ...
Sistema de Gestión Ambiental para la Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales (PTAR) Los Tajos basado en la NORMA ISO 14001:2015
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2019)
Los Tajos Wastewater Treatment Plant has primary treatment of wastewater and was designed for an average daily flow of 2.81 m3 / s. At the plant, efforts have been made to improve the environment through the implementation ...
Evaluación técnica y ambiental de la sustitución de lubricantes minerales por biolubricantes en las plantas hidroeléctricas Reventazón, Angostura y Río Macho, ICE
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2019)
In production of hydroelectric energy is used lubricants for the operation of the generating units and the hydraulic equipment of the dam. These lubricants are petroleum derived (mineral origin), therefore they release ...