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Honkala, E. (Elina). "Validation and development of a novel draft tube reactor." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201406191772.
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Draft tube circulators have been used in various industrial processes. They contain an inner tube located inside the reactor. An axial impeller at the top part of the inner tube pushes the fluid downwards. This reactor concept uses less energy to achieve sufficient mixing in the system. Outotec has developed a novel draft tube reactor which exploits draft tube circulator principles and consists of horizontal and vertical sections. The aim of this work was to obtain information on the flow and solid resuspension behavior of the test tube reactor for the design and further development of the OKTOP®6000 reactor. Flow velocities were measured with an ultrasound measuring probe that utilizes the Doppler effect. The aim of the experiments was to gain information about the flow profile inside the reactor annulus from different measuring points. Flow velocity results were used to validate the computational fluid dynamic simulation results made earlier. Liquid-solid and liquid-solid-gas mixing was studied with electrical impedance tomography (EIT) devices, which measure conductivity difference in the media. Experiments were done with different solids contents, impeller rotation speeds and different gas feed rates to determine what kinds of mixing conditions achieve complete off-bottom suspension. Slurry samples were taken from the upper part of the reactor to obtain information on how much sand flows to the upper part of the reactor. Based on the flow velocity and CFD simulations, the flow inside the reactor annulus is highly turbulent and the flow profile is time dependent. There is a recirculation area at the bottom of the reactor and the flow is pulsating to the upper part of the reactor. Solids suspension tests show that the reactor concept achieves complete off-bottom suspension more easily without gas feed. The gas feeding system was not optimal and some of the gas flooded from the draft tube and disturbed the flow inside the draft tube. Solids suspension tests confirmed the fact that the flow profile was pulsating and time dependent. Flow velocity and solids suspension test results can be used to dimension and further develop the novel draft tube reactor OKTOP®6000, which is part of the Outotec reactor familyImuputkireaktoreita on käytössä monissa erilaisissa teollisissa sovelluksissa. Reaktorin sisälle on asennettu sisäputki, jonka yläosassa on tyypillisesti sekoitin, joka saa aikaan liuoskierron sisäputken kautta reaktorin annulukseen. Sisäputken ansiosta sekoitukseen tarvittava energiamäärä on pienempi kuin perinteisissä sekoitusreaktoreissa. Outotec on kehittänyt sisäputkireaktoriteknologiaa hyödyntävän OKTOP®6000-reaktorin, joka koostuu vaaka- ja pystysuuntaisista osioista. Imuputkireaktorin avulla pyrittiin selventämään reaktorin suunnittelun ja jatkokehityksen avuksi virtausominaisuuksia sekä kiintoaineen suspengointiin liittyviä ilmiöitä. Virtausnopeuksia mitattiin Doppler-ilmiötä hyödyntävällä mittalaitteella eri kohdista reaktorin ulkokehää. Tarkoituksena oli saada tietoa virtausnopeuksista muutamassa mittauspisteessä reaktorin sisältä eri sekoittajan pyörimisnopeuksilla. Tuloksien avulla pyrittiin vahvistamaan virtauslaskennan tuloksia. Toisessa osassa reaktoriin lisättiin kiintoainetta ja tutkittiin sen liikkeelle lähtöä eri hiekkamäärillä, sekoituksen kierrosmäärillä sekä happisyöttömäärillä. Tarkoituksena oli saada tietoa milloin neste-kiintoaine- sekä neste-kiintoaine-kaasu-systeemeissä saadaan aikaan sellaiset sekoitusolosuhteet, että kaikki hiekka joko liikkuu reaktorin pohjassa ja mahdollisesti virtaa reaktorin yläosaan. Mittauksessa käytettiin apuna sähköimpedanssi tomografiasauvoja (EIT), jotka mittaavat sähkönjohtavuuseroja väliaineesta. Lisäksi reaktorin yläosaan virtaavan hiekan kiintoainepitoisuutta mitattiin yläosasta otettujen näytteiden avulla. Virtausmittausten ja -simulointien perusteella voidaan sanoa, että virtaus reaktorissa on hyvin turbulenttinen ja virtausprofiili vaihtelee eri ajanhetkillä. Reaktorin pohjaan muodostuu pyörteitä kun sisäputkesta tuleva virtaus muuttaa suuntaa. Virtaus kohti reaktorin yläosaa on hyvin sykkivää. Kiintoainekokeiden perusteella nähtiin, että hiekka pysyi liikkeessä kaikilla kierrosnopeuksilla ja hiekkamäärillä ilman kaasusyöttöä. Happisyöttö puolestaan häiritsi systeemiä ja sai hiekan laskeutumaan tietyssä pisteessä. Kaasun syöttöjärjestelmä ei ollut optimaalinen tälle reaktorikonseptille, sillä isommat kaasumäärät tulvivat ulos sisäputkesta virtaamatta nestevirtauksen mukana. Virtausmittaus- ja kiintoainekokeiden tuloksia voidaan käyttää OKTOP®6000-reaktorin jatkokehityksessä ja suunnittelussa
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Hejzlar, Pavel. "Conceptual design of a large, passive, pressure-tube light water reactor." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28074.
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Freiwald, Martin Georg. "Transport processes in packed beds of low tube to particle diameter ratio." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387132.
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Chou, Jeremy Chi-Hung 1977. "A study of vacuum packaging methods for a microfabricated suspended tube reactor." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87419.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-75).
by Jeremy Chi-Hung Chou.
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Mattingly, Brett T. (Brett Thomas). "Performance analysis of matrix fuel for a passive pressure tube light water reactor." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38099.
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McLurgh, David Brian. "Study of a porous tube reactor for the wet air oxidation of aqueous wastes." Thesis, University of Bath, 1997. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242783.
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Losh, James David. "Linear Stability Analysis of a Rijke Tube and Modeling of Turbulent Combustion Using Dynamic Well-Stirred Reactors." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42792.
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In the first part of this work, instability is correctly predicted for a Rijke tube with a new two-term acoustic forcing term derived from a one-dimensional flame dynamics model. The new two-term acoustic forcing term, which is comprised of the summation of chemical heat release rate and heat transfer due to convection, correctly predicts instability where older models of acoustic forcing based solely on chemical heat release rate incorrectly predicted stability. This stability analysis correctly predicts the inlet conditions of the instability in addition to the frequency of instability.
In the second part of this work, networks of dynamic well-stirred reactors are used to model qualitative behavior observed in turbulent combustion. First a model of dynamic well-stirred reactor is derived, and then several reactors are coupled together by recirculation. The dynamics of the various models are computed and assessed. The models exhibit interesting behavior that has been viewed experimentally including hysteresis and peaking in the dynamic response.
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Wasmund, Eric Bain Coley Ken. "A study of powder making by the decomposition of nickel carbonyl in an aerosol tube reactor." *McMaster only, 2005.
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Loubser, Karl Albie. "An experimental study of an inherently-safe, natural circulating, flash-tube type system for a nuclear reactor steam supply concept." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96050.
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Thesis (MEng) -- Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This project investigates aspects of a novel inherently safe nuclear power steam supply system as safety is of paramount importance. The system envisaged has unique features namely: a) a two-phase flow flash-tube type natural circulating primary loop (also the secondary radioactive particle containment); b) a twophase flow thermosyphon heat pipe type heat exchanger secondary loop is used to transfer heat from the primary loop to the steam generators, thereby physically separating the two flow streams from one another; c) a natural convection air cooled condenser for the removal of the reactor’s residual heat; d) a unique core using TRISO type fuel (acting as the primary radioactive particle containment) with life of at least 8.9 years; e) a steel containment vessel acting as a tertiary radioactive product containment; f) a concrete containing structure with air vents to allow air to pass over the main steel containment vessel for cooling purposes in the case of an emergency, and for the removal of parasitic heat during operation. In particular the primary and secondary loops of the proposed system are investigated. This is done by design, construction and testing of a small scale experimental set-up of the primary and secondary loops as well as the development of theoretical models for the two loops. A literature survey focusing on nuclear technology, thermosyphon loops, natural circulating loop instabilities, heat pipes, and two-phase flow modelling is presented to give a brief overview of the technologies as well as tools used in the work undertaken. Observations of the inside flow behaviour of the primary loop experimental set-up were made possible by windows providing many insights into the inner workings, such as plume formation and geysering. The transient response of the secondary heat pipe loop start-up is also investigated. A thermal resistance theoretical model was developed for the secondary loop using heat transfer formulae from theory as well as experimentally semiempirical correlated formula. Different states of operation of the secondary loop were observed during testing with the theoretical model of the condensing regime correlating well, two-phase regime correlating acceptably and liquid regime correlating poorly to experimental results and thus were modelled using an experimentally determined overall heat transfer coefficient. The secondary loop model of the liquid regime is coupled with the primary loop theoretical model to predict the system’s performance. A homogeneous, one-dimensional, simple theoretical model for the primary loop was derived and computer simulated. The results did not compare well with experimental results for single phase flow and failed to capture the onset of two-phase flow. The assumptions of one dimensional model with a unidirectional flow, a hydrostatic pressure problem, a constant volumetric flow rate and the inability of the implementation of the code to handle expansion are noted as some of the flaws in the theoretical model. The following recommendations are made: a more advanced design of the pressuriser should be incorporated into the experiment; the secondary loop’s theoretical model should be characterised under a broader set of operating conditions; the computer program can be used as the basis for further research and implementation of alternative solution algorithms and models.
AFRIKKANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie projek ondersoek aspekte van ’n ongewone, essensieel veilige kernkrag stoomtoevoer-stelsel, omdat veiligheid van kardinale belang is. Die stelsel wat voorgestel is, het unieke eienskappe, naamlik: a) ’n twee-fasevloei flits-buistipe natuurlik sirkulerende primêre lus (wat ook die sekondêre inperking van radioaktiewe materiaal bevat); b) ’n twee-fasevloei termo-heweleffek sekondêre lus hitte-pyp hitte-uitruiler word gebruik om die hitte vanaf die primêre lus oor te dra na die stoomkragopwekkers en daardeur word die twee strome se vloei fisies geskei van mekaar; c) ’n natuurlike konveksie lugverkoelde kondensor word gebruik vir die verwydering van die reaktors se oortollige hitte; d) ’n unieke kern gebruik TRISO-tipe brandstof (wat as die primêre inperking van radioaktiewe materiaal optree) met ’n lewe van minstens 8.9 jaar; e) ’n inperkingshouer van staal wat optree as ’n tersiêre radioaktiewe produkhouer; f) ’n betonstruktuur met lugventilasie om toe te laat dat lug oor die hoof staalhouer vloei vir verkoeling in ’n noodgeval, en vir die verwydering van parasitiese hitte tydens werking. Hoofsaaklik word die primêre en sekondêre lusse van die voorgestelde stelsel ondersoek. Dit word gedoen deur die ontwerp, konstruksie en die toets van ’n eksperimentele opstelling van die primêre en sekondêre lusse op klein skaal, sowel as die ontwikkeling van teoretiese modelle vir die twee lusse. ’n Literatuurstudie wat fokus op kerntegnologie, termo-heweleffeklusse, natuurlik sirkulerende lus instabiliteit, hitte-pype, en twee-fase vloeimodellering word aangebied om ’n kort oorsig te gee van die tegnologie, sowel as gereedskap gebruik in die werk wat onderneem is. Om die interne vloeigedrag van die primêre lus se eksperimentele opstelling waar te neem, word daar gebruik gemaak van vensters wat dien as ’n manier om die innerlike werking van die proses soos pluimvorming en die kook van die water in die warmwaterkolom te toon. Die oorgangsreaksie van die sekondêre hittepyplus aanvangs is ook ondersoek. ’n Teoretiese termiese weerstandmodel is ontwikkel vir die sekondêre lus met behulp van hitte-oordragformules waarvoor hitte-oordragteorie gebruik is, wat met eksperimentele semi-empiriese formules gekorreleer is. Verskillende toestande van die sekondêre lus se werking is waargeneem gedurende die toetse. Die teoretiese model het goed met die kondensasiestaat gekorreleer, terwyl by die twee-fasewerkswyse aanvaarbare korrellasies aangetref is en die uiteindelike vloeitoestand swakker gekorrelleer het met eksperimentele resultate en dus gemodelleer is met behulp van die NTU-effektiwiteitsmetode. Die sekondêre lusmodel van die vloeistoftoestand is gekoppel met die primêre lus teoretiese model om die werking van die stelsels te voorspel. ’n Homogene een-dimensionele eenvoudige teoretiese model van die primêre lus is afgelei en ’n rekenaar simulasie is uitgevoer. Die resultate vergelyk nie goed met die eksperimentele resultate vir enkelfasevloei en kon nie die aanvang van twee-fasevloei beskryf nie. Die aannemings van ’n een-dimensionele model met eenrigting vloei, ’n hidrostatiese druk probleem, ’n konstant volumetries vloeitempo en die onvermoë van die implementering van die kode om uitbreiding te hanteer is bekend as ’n paar van die foute in die teoretiese model. Die volgende aanbevelings word gemaak: ’n meer gevorderde ontwerp van drukreëlaar moet in die eksperiment ingesluit word; die sekondêre lus se teoretiese model moet gekenmerk word onder ’n wyer stel bedryfsomstandighede, en die rekenaar program kan gebruik word as die basis vir verdere navorsing en die implementering van alternatiewe algoritmes en modelle.
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Bhatelia, Tejas Jagdish. "Novel reactors for multiphase processes." Curtin University of Technology, Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2009. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=129027.
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Process intensification tools, such as the capillary reactor, offer several benefits to the chemical process industries due to the well-defined high specific interfacial area available for heat and mass transfer, which increases the transfer rates, and due to low inventories, they also enhance the safety of the process. This has provided motivation to investigate three such tools, namely the capillary microreactor, spinning disc and rotating tube reactors, in this study.The gas-liquid slug flow capillary microreactor intensifies reactor performance through internal circulation caused by the shear between the continuous phase/wall surface and the slug axis, which enhances the diffusivity and consequently increases the reaction rates. However, integrating the complex hydrodynamics of this reactor with its chemical kinetics is a mathematically challenging task. Therefore, in this study, a simple-to-complex approach, using a set of state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamic tools, has been used. Firstly, simulations were performed without any chemical reaction to ascertain the extent of slug flow regime. The model also clearly captured the slug flow generation mechanism which can be used to structurally optimize the angle of entry in these reactors. Finally, the hydrodynamic model was also capable of estimating the pressure drop and slug lengths. After successfully simulating the hydrodynamics of the system, a reaction model was incorporated to study the chemical reaction kinetics. The results were compared with the published experimental work and were found to be in good agreement.
The spinning disc reactor utilizes the centrifugal and shear forces to generate thin liquid films characterized with intense interfering waves. This enables a very high heat transfer coefficients to be realized between the disc and liquid, as well as very high mass transfer between the liquid and the bulk gas phase. The waves formed also produce an intense local mixing with very little back mixing. This makes a spinning disc reactor an ideal contactor for multiphase processes. The focus of this study has been to elucidate the hydrodynamic behaviour of the liquid film flow over the horizontal spinning disc. Investigations were also performed to elaborate the local and overall hydrodynamic characteristics of a fully developed spinning disc reactor. Simulation results showed a continuous linear liquid film on the horizontal spinning disc and intense mixing performance in the annulus of the reactor around the disc surface. Finally, the film thickness data from the simulations were compared with the limited amount of data available for this novel process.
Rotating tube reactor also uses centrifugal forces to generate the liquid film and a high degree of mixing along with an improved control over the reactant retention times. In this work we have conducted a CFD analysis to understand the hydrodynamics of this new technology for future developments.
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Akner, Malcolm. "Validating results from the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment by use of turbulent CFD simulations : A study of a modified U-tube shell-and-tube primary heat exchanger and radiator with molten salts." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Rymdteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-83910.
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Background Nuclear reactors utilizing molten fuels rather than solid fuels show a massive advantage in energy yield, waste handling and safety features. The only successful reactor utilizing a molten fuel was called the ‘Molten Salt Reactor Experiment’ (MSRE), built and operated in the Oak Ridge national laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, U.S.A. during the 1960s. The molten salts in question are fluoride compounds under the name of “FLiBe”. In this thesis, the heat exchangers of the MSRE are modelled and simulated, with the aim to test whether current computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and mathematical models can accurately predict molten salt heat transfer behaviour. Methods All programs used are open-source and/or free-access to facilitate open collaboration between researchers in this growing field. All models and findings produced in this thesis are free to use for future research. The program Onshape was used to draw CAD-models based on hand-drawn technical documents released by ORNL. Several programs, e.g., Simscale and Salome, were used to create high detailed meshes of the heat exchangers. The CFD software Simscale and OpenFOAM have been used to simulate the heat exchangers, using the 𝑘 − 𝜔 𝑆𝑆𝑇 Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence model to perform a multiregion conjugate heat transfer (CHT) analysis. The program Paraview has been used for all post-processing on the large datasets. Results A working toolchain with open-source programs for CFD has been identified. Highly detailed, full-scale and accurate CAD-drawings of the two heat exchangers have been produced. Models have been finely meshed, containing tens of millions of cells, with good quality measures. The simulations produced physically sound and valuable data: Great heat transfer predictive capability with high accuracy to the data presented by ORNL. Pressure data showed a consistent over-prediction with a factor of ~2. Possibility of error within the MSRE measurement. Conclusions CHT using modern turbulence methods work well for the intended purpose and can be used by industry to simulate molten salt heat transfer. Open-source programs perform well and can be used by researchers to share ideas and progress. Doubts around certain measurements from the MSRE, showing large uncertainties. Future projects have been outlined to continue the work performed in this thesis. Molten salt reactors show fantastic promise as an energy generation method and should be seriously considered for the future of clean, reliable energy.
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Jung, Kyung Sook. "The Study of NOx Emission as Affected by the Chemical Properties of Ohio Coals in a Drop Tube Reactor." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1005682657.
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Roger, Francis. "Contribution à la théorie des jets gaz-liquide : application à la modélisation de phénomènes d'érosion-corrosion." Poitiers, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987POIT2004.
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Burger, Anja. "Introductory investigation of the Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube as a particle separation device for the PBMR." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4201.
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Thesis (MScEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) is a Generation IV graphite-moderated helium cooled nuclear reactor which is being developed in South Africa. The PBMR design is based on the German Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchreaktor (AVR). The AVR was decommissioned in December 1988 due to operational and safety problems. The PBMR project has put a lot of emphasis on safety and therefore all safety issues relating to the AVR have to be addressed before this technology can be implemented. After the decommissioning of the AVR plant, technicians found radioactive isotopes of cesium 55Cs137, 55Cs134, silver 44Ag110 and strontium 38Sr90 as well as graphite dust in the primary coolant loop of the reactor. These isotopes as well as the graphite dust have to be removed from the helium coolant stream because it can be potentially harmful to equipment, personnel and the general public. The main objective of this thesis is therefore to investigate a separation method for removing the graphite dust (and with it the radioactive isotopes) from the helium coolant stream and also test this method under different operating conditions and geometrical configurations to determine its dust separation efficacy. The device chosen to investigate is the Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube. The Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube (RHVT) is a simple device having no moving parts that produces a hot and cold air stream simultaneously at its two ends from a compressed air source. The vortex generated by the vortex generator located at the inlet of the RHVT causes strongly rotating flows similar in speed to that of a gas centrifuge. The gas centrifuge is used for isotope separation. The RHVT, in theory, can therefore be implemented to separate the graphite/silver isotopes from the helium coolant with the added benefit of either cooling or heating the coolant and was thus selected as the separation technique to be tested experimentally. The dust separation efficiency of the RHVT was tested experimentally using different grades of graphite dust, different fluids, various inlet volumetric flow rates and volume fractions and different RHVT geometries. The experimental results showed that the RHVT has a dust separation efficiency of more than 85 %. A regression analysis was also done with the experimental data to obtain a correlation between the different operating conditions (such as volumetric flow rate) and the dust separation efficiency that can be used to predict the dust efficiency under different operating and geometric conditions (such as the PBMR environment). An analytical model is also presented to describe the ‘temperature separation’ phenomenon in the RHVT, using basic thermo-physical principals to gain a better understanding of how the RHVT works. A CFD analysis was also attempted to supplement the analytical analysis but the solution did not converge and therefore only the preliminary results of the analysis are discussed.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die “Pebble Bed Modular Reactor” (PBMR) is `n vierde generasie grafiet gemodereede en helium verkoelde reaktor wat in Suid-Afrika ontwikkel word. Die PBMR ontwerp is gebaseer op the Duitse Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchreaktor (AVR) wat buite werking gestel is in Desember 1988 as gevolg van operasionele en veiligheidsprobleme. Die PBMR projek lê baie klem op veiligheid en daarom moet alle veiligheidskwessies van die AVR eers aangespreek word voor die tegnologie geimplementeer kan word. Nadat die AVR buite werking gestel is, het AVR tegnisie radioaktiewe isotope van cesium 55Cs137, 55Cs134, silwer 44Ag110 en strontium 38Sr90 asook grafiet stof in die primêre stroomkring van die reaktor gevind. Hierdie isotope sowel as die grafiet stof moet uit die helium verkoelingsmiddel in die primere stroomkring van die reaktor verwyder word aangesien dit dalk skadelik kan wees vir toerusting, personeel en die publiek. Die hoofdoelwit van hierdie tesis is dus om `n skeidingstekniek te ondersoek wat die stof (en dus ook die radioaktiewe isotope) uit die helium verkoelingsmiddel kan verwyder. Hierdie tegniek moet dan getoets word onder verskillende operasionele en geometriese toestande om die skeidingsbenuttingsgraad te bepaal. Die toestel wat gekies is om ondersoek te word is die “Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube”. Die “Ranque-Hisch Vortex Tube” (RHVT) is a eenvoudige uitvindsel wat geen bewegende parte bevat nie en wat warm en koue lug gelyktydig produseer vanaf `n saamgepersde lugbron. ‘n Baie sterk roteerende vloei word gegenereer in die RHVT wat dieselfde snelhede bereik as die lug in `n gas-sentrifugeerder. Die gas- sentrifugeerder word gebruik as `n isotoopskeidingsapparaat. In teorie kan die RHVT dus ook gebruik word om partikels te skei as gevolg van die sterk roteerende vloei, met die voordeel dat dit ook die lug kan verhit en verkoel. As gevolg van hierde redes is die RHVT gekies as die skeidingstegniek om te ondersoek en dus experimenteel te toets. Die benuttingsgraad van die RHVT se vermoë om die grafiet stof van die lug te skei was gevolglik eksperimenteel getoets deur gebruik te maak van verskillende gehaltes grafiet stof, verskillende vloeistowwe (lug of helium), verskillende inlaat volumevloeitempos en volume fraksies en RHVT geometrieë. Die experimentele resultate het getoon dat die RHVT `n benuttingsgraad van meer as 85 % het. `n Regressie analise was ook gedoen met die eksperimentele data om `n korrelasie tussen die verskillende opersionele toestande (soos volumevloeitempo) en die stof skeiding benuttingsgraad te kry. Hierdie korrelasie kan dan gebruik word om die stofskeidingsbenuttingsgraad onder ander operasionele en geometriese omstandighede, soos die PBMR omgewing, te voorspel. `n Analitiese model word ook voorgestel om die “temperatuur-skeidings” meganisme in die RHVT te verduidelik, met die hulp van basiese termo-fisiese beginsels, om beter te verstaan hoe dit werk. Daar was ook gepoog om `n CFD analise te doen wat die analitiese model kon aanvul, maar die numeriese oplossing het nie gekonvergeer nie en dus word net die voorlopige resultate van dié analise bespreek.
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Fettaka, Salim. "Application of Multiobjective Optimization in Chemical Engineering Design and Operation." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23209.
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The purpose of this research project is the design and optimization of complex chemical engineering problems, by employing evolutionary algorithms (EAs). EAs are optimization techniques which mimic the principles of genetics and natural selection. Given their population-based approach, EAs are well suited for solving multiobjective optimization problems (MOOPs) to determine Pareto-optimal solutions. The Pareto front refers to the set of non-dominated solutions which highlight trade-offs among the different objectives. A broad range of applications have been studied, all of which are drawn from the chemical engineering field. The design of an industrial packed bed styrene reactor is initially studied with the goal of maximizing the productivity, yield and selectivity of styrene. The dual population evolutionary algorithm (DPEA) was used to circumscribe the Pareto domain of two and three objective optimization case studies for three different configurations of the reactor: adiabatic, steam-injected and isothermal. The Pareto domains were then ranked using the net flow method (NFM), a ranking algorithm that incorporates the knowledge and preferences of an expert into the optimization routine. Next, a multiobjective optimization of the heat transfer area and pumping power of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger is considered to provide the designer with multiple Pareto-optimal solutions which capture the trade-off between the two objectives. The optimization was performed using the fast and elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) on two case studies from the open literature. The algorithm was also used to determine the impact of using discrete standard values of the tube length, diameter and thickness rather than using continuous values to obtain the optimal heat transfer area and pumping power. In addition, a new hybrid algorithm called the FP-NSGA-II, is developed in this thesis by combining a front prediction algorithm with the fast and elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II). Due to the significant computational time of evaluating objective functions in real life engineering problems, the aim of this hybrid approach is to better approximate the Pareto front of difficult constrained and unconstrained problems while keeping the computational cost similar to NSGA-II. The new algorithm is tested on benchmark problems from the literature and on a heat exchanger network problem.
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Septien, Stringel Joël. "High temperature gasification of millimetric wood particles between 800°C and 1400°C." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011INPT0125/document.
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La gazéification de la biomasse a été étudiée dans les conditions d'un réacteur à flux entraîné, à savoir à vitesse de chauffage et à température élevées. Des expériences ont été réalisées dans un four à chute entre 800°C et 1400°C, à partir de particules de bois de taille 0,35 mm et 0,80 mm, dans une atmosphère inerte (100% molaire de N2), ou contenant de la vapeur d’eau (25% molaire). Les expériences ont également été simulées grâce à un modèle 1D avec des résultats positifs, ce qui a permis de mieux comprendre les phénomènes mis en jeu. Les solides obtenus (suies et char) ont été analysés et caractérisés. Des rendements élevés en gaz et goudrons, et un faible rendement en char ont été mesurés. Par conséquent, l'évolution de la phase volatile est déterminante pour les rendements des produits finaux. Au-dessus de 1000°C, la formation de suies devient importante. Les suies sont formées à partir de C2H2 et de HAP. En présence de vapeur d’eau, le rendement en suies est nettement moins élevé, ce qui s’explique essentiellement par le vaporeformage des précurseurs de suie, mais aussi par leur gazéification. La réaction de water-gas shift joue un rôle important dans la distribution des gaz majoritaires. La gazéification du char a été mise en évidence à 1200°C et 1400°C sous atmosphère humide. L'ensemble de ces réactions conduit à un gaz riche en H2, CO et CO2. L'équilibre thermodynamique est presque atteint à 1400°C avec une concentration de 25% molaire de H2O dans l’atmosphère. La graphitisation et la désactivation du char porté à haute température ont été mises en évidence expérimentalement. Néanmoins, ces phénomènes ont une influence négligeable sur l’évolution du rendement en char lors des expériences en four à chute. Enfin, la taille des particules n’a presque aucune influence sur les résultats expérimentauxBiomass gasification was studied in the conditions of an entrained flow reactor, namely at high heating rate and temperature. Experiments in a drop tube reactor were performed between 800°C and 1400°C, with wood particles of 0.35 mm and 0.80 mm size, under inert and steam containing - 25 mol% of H2O - atmospheres. These experiments were also simulated with a 1D model which gave good predictions. The collected solids, soot and char, were analyzed and characterized. This study highlights the importance of gas phase reactions on the yields of the final products, mainly gaseous compounds, in these conditions. These reactions are hydrocarbons cracking, reforming and polymerization, leading to soot formation, and water-gas shift. Char graphitization and deactivation were experimentally demonstrated. However, these phenomena have a negligible influence on char evolution in the drop tube reactor. Finally, the particle size was shown to have almost no influence on experimental results
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Cilliers, Charl. "Thermal-fluid simulation of nuclear steam generator performance using Flownex and RELAP5/mod3.4 / Charl Cilliers." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9777.
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The steam generator plays a primary role in the safety and performance of a pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant. The cost to utilities is in the order of millions of Rands a year as a direct result of damage to steam generators. The damage results in lower efficiency or even plant shutdown. It is necessary for the utility and for academia to have models of nuclear components by which research and analysis may be performed. It must be possible to analyse steam generator performance for both day-to-day operational analysis as well as in the case of extreme accident scenarios.
The homogeneous model for two-phase flow is simpler in its implementation than the two-fluid model, and therefore suffers in accuracy. Its advantage lies in its quick turnover time for development of models and subsequent analysis. It is often beneficial for a modeller to be able to quickly set up and analyse a model of a system, and a trade-off between accuracy and time-management is thus required.
Searches through available literature failed to provide answers to how the homogeneous model compares with the two-fluid model for operational and safety analysis. It is expected to see variations between the models, from the analysis of the mathematics, but it remains to be shown what these differences are.
The purpose of this study was to determine how the homogeneous model for two-phase flow compares with the two-fluid model when applied to a u-tube steam generator of a typical pressurized water reactor. The steam generator was modelled in both RELAP5 and in Flownex. A custom script was written for Flownex in order to implement the Chen correlation for boiling heat transfer. This was significantly less detailed than RELAP5’s solution of a matrix of flow regimes and heat transfer correlations. The geometry of the models were based on technical drawings from Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant, and were simplified to a one-dimensional model. Plant data obtained from Koeberg was used to validate the models at 100%, 80% and 60% power output.
It was found that the overall heat transfer rate predicted with the RELAP5 two-fluid model was within 1.5% of the measured data from the Koeberg plant. The results generated by the homogeneous model for the overall heat transfer were within 4.5% of the measured values.
However, the differences in the detailed temperature distributions and heat transfer coefficient values were quite significant at the inlet and outlet ends of the tube bundle, at the bottom tube sheet of the steam generator. In this area the water-level was not accurately modelled by the homogeneous model, and therefore there was an under-prediction in heat transfer in that region. Large differences arose between the Flownex and RELAP5 solutions due to difference in the heat transfer correlations used. The Flownex model exclusively implemented the Chen correlation, while RELAP5 implements a flow regime map correlated to a table of heat transfer correlations.
It was concluded that the results from the homogeneous model for two-phase flow do not differ significantly when compared with the two-fluid model when applied to the u-tube steam generator at the normal operating conditions. Significant differences do, however, occur in lower regions of the boiler where the quality is lower. We conclude that the homogeneous model offers significant advantage in simplicity over the two-fluid model for normal operational analysis. This may not be the case for detailed accident analysis, which was beyond the scope of this study.Thesis (MIng (Nuclear Engineering))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.
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Simon, Russell James. "The use of Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy as a diagnostic technique for studying the hydrogenation of carbon moxide {i.e. monoxide} in a tube-wall reactor." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23441.
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Bauge, Jean-Christophe. "Étude de l'oxydation de composés insaturés en réacteur parfaitement agité et en tube à onde de choc." Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998INPL017N.
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Ce travail s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes réactionnels liés à la combustion anormale dans les moteurs à allumage commandé (cliquetis) et à la formation de polluants émis à l'échappement des moteurs diesel (polyaromatiques, suies). L’oxydation de l'isobutène (responsable de l'effet anti-détonant des éthers ajoutés dans les essences) a été étudiée sur deux appareillages complémentaires afin de couvrir un vaste domaine de température. Le réacteur auto-agité par jets gazeux a permis une étude à température modérée (< 640C°), avec identification et analyse quantitative des produits formés par chromatographie en phase gazeuse. Le tube à onde de choc développé récemment au laboratoire a permis une étude à haute température (> 1200C°) par la mesure de délais d'auto-inflammation de mélanges isobutène-oxygène-argon. Un mécanisme réactionnel de 136 réactions a été proposé et validé à l'aide de simulations. L’analyse de ce mécanisme nous a permis de corroborer des résultats déjà publiès sur le caractère inhibiteur de l'isobutène et d'expliquer l'allure auto-accélérée des courbes de consommation des réactifs. L'étude de l'oxydation de quatre précurseurs des suies (l'acetylène, le propyne, l'allène et le 1,3-butadiène) a été réalisée expérimentalement en tube à onde de choc en mesurant des délais d'auto-inflammation de mélanges composé insaturé-oxygéne-argon entre 1011 et 1742 K. Un mécanisme comportant 206 réactions élaboré au laboratoire a été utilisé pour modéliser nos résultats. Des analyses de sensibilité et de vitesse ont permis de dégager les voies réactionnelles prépondérantes : la formation de benzène à notamment été attribuée à la combinaison de deux radicaux propargyle C₃H₃.
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Tlili, Sabrine. "Etude des cinétiques et des équilibres d'adsorption des composés organiques volatils et semi-volatils présents dans l'atmosphère des salles blanches sur les composants microélectroniques en cours de fabrication." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012AIXM4806.
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Du fait de la miniaturisation des composants semi-conducteurs, il est devenu de plus en plus important de réduire les niveaux de contamination. Les salles blanches sont indispensables pour assurer un environnement adéquat pour l'élaboration des composants microélectroniques. Toutefois, jusqu'à présent aucune technologie ne permet le contrôle de la contamination organique volatile, et même dans tels environnements contrôlés, la contamination des surfaces de wafers a souvent lieu. Une nouvelle approche expérimentale a été développée dans notre laboratoire afin de suivre les processus d'adsorption et de désorption des contaminants organiques volatils et semi-volatils à la surface des wafers. Ce dispositif est constitué de trois composants principaux : un générateur des composés en phase gaz, un tube à écoulement et le spectromètre de masse par transfert de proton comme outil analytique de mesure de la composition de la phase gazeuse. Les comportements d'adsorption de cinq composés organiques volatils parmi les plus abondants dans les environnements des salles blanches (l'isopropanol, l'acétone, le xylène, l'acétate d'éthyle et le propylène glycol méthyl éther acétate) et trois semi-volatils (diéthylphtalate, tri-(2-chloroéthyl)-phosphate et le tri- (2-cloropropyl)-phosphate) ont été étudiés. Les paramètres cinétiques des processus d'adsorption ont été déterminés. Les corrélations entre leurs concentrations en phase gazeuse et leurs densités à la surface des wafers ont été établies. En comparant les comportements d'adsorption de tous les composés étudiés, il a été démontré que la constante de désorption kdes est le facteur le plus influent sur les équilibres d'adsorptionAs semiconductor devices become smaller, it is increasingly important to reduce the degree of organic contamination in the areas where such devices are produced. It has been shown that cleanrooms are indispensable to provide a suitable environment for processing semiconductor devices. However, at present time there is no technology for controlling the contamination with volatile organic compounds (VOC), and even in such an environment, the wafers are exposed to VOC. A new experimental approach has been developed in our laboratory in order to follow the adsorption and desorption processes of volatile and semi volatiles organic compounds on silicon wafer surfaces. This unique setup is based on three principal components: a stable gas-phase generator, a flow tube reactor, and a proton-transfer-reaction–mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) analytical device to monitor the VOC. The adsorption behavior of five the most abundant VOCs in the cleanroom environment (isopropanol, acetone, xylene, ethyl acetate and propylene glycol methyl ether acetate) and three semi volatile organic compounds (diethylphtalate, tri-(2-chloroethyl)-phosphate and tri-(2-cloropropyl)-phosphate) on silicon wafer surface was studied. The kinetic parameters were determined and correlations between the gas phase concentrations and the surface densities of the organic contaminants were established. By comparing the adsorption properties of the studied compounds, it has been demonstrated that time dependant changes in the surface concentration of the organic species are governed by desorption constants, kdes. Moreover, kdes was found to be dependent on the molecular weight of the studied organics
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Foral, Štěpán. "Výměníky tepla Sodík - Oxid uhličitý pro JE se sodíkem chlazeným rychlým reaktorem (SFR)." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-229965.
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This master’s thesis deals with a design of Na-CO2 heat exchanger. There is a comparison of shell and tube heat exchanger with PCHE in the first part. Further the shell and tube heat exchanger with internally finned tubes was chosen as the basic conception. There was performed an optimization of construct and operations parameters for this concept. The optimization was performed on the basis of thermal and hydraulic calculations. Further there were performed calculations for ensuring of safe operation of the heat exchanger. The conclusion of the diploma thesis deals with comparison of the designed heat exchanger with similar projects.
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Bennadji, Hayat. "Biodiesel : combustion des esthers éthyliques d'huiles végétales comme additifs au pétrodiesel." Thesis, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010INPL044N/document.
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Le biodiesel est un biocarburant, composé d'un mélange de mono-esters d'acide gras saturés et insaturés avec une longue chaîne carbonée. Ce travail de thèse présente les données de la littérature sur l'origine du biodiesel et son procédé de fabrication ; sont présentées aussi les performances et les émissions des moteurs diesel fonctionnant au biodiesel et la cinétique d'oxydation du biodiesel. Des efforts ont été faits pour mettre en évidence les principales différences entre les esters méthyliques et éthyliques tout en montrant que d'autres recherches sont encore à développer. Pour ces raisons, les délais d'auto-inflammation de cinq esters méthyliques et éthyliques ont été mesurés dans un tube à onde de choc : l'acrylate d'éthyle, l'acrylate de méthyle, le crotonate d'éthyle, le crotonate de méthyle et le butanoate d'éthyle. Les mécanismes cinétiques détaillés d'oxydation des cinq esters étudiés ont été générés automatiquement en utilisant le logiciel EXGAS. L'oxydation du butanoate d'éthyle, molécule modèle d'esters éthyliques d'huiles végétales (EEHV) a été étudiée dans un réacteur piston à pression atmosphérique pour une gamme de température allant de 500 à 1200 K. Les résultats représentent les profils de concentration des réactifs, les intermédiaires stables et les produits finaux. Le modèle cinétique a été validé de façon satisfaisante par une comparaison entre les résultats simulés et expérimentauxAn increasingly popular biofuel is biodiesel, composed of a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters, with a long aliphatic main chain. This PhD dissertation provides a literature review concerning the origin of biodiesel, its manufacturing process, performance and emissions of diesel engines fueled with biodiesel, and the kinetics of oxidation of biodiesel. Efforts were made to highlight the main differences between methyl and ethyl esters while showing where further research needs to be developed or pursued. For these reasons, the autoignition of five esters were measured behind reflected shock tube: ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, ethyl crotonate, methyl crotonate, and ethyl butanoate. Detailed mechanisms for the oxidation of the five studied esters were automatically generated using the version of EXGAS software. In addition, the oxidation of ethyl butanoate as a model compound for Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters (FAEE) has been investigated in tubular plug flow reactor at atmospheric pressure over wide range of temperature (500-1200 K). The results consist of concentration profiles of the reactants, stable intermediates, and final products. The model was again validated satisfactorily by comparison between computed results and the generated experimental data
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Henon-Vernet, Christine. "Contribution à l'étude métallurgique d'une liaison bimétallique soudée 16MND5/309/308." Grenoble INPG, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997INPG0021.
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Les liaisons bimetalliques soudees concernees par cette etude interessent les assemblages par soudage des tubulures de cuve en acier faiblement allie 16mnd5 et des tuyauteries en acier austenitique 316 du circuit rep. Certaines de ces liaisons presentent en peau externe des defauts intergranulaires en premiere couche de beurrage qui n'apparaissent que lorsque la structure de cette premiere couche est purement austenitique. Les materiaux assembles ayant des coefficients de dilatation tres differents, nous avons suppose que la fatigue thermique pouvait etre responsable de la presence de ces defauts. Aussi, afin de tester cette hypothese et estimer le degre de nocivite de la structure austenitique, nous avons etudie une liaison bimetallique presentant une structure austenitique en premiere couche et avons simule la fatigue thermique par de la fatigue oligocyclique a 320c. Nous nous sommes attaches a decrire les transformations metallurgiques induites par le caractere heterogene de l'assemblage. De nombreuses discontinuites ont ainsi pu etre mises en evidence au niveau de l'interface metal de base/premiere couche de beurrage : discontinuites chimiques, microstructurales et cristallographiques. Une analyse des conditions de solidification imposees par le caractere heterogene de la liaison a ete proposee permettant de rendre compte des phenomenes observes. D'un point de vue mecanique, il semble que ces heterogeneites aient peu d'influence sur la tenue en fatigue de la liaison. Quel que soit le mode de sollicitation envisage, nous ne recreons pas les decohesions intergranulaires observees sur site. Une modelisation par elements finis a ete menee pour determiner la repartition de la deformation plastique cumulee et expliquer la presence d'une zone sans bandes de glissements apparentes au niveau de l'interface, cote beurrage.
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Santos, Andarair Gomes dos. "Desenvolvimento de uma rota qu?mica alternativa de s?ntese de SrCo0,8Fe0,2O3- e LaNi0,3Co0,7O3- para aplica??o na rea??o de oxida??o do CO." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2010. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18559.
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This thesis focuses on the coprecipitation synthesis method for preparation of ceramic materials with perovskite structure, their characterization and application as catalytic material in the reaction of converting CO to CO2 developing a methodological alternative route of synthesis from the middle via oxalate coprecipitation material SrCo0,8Fe0,2O3-d. In order to check the influence of this method, it was also synthesized using a combined citrate - EDTA complexing method. The material was characterized by: X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rietveld refinement method, thermogravimetry and differential thermo analysis (TG / DTA), scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopy, particle size distribution and surface analysis method BET. Both methods led to post-phase synthesis, with pH as a relevant parameter. The synthesis based on the method via oxalate coprecipitation among particles led to the crystalline phase as those obtained using a combined citrate - EDTA complexing method under the same conditions of heat treatment. The nature of the reagent used via oxalate coprecipitation method produced a material with approximately 80 % lower than the average size of crystallites. Moreover, the via oxalate coprecipitation method precursors obtained in the solid state at low temperature (~ 26 oC), shorter synthesis, greater thermal stability and a higher yield of around 90-95 %, maintaining the same order of magnitude the crystallite size that the combined citrate - EDTA complexing method. For purposes of comparing the catalytic properties of the material was also synthesized by the using a combined citrate - EDTA complexing method. The evaluation of catalytic materials SrCo0,8Fe0,2O3-d LaNi0,3Co0,7O3-d was accompanied on the oxidation of CO to CO2 using a stainless steel tubular reactor in the temperature range of 75-300 oC. The conversion CO gas was evaluated in both materials on the results shaved that the firm conversion was loves for the material LaNi0,3Co0,7O3-d
Esta tese enfoca o m?todo de s?ntese de coprecipita??o para prepara??o de materiais cer?micos com estrutura perovsquita, suas caracteriza??es e aplica??o como material catal?tico na rea??o de convers?o de CO a CO2 desenvolvendo uma rota metodol?gica alternativa de s?ntese a partir da coprecipita??o via meio oxalato do material SrCo0,8Fe0,2O3-d. No intuito de verificar a influ?ncia desse m?todo o mesmo foi sintetizado tamb?m com base no m?todo de complexa??o combinando EDTA - Citrato. O material foi caracterizado por: difratometria de raios-X (DRX), refinamento pelo m?todo Rietveld, termogravimetria e termodiferencial (TG/DTA), Microscopia Eletr?nica de Varredura (MEV) e de transmiss?o (MET), distribui??o granulom?trica e analise superficial pelo m?todo BET. Ambos os m?todos de s?ntese permitiram obter p?s monof?sicos, tendo o pH como um par?metro relevante. A s?ntese com base no m?todo via coprecipita??o em meio oxalato permitiu obter tamanho de part?culas na mesma ordem de grandeza que os obtidos a partir do m?todo de complexa??o combinando EDTA - Citrato, nas mesmas condi??es de tratamento t?rmico. A natureza do reagente utilizado no m?todo via coprecipita??o em meio oxalato produziu um material com aproximadamente 80 % menor em rela??o ao tamanho m?dio de cristalito. Al?m disso, o m?todo via coprecipita??o em meio oxalato obteve precursores em estado s?lido, em baixa temperatura (~26 oC), menor tempo de s?ntese, maior estabilidade t?rmica e um rendimento maior da ordem 90 a 95 %, mantendo na mesma ordem de grandeza o tamanho m?dio de cristalito que o m?todo de complexa??o combinando EDTA - Citrato. Para fins comparativo das propriedades catal?ticas do material, a perovsquita LaNi0,3Co0,7O3-d foi tamb?m sintetizada pelo m?todo de complexa??o combinando EDTA Citrato. A avalia??o catal?tica dos materiais SrCo0,8Fe0,2O3-d e LaNi0,3Co0,7O3-d, foi acompanhada na rea??o de oxida??o do CO a CO2 utilizando um reator tubular de a?o inoxid?vel na faixa de temperatura de 75 300 oC. A convers?o foi avaliada cujos resultados mostraram que para ambos os materiais o CO foi completamente convertido por?m em menor tempo para o material LaNi0,3Co0,7O3-d
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Švihel, Miroslav. "Mezivýměník tepla primárního okruhu reaktoru ESFR." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-230371.
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The thesis is mainly focused on the design of the intermediate heat exchanger primary circuit of the reactor ESFR. Heat exchanger is calculated heat, hydraulic and strength and is finally processed part drawings. There are designed the basic dimensions of the tube bundle and container heat exchanger. There are included an overview of concepts and so far used types IHX at the nuclear power plants with fast reactors. There are also mentioned basic parameters of the project ESFR and evaluated the safety and operational reliability of the heat exchanger.
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Billaud, Joseph. "Gazéification de la biomasse en réacteur à flux entrainé : études expérimentales et modélisation." Thesis, Ecole nationale des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015EMAC0010/document.
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Ce travail porte sur l'étude de la gazéification de biomasse en Réacteur à Flux Entrainé (RFE), dans le contexte du développement de procédés pour la production de biocarburants de deuxième génération. L'objectif de cette thèse est de modéliser les différents phénomènes qui régissent la conversion de la biomasse dans des conditions représentatives d'un RFE. La pyrolyse et la gazéification de particules de hêtre de taille comprise entre 315 et 415 µm ont été étudiées entre 800 et 1400°C en four à chute de laboratoire. L'influence de l'ajout de H2O, de CO2 et de O2 sur les produits de gazéification a été explorée, et les essais ont été simulés à partir d'un modèle 1D. L'ajout de H2O ou de CO2 permet de diminuer les rendements en char de manière significative. En phase gaz, l'influence principale de ces deux espèces est la modification de la composition en espèces majoritaires avec la réaction de gaz à l'eau. L'ajout de O2 a pour effet d'améliorer la conversion du carbone de la biomasse en gaz, et de réduire de manière significative la production de suies et de char. Le modèle, basé sur une chimie détaillée, permet de simuler ces essais de façon très satisfaisante sur toute la gamme de variation des conditions opératoires. La pyrolyse et la gazéification de particules de hêtre tamisées entre 1,12 et 1,25 mm a été étudiée en présence de O2. À 800, 1000 et 1200°C, la conversion de ces « grosses » particules est plus faible que celles des petites particules, mais à 1400°C la taille de particule n'a pas d'influence. Enfin, une étude expérimentale a été menée dans un RFE pilote pour étudier l'influence de la quantité de O2, de la taille de particule et de la pression sur la gazéification de particules de bois. Ces essais ont été simulés de façon satisfaisante en adaptant le modèle 1DThe present work deals with biomass gasification in Entrained Flow Reactor (EFR) in the context of the development of new Biomass-to-Liquid processes. The objective of this study is to develop a comprehensive model to better understand the phenomena controlling biomass gasification in conditions representative of an EFR. Biomass pyrolysis and gasification of beech particles sieved between 315 and 450 µm have been studied between 800 and 1400°C in a drop tube furnace. The influence of H2O, CO2 and O2 addition on gasification products has been investigated and the tests have been simulated with a 1D model. The addition of H2O or CO2 leads to a significantly lower char yield. The main influence of these two oxidants in gas phase is the modification of major species composition with water gas shift reaction. With the addition of O2, the carbon conversion into gas is improved and the char and soot yields are significantly lower. The simulations are in very good agreement with the experimental results. Biomass pyrolysis and gasification of beech particles sieved between 1.12 and 1.25 mm have been studied in presence of O2. Between 800 and 1200°C the carbon conversion into gas is lower than with the smaller particles but at 1400°C the particle size has no influence. At last, the influence of O2 addition, particle size and pressure on biomass gasification has been studied in a pilot scale EFR. These experimental results have been satisfactorily simulated by adapting the 1D model
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JONG, RUDOLF P. de. "Avaliacao de tubulacoes trincadas em sistemas primarios de reatores nucleares PWR." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2004. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11228.
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Mohabeer, Chikirsha Chetna Devi. "Bio-oil production by pyrolysis of biomass coupled with a catalytic de-oxygenation treatment." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMIR22/document.
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L’épuisement des sources d’énergie fossile et les conséquences nocives des gaz à effet de serre sur l’environnement ont accru la nécessité de l’utilisation des énergies renouvelables. Parmi les différentes sources, la biomasse possède un potentiel considérable. Ce projet de recherche vise à étudier la pyrolyse des anas de lin et du bois de hêtre, des biomasses qui se retrouvent communément dans la région Normandie, afin de produire et d’améliorer une bio-huile capable d’être utilisée comme bio-carburant dans les moteurs à combustion. L’objet de cette thèse est donc de fournir une caractérisation détaillée des produits de la pyrolyse des deux biomasses choisies et de leurs constituants purs (la cellulose, l’hémicellulose et la lignine) dans une installation semi-continue. Un traitement catalytique de désoxygénation est ensuite employé pour améliorer les propriétés des bio-huiles obtenues. Les catalyseurs utilisés sont à base de zéolithes (HZSM-5 et H-Y), des mêmes zéolithes modifiées au fer et de métaux (Pt, CoMo) supportés sur alumine. Nous avons constaté que, dans cette installation, une pyrolyse à 500 °C, sous 500 mL/min d’azote, suivie d’une désoxygénation catalytique en utilisant Fe-HZSM-5 comme catalyseur, donnait les meilleurs résultats en termes de rendement en bio-huiles et de taux de désoxygénation. L’effet d’un changement de technologie de réacteur de pyrolyse en utilisant un réacteur continu à chute sur les produits de la pyrolyse a aussi été examiné. Ce réacteur a également été couplé à une étape de traitement catalytique de désoxygénation dans un réacteur à lit fixe indépendant. Il a été aperçu qu’en dépit d’un changement de technologie de réacteur, les conditions opératoires optimales restent les mêmes avec cependant, une différence non négligeable au niveau du taux de désoxygénation. Cette différence a été attribuée à l’effet du temps de contact. Finalement, l’efficacité du catalyseur utilisé lors de la pyrolyse en continu a été suivie dans le temps. Il a été constaté qu’au cours du temps, le catalyseur démontrait une activité décroissante, indiquant qu’un phénomène de désactivation était présentDepleting sources of fossil fuels and harmful consequences of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment have heightened the necessity of renewable energy resources. Among the different existing sources, biomass presents a considerable potential. This research work aimed at investigating the pyrolysis of flax shives and beech wood residues, which are biomass residues commonly found in the Normandy region, so as to produce and upgrade a bio-oil capable of being used as a bio-fuel in combustion engines. The objective of this thesis was thus to provide a detailed characterisation of the products obtained from the pyrolysis of the two chosen biomasses and their pure components (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) in a semi-continuous system. A catalytic de-oxygenation treatment was then employed to upgrade the properties of the bio-oils obtained. The catalysts used were zeolite-based (HZSM-5 and H-Y), the latter zeolites modified by iron and metals (Pt and CoMo) supported on alumina. It was observed that, in this setup, pyrolysis at 500 °C under 500 mL/min of nitrogen, followed by a catalytic de-oxygenation using Fe-HZSM-5 as catalyst, gave the best results in terms of bio-oil yield and de-oxygenation degree. The effect, on the pyrolysis products, of changing the pyrolysis reactor technology to a continuous drop-tube reactor was also investigated. This reactor was similarly coupled with a catalytic de-oxygenation treatment step occurring in a separate fixed bed reactor. It was found that despite a change in reactor technology, the optimal operational conditions remain the same, although a non-negligible difference was noticed with respect to the de-oxygenation degree. This difference was attributed to the effect of contact time. Finally, the efficiency of the catalyst used during the continuous pyrolysis was monitored in time. It was seen that over time, the catalyst presented a diminishing activity, indicating the presence of a de-activation phenomenon
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Crosatti, Lorenzo. "Experimental and numerical investigation of the thermal performance of gas-cooled divertor modules." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24717.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Co-Chair: Minami Yoda, Co-Advisor; Committee Co-Chair: Said I. Abdel-Khalik; Committee Member: Donald R. Webster; Committee Member: Narayanan M. Komerath; Committee Member: S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan; Committee Member: Yogendra Joshi
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Leising, Guillaume M. "Radial heat transfer studies in low tube to particle diameter ratio fixed bed reactors." Link to electronic thesis, 2005. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-050205-154724/.
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Hakka, Mohammed Hichem. "Étude de l'oxydation en phase gazeuse de composants des gazoles et des biocarburants diesel." Thesis, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010INPL001N/document.
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En raison de la complexité de leur composition, l’étude de l’oxydation des gazoles et des carburants biodiesel nécessite de choisir des molécules modèles représentant ces mélanges. Dans ce contexte nous avons sélectionné deux molécules pouvant représenter les gazoles : le n-décane, souvent considéré comme molécule modèle des paraffines contenues dans les gazoles, et le n-hexadécane, molécule de référence pour l’estimation de l’indice cétane, ainsi que deux molécules représentant les carburants biodiesel : le palmitate de méthyle (C17H34O2, ester méthylique saturé) et l’oléate de méthyle (C19H36O2, ester méthylique insaturé). L’étude de l’oxydation de ces molécules a été menée en réacteur auto-agité par jets gazeux, à une richesse de 1, des températures comprises entre 550 et 1100 K, à pression atmosphérique et à un temps de passage constant de 1,5 s. La formation d’un nombre important d’espèces a été observée parmi lesquelles figurent des oléfines, des diènes, des esters méthyliques insaturés, des éthers cycliques avec différentes tailles de cycle, des cétones et des aldéhydes. Grâce à deux nouvelles versions du logiciel EXGAS, des mécanismes cinétiques détaillés de l’oxydation des molécules étudiées ont été générés et validés par comparaison avec les résultats expérimentaux. Enfin, une comparaison de la réactivité du n-décane, du n-hexadécane, du palmitate de méthyle et de l’oléate de méthyle et des quantités de produits formées (dont certains polluants) a été effectuéeBecause of the complexity of their compositions, the study of the oxidation of diesel and biodiesel fuels requires choosing model molecules (surrogates) representing the real mixtures. In this context, we have selected two molecules to represent the diesel fuel: n-decane, usually considered as model molecule of paraffin contained in diesel fuel, and n-hexadecane, molecule of reference for the estimation of the cetane number, and two molecules representing biodiesel fuel: methyl palmitate (C17H34O2, a saturated methyl ester) and methyl oleate (C19H36O2, an unsaturated methyl ester). The study of oxidation of these molecules has been conducted in a jet-stirred reactor, with an equivalence ratio of 1, temperatures between 550 and 1100 K, at atmospheric pressure and for a constant residence time of 1.5 sec. The formation of a large number of species has been observed which includes olefins, dienes, unsaturated methyl esters, cyclic ethers with different size of ring, ketones and aldehydes. Using two new versions of EXGAS software, detailed kinetic mechanisms for the oxidation of the studied molecules were generated and validated by comparaison with experiemental results. Finally, a comparison of the reactivity of n-decane, n-hexadecane, methyl palmitate and methyl oleate and amounts of formed products (including some pollutants) has been performed
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Adamson, Fiona. "Propagating reaction fronts in zirconia tubes." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487432.
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Al, Nakkas Aref Fakher Hassan Ali. "A polymerase chain reaction assay for the diagnosis of human brucellosis in Kuwait." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325112.
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Dempsey, Brian Paul 1958. "LOW PECLET NUMBER HEAT TRANSFER IN A LAMINAR TUBE FLOW SUBJECTED TO AXIALLY VARYING WALL HEAT FLUX." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275506.
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Lourenco, Celia Maria Farinha. "Applications of proton transfer reaction and selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry in health monitoring." Thesis, Open University, 2017. http://oro.open.ac.uk/49148/.
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This thesis investigates the use of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in disease diagnosis and monitoring. VOCs may be found in the human body, in exhaled breath, faecal matter, urine, and skin. Analysis of the volatile profile produced in the human body can provide an indicator of metabolic status, allowing the screening and monitoring of different diseases and conditions, non-invasively and painlessly. In this thesis a range of highly sensitive analytical techniques have been adopted to measure such VOCs and demonstrate that such monitoring may be used as a disease diagnostic. For example breath samples may be analysed and calibrated against gas-phase standards prepared under physiologically representative concentrations as a tool for non-invasive disease monitoring, e.g. type 2 diabetes. Detailed faecal headspace analyses of two different mouse models of type 2 diabetes (Cushing´s mice and Afmid) were made. The mouse model of Cushing’s syndrome develop excessive circulating glucocorticoid concentrations, which are associated with obesity, hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance. The Afmid knockout mice suffer inactivation of Afmid genes, which in part regulates many functions including pancreatic secretion. These mice show impaired glucose tolerance. The gut microbiota of diabetic mice appear to have a different composition when compared to wild-type littermates, i.e. significantly increased levels of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), ketones, alcohols and aldehydes were found in the faecal headspace of diabetic mice, and a possible link between gut microbiota and type 2 diabetes is demonstrated. The use of VOCs as a screening tool of colorectal cancer was also explored. The current screening tools show lack of sensitivity and specificity for the screening of the disease. The volatile faecal profile of patients with colorectal cancer was investigated, and sulphide compounds, including hydrogen sulphide (H2S) are shown to have potential as biomarkers for screening of colorectal cancer.
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Garcia, Andrew, and Corey Frahm. "Comparison of Hypersensitivity Reaction Incidence to Carboplatin in Patients with Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer with or without the BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations." The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624176.
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Class of 2017 AbstractObjectives: The specific aims of this project were to evaluate the incidence of carboplatin HSR in patients with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations compared to those without these mutations. Secondary objectives were to identify carboplatin cycles where reactions occurred, grade of reaction, and treatment outcomes. Methods: This retrospective chart review included 167 ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer patients at the University of Arizona Cancer Center who underwent a regimen with carboplatin from 2013-2015. Results: 126 out of 167 patients were analyzed. HSR occurred in 4 patients with BRCA mutations, and in 9 patients without mutations, though incidence was not significant with respect to the groups (3.1% versus 17.4%, P=0.5291). Overall, there were 11 grade 1 reactions, 14 grade 2 reactions, and 16 grade 3 reactions to carboplatin. Conclusions: Presence of a BRCA1/2 mutation was not associated with a higher incidence of HSR in carboplatin. More studies are needed to clarify the impact of BRCA mutations on developing carboplatin HSR.
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Wallace, A. C. "The development of a curved centre cracked specimen for fracture toughness testing of CANDU reactor pressure tubes." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/21626.
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Allain, Florent. "Evaluation of the Classical Reaction Engineering models in terms of mass transport and reaction rate distribution for low tube-to-particle diameter ratio beds." Digital WPI, 2011. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/374.
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Packed bed reactors are widely used in the chemicals industry and have been studied carefully in the last century. Several reaction engineering models have been developed in order to predict the behavior of such reactors under specified conditions, in order to assist in the sizing during an industrial process conception.
These reactors can be categorized using different parameters, and the bed-to- particle diameter ratio - N - is one of them. It has been shown that this parameter influences greatly the transfer phenomena that occur in the bed, and that for ratios under 10, particular attention is needed when considering the wall effects. An impor- tant point that has to be evaluated is the accuracy of the actual chemical reaction engineering models when simulating such beds as it is valid to question the hypoth- esis of a pseudo-continuum model when considering a low bed-to-particle diameter ratio bed.
Through high precision Computational Fluid Dynamics calculations, several beds of particles are modeled and studied in term of mass dispersion and reaction rate distribution. Two reaction engineering models - a simple pseudo-continuum model with effectiveness factor, and a model we refer to as "Single pellet" model - and several correlations regarding Peclet numbers are then evaluated under the same conditions in order to determine their accuracy and reliability for that particular kind of bed.
Two beds of N = 5.96 and N = 7.99 are studied for dispersion phenomena, and the bed of N = 5.96 is studied for reaction rate distribution. It is shown that the pseudo- continuum model of dispersion stands valid for the higher N, but that none of the correlations we used were able to correctly predict the behavior of the N = 5.96 bed at any of the Reynolds number we considered, only giving close behaviors. We were confronted with some difficulties regarding the reaction simulation under Fluent, but some comparisons were successfully made regarding species and reaction rate distribution in the bed.
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Seljeskog, Morten. "Shock Tube Experiments on Nitromethane and Promotion of Chemical Reactions by Non-Thermal Plasma." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-98.
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This dissertation was undertaken to study two different subjects both related to molecular decomposition by applying a shock tube and non-thermal plasma to decompose selected hydrocarbons. The first approach to molecular decomposition concerned thermal decomposition and oxidation of highly diluted nitromethane (NM) in a shock tube. Reflected shock tube experiments on NM decomposition, using mixtures of 0.2 to 1.5 vol% NM in nitrogen or argon were performed over the temperature range 850-1550 K and pressure range 190-900 kPa, with 46 experiments diluted in nitrogen and 44 diluted in argon. By residual error analysis of the measured decomposition profiles it was found that NM decomposition (CH3NO2 + M -> CH3 + NO2 + M, where M = N2 /Ar) corresponds well to a law of first order. Arrhenius expressions corresponding to NM diluted either in N2 or in Ar were found as kN2 = 1017.011×exp(-182.6 kJ/mole / R×T
In parallel to, and following the decomposition experiments, oxidative experiments on the ignition delay times of NM/O2/Ar mixtures were investigated over high temperature and low to high pressure ranges. These experiments were carried out with eight different mixtures of gaseous NM and oxygen diluted in argon, with pressures ranging between 44.3-600 kPa, and temperatures ranging between 842-1378 K.
The oxidation experiments were divided into different categories according to the type of decomposition signals achieved. For signals with and without emission, the apparent quasi-constant activation energy was found from the correlations, to be 64.574 kJ/mol and 113.544 kJ/mol, respectively. The correlations for the ignition delay for time signals with and without emission were deduced as τemission = 0.3669×10-2×[NM]-1.02[O2]-1.08×[Ar]1.42×exp(7767/T) and τno emission = 0.3005×10-2×[NM]-0.28[O2]0.12×[Ar]-0.59×exp(13657/T), respectively.
The second approach to molecular decomposition concerned the application of non-thermal plasma to initiate reactions and decompose/oxidize selected hydrocarbons, methane and propane, in air. Experiments with a gliding arc discharge device were performed at the university of Orléans on the decomposition/reforming of low-to stoichiometric concentration air/CH4 mixtures. The presented results show that complete reduction of methane could be obtained if the residence time in the reactor was sufficiently long. The products of the methane decomposition were mainly CO2, CO and H2O. The CH4 conversion rate showed to increase with increasing residence time, temperature of the operating gas, and initial concentration of methane. To achieve complete decomposition of CH4 in 1 m3 of a 2 vol% mixture, the energy cost was about 1.5 kWh. However, the formation of both CO and NOx in the present gliding discharge system was found to be significant. The produced amount of both CO (0.4-1 vol%) and NOx (2000-3500 ppm) were in such high quantities that they would constitute an important pollution threat if this process as of today was to be used in large scale CH4 decomposition. Further experimental investigations were performed on self-built laboratory scale, single- and double dielectric-barrier discharge devices as a means of removing CH4 and C3H8 from simulated reactive inlet mixtures. The different discharge reactors were all powered by an arrangement of commercially available Tesla coil units capable of high-voltage high-frequency output. The results from each of the different experiments are limited and sometimes only qualitative, but show a tendency that the both CH4 and C3H8 are reduced in a matter of a 3-6 min. retention time. The most plausible mechanism for explaining the current achievements is the decomposition by direct electron impact.
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Tellbach, Elsa. "Stoßwellenuntersuchungen und Modellierung der Pyrolyse von Pentafluorethan und 2-H-Heptafluorpropan." Doctoral thesis, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0022-5E33-E.
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Agila, Amal. "Volatile Profile of Cashews (Anacardium occidentale L.), Almonds, and Honeys from Different Origins by Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1341334757.
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House, Emily. "Refinement of PTR-MS methodology and application to the measurement of (O)VOCs from cattle slurry." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3854.
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Oxygenated volatile organic compounds ((O)VOCs) contribute to ozone formation, affect the oxidising capacity of the troposphere and are sources of growth, and in some cases formation, of aerosols. It is therefore important to identify and quantify sources of (O)VOCs in the troposphere. In the late 1990s a unique technique for quantification of organic trace gas species, proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) was developed. PTR-MS potentially offers rapid response and high sensitivity without the need for sample pre-concentration. Concentrations can be derived from the PTR-MS either by calibration or can be calculated from measured ion count rates and kinetic considerations. In this work, the methodology of PTR-MS application is critically assessed. The uncertainties and inaccuracies associated with each parameter employed in the calculation of concentrations are reviewed. This includes a critical appraisal of models for the calculation of the collisional rate constant currently applied in the field of PTR-MS. The use of a model to account for the effects of the electric field, available in the literature but not previously applied to the PTR-MS, is advocated. Collisional rate constants employing each of the models discussed have been calculated for the reactions of H3O+ with over 400 molecules for PTR-MS. In PTR-MS it cannot be assumed that the product ion occurs only at the protonated non-dissociated mass. Few product distributions obtained from PTR-MS are cited in the literature, and even then the reaction chamber conditions (pressure, temperature and electric field strength) are not always specified. A large volume of product distributions for trace gases with H3O+ in select ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT) exists in the literature and is reviewed. In SIFT, no electric field is applied to the reaction chamber and the extent and even nature of fragmentation can differ in PTR-MS. In addition to the application of an electric field, the energy in the reaction chamber can be increased by increasing the temperature or by variation of the reagent ion. In this work, the increase in energy via the three methods is approximated to enable a comparison of product distributions. The review of product distributions in PTR-MS, select ion flow drift tube mass spectrometry (SIFDT), variable temperature select ion flow tube mass spectrometry (VT-SIFT), SIFT, proton transfer reaction time of flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS), proton transfer reaction ion trap mass spectrometry (PTR-ITMS) and electron ionisation mass spectrometry (EI-MS) is used alongside thermodynamic considerations to collate a list of potential contributors to a range of mass to charge ratios (m/z) in the PTR-MS. The need for further measurements of product distributions as a function of temperature, pressure and electric field strength for a wider range of (O)VOCs is highlighted. This enables dissociation to be better used as a tool for compound identification rather than being considered a hindrance. The collation of likely product distributions is applied to identify possible contributors to m/z observed during PTR-MS measurements of emission from cattle slurry. Field measurements were made during fertilisation of a grassland site south of Edinburgh in 2004 and 2005 and in laboratory-based measurements in 2006. Contextual reasoning, previous measurements and isotope ratios are used to narrow the list of possible contributors. Large concentrations of m/z cautiously identified as alcohols followed by a latter peak in carboxylic acids were observed during laboratory measurements. Increases in the corresponding m/z were also observed during the fertilisations. Other tentatively identified compounds emitted included phenol, methyl phenol, trimethylamine, and various sulphur containing compounds.
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MESQUITA, ROBERTO N. de. "Classificação de defeitos em tubos de gerador de vapor de plantas nucleares utilizando mapas auto-organizáveis." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2002. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11640.
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Nascimento, Cesar Augusto do. "Detecção do vírus respiratório sincicial humano (HRSV) pela RT-PCR em tubo único, em amostras clínicas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/87/87131/tde-24092006-154558/.
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O vírus respiratório sincicial humano (HRSV) é principal agente causador de infecções do trato respiratório inferior em crianças e lactentes. Um diagnóstico rápido e preciso evitaria o uso desnecessário de antibióticos, nos casos em que a infecção é viral. A reação em cadeia da polimerase após transcrição reversa (RT-PCR) e o ensaio de imunofluorescência indireta (IFI) são considerados ferramentas importantes na detecção do HRSV, pela alta sensibilidade e especificidade. Visando simplificar e minimizar os riscos de contaminação freqüentes, em duas etapas, foi padronizada uma reação em tubo único para detecção do HRSV em amostras clínicas. Aspirados de nasofaringe de 226 crianças de 0-5 anos de idade, com doença respiratória, atendidas no Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (HU-USP), foram testados por imunofluorescência indireta, RT semi Nested PCR e RT-PCR em tubo único. Cento e duas amostras (45,1%) foram positivas em pelo menos uma das técnicas e 75 (33,2%) em todas. Três (1,3%) amostras foram positivas por IFI e RT semi Nested PCR, 1 (0,4%) foi positiva por IFI e RT-PCR em tubo único, 5 (2,2%) amostras foram positivas somente por IFI, 2 (0,9%) somente por RT semi Nested PCR e 16 (7,1%) amostras foram positivas pela RT semi Nested PCR e RT-PCR em tubo único. A RT-PCR em tubo único mostrou ser uma técnica rápida, sensível e específica, e o uso combinado de dois métodos aumenta a detecção do HRSV.Respiratory Syncytial Virus is the main cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALTRs) in infants, elderly and immunodepressed patients. Rapid diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection is necessary to efficient treatment, avoiding the unnecessary use of antibiotics and determining patient isolation requirements. The reverse trancriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) methods have been referred as important tools for virus detection considering the high sensitivity and specificity, respectively of such methods. In order to maximize the simplicity and minimize the risk of sample cross-contamination by two steps RT-PCR, we developed a RT-PCR using a single-tube to detect HRSV in clinical samples. Nasopharyngeal aspirates (Nas) of 226 patients with acute respiratory illness, ranging 0-5 years old, were collected at the University of São Paulo Hospital (HU-USP) in São Paulo city. Samples were tested by indirect immunofluorescence assay, RT semi Nested PCR and single-tube RT-PCR. One hundred two (45,1%) of the 226 samples were positive at least by one of the three methods tested and 75 (33,2%) were positive by all methods. Three (1,3%) samples were positive only by IFI and RT semi Nested PCR, 1 (0,4%) sample were positive only by IFI and RT-PCR single-tube, 5 (2,2%) were positive only by IFI, 2 (0,9%) were positive only by RT semi Nested PCR and 16 (7,1) were positive only RT semi Nested PCR and RT-PCR single-tube. RT-PCR single-tube, showed to be fast, sensitive and specific for diagnosis of RSV and the combined use of both methods enhanced HRSV detection.
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SILVEIRA, HELVECIO C. K. da. "Analise de integridade estrutural de tubos de geradores de vapor deteriorados por corrosao sob tensao pelo primario na regiao de transicao de expansao junto ao espelho." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2002. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11035.
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REZENDE, RENATO P. "Soldagem de juntas tubulares de aço inoxidável austenítico AISI 348 para varetas combustíveis em reatores nucleares." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2015. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23883.
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Aregahegn, Kifle Zeleke. "Réactions photosensibilisées contribuant à la croissance et au vieillissement des aérosols atmosphériques organiques." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO10266/document.
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L'atmosphère est un milieu hautement hétérogène contenant de la matière condensée : les aérosols. Ceux-ci sont des composants importants de l'atmosphère car ils impactent le bilan radiatif planétaire mais aussi la qualité de l'air. En particulier les aérosols organiques secondaires (AOS), produits par la transformation chimique dans l'air de nombreux composés organiques, plus ou moins volatils, représentent une fraction conséquente dans le budget global des aérosols atmosphériques pour laquelle de nombreuses incertitudes persistent. En particulier, leurs voies de formation et de transformation dans la troposphère restent très mal décrites. C'est pourquoi, cette thèse décrit principalement l'étude de trois aspects de la croissance et du vieillissement (transformation) des aérosols : caractérisation de la croissance des AOS par des processus photosensibilisés ; investigations mécanistiques du vieillissement des AOS et de la photochimie des photosensibilisateurs ; analyse chimique des composés issus du vieillissement des AOSAerosols are important constituents of the atmosphere and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) represent a main fraction of the organic aerosols in the total budget. This thesis mainly reports the investigation of three aspects of the growth and aging of SOA: the photosensitized SOA growth ; the mechanistic investigation of SOA aging and of the photochemistry of photosensitizers ; the analysis of the chemical composition of aged SOA. The photosensitized growth and aging processes of SOA were investigated using an aerosol flow tube coupled with various aerosol and gas sensing instruments. For further analysis of the aerosol composition and a better understanding of the formation and growth of SOA in these experiments the aerosols produced in the dark and in the light were sampled on filters at the exit of the flow tube
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Govinder, Kuvendran. "Theoretical analyses and design, construction and testing of a flow loop for the study of generalised forced and natural convection boiling heat transfer phenomena on typical light-water nuclear reactor fuel pin configurations." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71554.
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In a worldwide pursuit for more Accident Tolerant nuclear Fuel (ATF), the quest to obtain and certify alternative nuclear fuel cladding tubes for light-water nuclear power reactors is still a key challenge. One of the facets in this program to develop more ATF is the heat transfer evaluation between the various proposed clad tubes manufactured from suitable replacement materials and the current problematic zirconium-alloy based clad tubes used in nuclear power reactors. For the heat transfer analysis, the accurate measurement of the temperature on the heat transfer surface of heated tubes to be tested was one of the important objectives for the effective analysis of the heat transfer characteristics to the water coolant. After extensive investigations, a suitable technique was developed and validated against recognised forced-convection heat transfer correlations. The results showed that this technique was well suited for external forced convection heat transfer studies from heated surfaces exposed to forced convection water coolants.Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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Wedding, William Chad. "EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF BLAST RESISTANT GLAZING SYSTEM RESPONSE TO EXPLOSIVE LOADING." UKnowledge, 2010. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/31.
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This thesis recounts the experimental study of the dynamic response of a blast resistant glazing system to explosive loading. A combination of triaxial force sensors, pressure gauges, and laser displacement gauges capture the response in detail over a wide range of scenarios. The scenarios include low level blast loading to characterize the reaction at points around the perimeter of the window, moderate level blast loading to examine the repeatability of the blast scenario, and high level blast loading to capture the response during failure as the tensile membrane forms. The scenarios are modeled via an analytical Single-Degree-of-Freedom model as well as finite element modeling in ANSYS Explicit Dynamics. In addition, this study investigates some of the differences between experimental data and the predictions made by modeling.
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Hermanny, Alexia 1965. "Levonorgestrel como contraceptivo de emergência e sua influência sobre algumas funções espermáticas." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/310505.
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Orientador: Luis Guillermo BahamondesTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
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Resumo: O mecanismo de ação do levonorgestrel (LNG) na anticoncepção de emergência (AE) ainda não está totalmente esclarecido e seu efeito nas funções espermáticas também não está explicado. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram avaliar se o LNG, em dose igual à observada após a ingestão oral para AE, poderia afetar espermatozoides expostos in vitro à tuba uterina humana e realizar uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o efeito do LNG nas diferentes funções espermáticas. Foram realizados 15 experimentos. As tubas uterinas foram removidas através de mini-laparotomias e foram perfundidas com uma suspensão contendo 1x106 espermatozoides móveis, com e sem LNG. A tuba correspondente ao lado onde o folículo dominante estava presente recebeu a suspensão com LNG em pacientes alternados. Após um período de incubação de 4 horas, o istmo e a ampola de cada tuba foram separados. Cada segmento foi lavado separadamente e o material obtido foi avaliado quanto ao número de espermatozoides móveis recuperados, número de espermatozoides aderidos ao epitélio tubário e taxa de reação acrossômica (RA). A presença do LNG não afetou significativamente o número de espermatozoides móveis recuperados do istmo e da ampola, e não afetou o número de espermatozoides aderidos ao epitélio tubário. O LNG também não influenciou a taxa de RA. Diferenças significativas também não foram observadas quando o lado ovulatório foi considerado. A revisão bibliográfica realizada deixou evidente que existem poucos estudos que analisam a influência do LNG como AE sobre as funções espermáticas, apesar de este ser um possível mecanismo de ação. Além disso, os estudos revisados utilizam diferentes métodos de avaliação e os resultados são, muitas vezes, contraditórios. De acordo com os resultados observados na literatura, quando o LNG é usado na AE, provavelmente não atinge concentração plasmática suficiente para ser reconhecido pelos receptores de progesterona (P). Resultados positivos só foram observados quando a dose de LNG utilizada nos experimentos foi comparável ao sistema intrauterino liberador de LNG (SIU-LNG), ou seja, muito maior que a utilizada na AE. O LNG, em dose similar à observada no plasma após a ingestão oral para AE, não afetou o número, a aderência ao epitélio tubário, a distribuição e a taxa de RA de espermatozoides na tuba uterina humana, in vitro. De acordo com os resultados observados na literatura, se o LNG, na concentração utilizada para AE, afeta ou não a função espermática ainda não está claro, e mais estudos são necessários
Abstract: The mechanism of action of levonorgestrel (LNG) as emergency contraception (EC) is still under debate and the effect upon sperm function is partially explained. The aim of this study was to assess if LNG in a similar dose to those observed in serum after oral intake for EC could affect the spermatozoa when exposed in vitro to human tubes and also to give an overview of the effect of LNG as EC on several sperm functions. Fifteen mini-laparotomies were performed, the ovulatory side was recorded and both tubes were removed and perfused with a suspension of 1x106 of motile spermatozoa, one with LNG and the other without it. After an incubation period of 4hours the tubes were cut to separate the isthmus and the ampulla. Each segment was flushed and the material was evaluated regarding the motile sperm number, the number of spermatozoa adhering to the oviductal epithelium and acrosome reaction (AR) rate. The addition of LNG did not significantly affect the number of recovered spermatozoa neither at the isthmus nor at the ampulla or the number of recovered spermatozoa adhered at the human tubal epithelium. Additionally, LNG did not influence the rate of AR. There were no significant differences even when the ovulatory side was taken into account. The present review showed that there are few studies which focus on the influence of LNG as EC upon sperm functions; albeit it is a plausible mechanism of action. Additionally, the different studies used different methods of evaluation and the results were in many cases contradictories. According to the results observed at the literature, when LNG is used as EC, it is probable that the drug does not achieved sufficient serum concentrations in order to be recognized by the progesterone (P) receptors. Positive results only were observed when the dose of LNG used in the experiments was much higher (comparable to the LNG-IUS) than the proposed for EC. LNG in a similar dose to that observed in serum after oral intake for EC did not affect the number, the adhesion to tubal epithelium, distribution, and AR rate of spermatozoa at the human Fallopian tubes in vitro. According to the results observed at the literature, if the LNG in doses used for EC, affects sperm function or not, it is still uncertain and warrants further studies
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Fisiopatologia Ginecológica
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