Submitted by Geyciane Santos (geyciane_thamires@hotmail.com) on 2015-09-30T14:02:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Claudionildo Teles Batalha.pdf: 5805065 bytes, checksum: 3edbb62a9308274ff4069328e815f8e8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-10-02T20:08:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Claudionildo Teles Batalha.pdf: 5805065 bytes, checksum: 3edbb62a9308274ff4069328e815f8e8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-10-02T20:40:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Claudionildo Teles Batalha.pdf: 5805065 bytes, checksum: 3edbb62a9308274ff4069328e815f8e8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-02T20:42:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Claudionildo Teles Batalha.pdf: 5805065 bytes, checksum: 3edbb62a9308274ff4069328e815f8e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-02 / OUTRAS / In this research study was conducted on the production of Portland cement mortar with the use of ash sludge from water treatment plant in the city of Manaus in the partial replacement of Portland cement. The sludge ash obtained after the process of drying, grinding and calcination temperature of 650 ° C, was used as a component in the mixture, partially replacing cement by 5%, 10% and 15% by weight. Tests were performed to obtain the physical and mechanical properties of the cementitious matrix, the influence of ash WTS (CLETO) in the array, testing X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, axial compressive strength, modulus of elasticity and absorption porosimetry. The results show that the use of CLETO and technically feasible: the compressive strength of mortar with a content of 5% and 15% ash replacing the cement had, at 28 days, statistically equal results compared to the reference mortar. The porosimetry test showed that the ash as well as providing a reduction in consumption of cement in the mix, had worked on refining the pore structure of mortar with 5% CLETO, reducing 15,64% increase in the macropores and mesopores 4% compared to the reference mortar. In capillary absorption test, the mortars had lower rates compared to the reference mortar, confirming the effect of fillers in the matrix CLETO. / Nesta pesquisa foi efetuado estudo sobre a produção de argamassa de cimento Portland com a utilização da cinza do lodo da estação de tratamento de água da cidade de Manaus em substituição parcial ao cimento Portland. A cinza do lodo, obtida após os processos de secagem, moagem e calcinação na temperatura de 650 °C, foi usada como componente da mistura substituindo parcialmente o cimento em 5%, 10% e 15% em massa. Foram efetuados ensaios para obtenção das propriedades físicas e mecânicas da matriz cimentícia, influência da cinza de lodo de ETA (CLETA) na matriz, ensaios de difração de raios X, análise térmica, resistência à compressão axial, módulo de elasticidade, porosimetria e absorção. Os resultados apresentados mostram que o uso da CLETA é viável técnicamente: as resistências à compressão das argamassas com teor de 5% e 15% de cinza substituindo o cimento apresentaram, aos 28 dias, resultados estatísticamente iguais em comparação à argamassa de referência. O ensaio de porosimetria mostrou que a cinza além de proporcionar redução no consumo de cimento na mistura, atuou no refinamento da estrutura de poros da argamassa com 5% de CLETA, reduzindo 15,64% os macroporos e aumento em 4% os mesoporos em relação à argamassa de referência. No ensaio de absorção por capilaridade, as argamassas apresentaram taxas menores em relação à argamassa de referência, comprovando o efeito fíler da CLETA na matriz.

Lower C2–C4 olefins are important commodity chemicals usually produced by steam cracking of naphtha or fluid catalytic cracking of vacuum gas oil. The Fischer–Tropsch synthesis of lower olefins (FTO) with iron-based catalysts uses synthesis gas as an alternative feedstock. Nanostructured carbon materials are widely applied as supports for the iron nanoparticles due to their weak interaction with the metal species, facilitating the formation of catalytically active iron carbide. Numerous synthetic approaches towards carbon-supported FTO catalysts with various structures and properties have been published in recent years but structure-performance relationships remain poorly understood. We apply ordered mesoporous carbon (CMK-3) as a support material with well-defined pore structure to investigate the relationships between calcination/activation conditions and catalytic properties. After loading of iron and sodium/sulfur as the promoters, the structures and properties of the FTO catalysts are varied by using different calcination (300–1000 °C) and activation (350 or 450 °C) temperatures followed by FTO testing at 1 bar, 350 °C, H2/CO = 1. Carbothermal reduction of iron oxides by the support material occurs at calcination temperatures of 800 or 1000 °C, leading to a higher ratio of catalytically active iron(carbide) species but the catalytic activity remains low due to particle growth and blocking of the catalytically active sites with dense graphite layers. For the samples calcined at 300 and 500 °C, the formation of non-blocked iron carbide can be enhanced by activation at higher temperatures, leading to higher catalytic activity. Olefin selectivities of ∼60%C in the formed hydrocarbons with methane of ∼10%C are achieved for all catalysts under FTO conditions at low CO conversion. The influence of the calcination temperature is further investigated under industrially relevant FTO conditions. Promoted CMK-3-supported catalysts obtained at low calcination temperatures of 300–500 °C show stable operation for 140 h of time on stream at 10 bar, 340 °C, H2/CO = 2.

Ce projet concerne la synthèse et caractérisation de nouveaux matériaux composites à base de nanoclusteurs de thiolates d’or Au25(SR)18 (tGNCs), supportés sur divers polymères de coordination (MOFs), ainsi que sur ZrO2. L’activité catalytique de ces matériaux a été évaluée sur la transformation de différents substrats. Les tGNCs sont des matériaux atomiquement bien définis et connus pour être actifs dans des réactions d’oxydation. Les nanoparticules de MOFs sont des matériaux pouvant servir de support pour des tGNCs avec de bonnes dispersions. Certains MOFs sont connus pour avoir des propriétés acides et peuvent être actifs en catalyse. Parmi eux, MIL-101 (Cr), UiO-66 (Zr) et ZIF-8 (Zn) on été choisis en raison de leur propriétés acides et/ou de stabilité thermique. La synergie entre les tGNCs et les MOFs a été évaluée à travers la conversion catalytique de différents substrats tels le glucose, le fructose, l’alcool benzylique et le furfural, impliquant des étapes nécessitant un caractère acide et/ou oxydant. Globalement, il n’a pas été observé d’impact de la présence d’or sur la réactivité de ces substrats, et les tendences catalytiques sont celles obtenues avec les MOFs seuls. Cela est certainement dû à la stabilité thermique non suffisante des MOFs qui prévient une calcination efficace des tNGCs. Lorsque ces clusters sont déposés sur ZrO2, il a été possible de les calciner à différentes températures pour étudier l’effet du ligand et de la taille de particules, pour des réactions d’oxydation en phase liquide. Ainsi, il a été montré par exemple que la température de calcination a un impact significatif sur le comportement catalytique de ces composites, qui ont donné de bonnes activités pour l’oxydation de l’alcool benzylique en benzaldéhyde dans le toluène et en conditions douces, et pour l’esterification oxydante du furfural en furoate de méthyle / This research project reports the synthesis and characterization of new composite materials based on Au25(SR)18 thiolate gold nanoclusters (tGNCs), supported over a range of metal organic frameworks (MOFs), and ZrO2. The synthesized composite materials were tested for catalytic transformations of various substrates. tGNCs are atomically well defined materials known to be active in oxidation reactions. MOFs nanoparticles are materials suitable for high dispersion of tGNCs. Some MOFs are known to have acidity and can be active as catalysts. Among them, MIL-101 (Cr), UiO-66 (Zr) and ZIF-8 (Zn) were chosen due to their acidic and/or thermal stability properties. The synergy between tGNCs and MOFs has been tested through catalytic conversions of different substrates like glucose, fructose, benzylalcohol and furfural, involving steps requiring acidic and oxidative features. Globally, no impact of the presence of Au clusters was observed, and the composite materials showed the same catalytic trends as those obtained with the MOFs alone. This is mainly due to the not sufficient thermal stability of the MOFs that prevents efficient calcination of the tGNCs. In contrast, when deposited on ZrO2 it was possible to calcine Au25(SG)18 nanoclusters at different temperatures to study the ligand and particle size effects in liquid phase oxidation reactions. For example, the calcination temperature had a significant impact on the catalytic behaviour of this composite materials, which showed good activity for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol into benzaldehyde in toluene under mild conditions, and of furfural oxidative esterification into methyl-2-furoate

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Global CO2 emissions produced by energy-related processes, mainly power plants, have increased rapidly in recent decades; and are widely accepted as the dominant contributor to the greenhouse gas (GHG) effect and consequent climate changes. Among countermeasures against the emissions, CO2 capture and storage (CCS) is receiving much attention. Capture of CO2 is the core step of CCS as it contributes around 75% of the overall cost, and may increase the production costs of electricity by over 50%. The reduction in capture costs is one of the most challenging issues in application of CCS to the energy industry. Using limestone in CaO-looping cycles is a promising capture technology to provide a cost-effective separation process to remove CO2 content from power plants operations. Limestone has the advantage of being relatively abundant and cheap, and that has already been widely used as a sorbent for sulphur capture. However, this technology suffers from a critical challenge caused by the decay in the sorbent capture capacity during cyclic carbonation/calcination, which results in the need for more sorbent make-up; hence a reduction in cost efficiency of the technology. The performance of sorbent influenced by several operating and reaction conditions. Therefore, much research involves investigation of influencing factors and different methods to reduce the sorbent deactivation. Cont/d.

We propose an effective strategy to engineer a unique kind of porous carbon cuboid with tightly anchored cobalt/cobalt oxide nanoparticles (PCC–CoOx) that exhibit outstanding electrochemical performance for many key aspects of lithium-ion battery electrodes. The host carbon cuboid features an ultra-polar surface reflected by its high hydrophilicity and rich surface defects due to high heteroatom doping (N-/O-doping both higher than 10 atom%) as well as hierarchical pore systems. We loaded the porous carbon cuboid with cobalt/cobalt oxide nanoparticles through an impregnation process followed by calcination treatment. The resulting PCC–CoOx anode exhibits superior rate capability (195 mA h g−1 at 20 A g−1) and excellent cycling stability (580 mA h g−1 after 2000 cycles at 1 A g−1 with only 0.0067% capacity loss per cycle). Impressively, even after an ultra-long cycle life exceeding 10 000 cycles at 5 A g−1, the battery can recover to 1050 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1, perhaps the best performance demonstrated so far for lithium storage in cobalt oxide-based electrodes. This study provides a new perspective to engineer long-life, high-power metal oxide-based electrodes for lithium-ion batteries through controlling the surface chemistry of carbon host materials.

Este trabalho descreve um estudo sistemático da influência da adição do átomo de lantânio na estrutura da fase Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT) e do átomo érbio na fase Bi3,25La0,75Ti3O12 (BLT075) no que tange seu processo de síntese e suas propriedades estruturais, microestruturais e elétricas. Cerâmicas de composição nominal Bi4-xLaxTi3O12 (BLTx) com 0 x 2 mol % e Bi3,25La0,75Ti3O12 (BLT075) com substituição no sítio do La3+ (BLExT) e no sítio do Ti4+ (BLTEx) com 0 x 0,06 mol %, foram preparadas através do método de síntese por reação do estado sólido. Os dados de difração de raios X (DRX) das amostras BLTx mostram a formação de uma solução sólida para todas as amostras, exceto para amostra contendo 2 mol% de La3+. Verificou-se que a adição de La3+ leva a um aumento da temperatura de sinterização e diminui o tamanho médio dos grãos, alterando sua morfologia de grão na forma de placas para uma forma mais esférica. Quanto às propriedades dielétricas, amostras BLTx com x 1 mol% apresentam um comportamento característico de um ferroelétrico normal, enquanto que quando x > 1 mol%, observa-se um pequeno deslocamento da temperatura de máximo da permissividade dielétrica (Tm) com a freqüência, indicando a existência de um comportamento típico de materiais ferroelétricos relaxores. Os resultados de espectroscopia Raman sugerem que os íons La3+ tendem a ocupar preferencialmente o sítio do Bi3+ das camadas peroviskitas quando x < 1,0 mol %, enquanto que quando x >1,0 mol %, o processo de incorporação também ocorre no sítio do Bi3+ nas camadas de Bi2O2. De acordo com a analise dos espectros XANES e XPS, a estrutura local e eletrônica dos átomos de Ti, Bi e La, não são afetadas de forma significativa pela adição de lantânio.Em relação às amostras dos sistemas BLExT e BLTEx, os dados de DRX mostram somente a presença de fases secundárias nas composições x= 0,04 e 0,06 mol% do sistema no BLTEx. A sinterização à 1115oC possibilitou obter amostras apresentando uma densidade relativa superior a da amostra não dopada BLT075. A adição de Er3+ causa mudanças na morfologia, diminuindo o tamanho médio dos grãos no sistema BLExT e aumentando no sistema BLTEx. Através de medidas elétricas, foi observado um decréscimo no valor Tm em ambos os casos. Quando x > 0,02 mol%, o comportamento de Tm é dominado pelo limite de solubilidade para o sistema BLExT. De acordo com os dados de XAS, a estrutura local e eletrônica dos átomos de Ti e Er não são afetadas de forma significativa pela adição de érbio. / This work describes a systematic study of the influence of the lanthanum atom addition in the Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT) phase and the erbium atom addition in the Bi3,25La0,75Ti3O12 (BLT075) phase in terms of their synthesis process and its structural, microstructural and electrical properties. Ceramics of nominal composition Bi4-xLaxTi3O12 (BLTx) with 0 x 2 mol% and Bi3,25La0, 75Ti3O12 (BLT075) with Er3+ replacing the La3+ atoms (BLExT) and replacing Ti4+ atoms (BLTEx) with 0 x 0, 06 mol%, were prepared by the solid state reaction method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) data of BLTx samples shows the formation of a solid solution for all samples, except for sample containing 2 mol% of La3+. It was found that the addition of La3+ leads to an increase in the sintering temperature, a decrease in the average size of grains and a modification on the grain from plates to a more spherical morphology. The dielectric properties of BLTx samples with x 1 mol% show a behavior characteristic of a normal ferroelectric whereas when x> 1 mol%, there is a small displacement of the temperature of maximum dielectric permittivity (Tm) with the frequency, indicating the existence of a typical behavior of a relaxor ferroelectric material. The Raman spectroscopy results suggest that La3+ ions tend to preferentially occupy the Bi3+ site in the peroviskite layer when x <1.0 mol%, whereas when x> 1.0 mol%, the process of incorporation occurred also in the Bi3+ site of the Bi2O2 layer. According to the analysis of XANES and XPS spectra, the local structure of atoms and electronic structure of Ti, Bi and La atoms of BLTx samples are not affected significantly by the addition of lanthanum. For samples of BLExT and BLTEx systems, the XRD data shows only the presence of a secondary phase in the x = 0.04 and 0.06 mol% compositions of the BLTEx system. The sintering at 1115 °C allowed to obtain samples presenting a relative high density than the sample BLT075 undoped sample. The addition of Er3+ induces significative changes in grain morphology by decreasing the average size of grains in the BLExT system and by increasing the BLTEx system. Through electrical measurements, it was observed a decrease in the Tm value in both cases. In the BLExT system, when x> 0.02 mol%, the behavior of Tm is dominated by the solubility limit. According to the XAS data, the local and electronic structure of Ti and Er atoms are not affected significantly by the addition of erbium.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T20:42:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JulianeCiorcero.pdf: 6092625 bytes, checksum: d6ae5b000ef3bf54c409ce74be787173 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-19 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This work studied systematically the substitution of Nb2O5 by Sb2O3 in composition of a ternary varistor system and study of calcination of binary and multi-component systems and their relationship microstructure-electric property. In part I of the work, study of substitution of Nb2O5 by Sb2O3, the compositions were prepared by conventional ceramic processing and dried by "spray-dryer" Pellets were produced at 25 MPa and sintering was produced at 1350ºC/ 2h.Increasing the concentration of Sb2O3, the nonlinear behavior of ceramics was reduced, accompanied by the reduction of the breakdown electric field and increased leakage current. With increasing concentration of 0.05% Sb2O3 to 0.5% (mol%), the samples were more porous, suggesting that higher concentrations of Sb2O3 decreases the rate of sintering. This decrease was linked to the increased concentration of tin vacancies that leads to nondensifying processes. In part II, was studied the influence of calcination (700oC, 1000oC and 1200oC) of binary and multi-component systems. The compositions were prepared by the conventional method, with the addition of the calcination process. The samples were comformed at 75 MPa and sintered at 1300oC for systems calcined at 1200oC and 1300oC, and at 1350oC for systems calcined at 700oC and 1000oC. Some studied systems have showed cassiterite phase associated to the SnO phase. With the addition of dopants, there was an increase in density of the systems, and the increase in temperature of sintering also led to a slight increase in density. The addition of chromium to systems calcined at 700oC and 1000oC led to a decrease in the breakdown electric field, with the exception of the systems 99.5% +0.5% Sb2O3 + 0.5% Co3O4 e 99.5% +0.5% Sb2O3 + 0.5% Co3O4 (excess) + 0.05% Cr2O3 (excess), where there was a decrease of breakdown electric field with the addition of chromium, and this can be explained because of their densities. All samples calcined at 1200oC regardless of the composition, showed very similar microstructure, high porosity and small grain size. The sample that presented the best varistor behavior with the lower leakage current was the FCC25% (75% of varistor formulation, 99,4%SnO2. 0,5%Co3O4. 0,05%Nb2O5. 0,05%Cr2O3 and 25% of conductive formulation, 99,0%SnO2. 0,5%Co3O4. 0,5%Sb2O3). / Neste trabalho estudou-se sistematicamente a substituição do Nb2O5 por Sb2O3 na composição de um sistema varistor ternário e estudo da calcinação de sistemas binários e multicomponentes e sua relação microestruturapropriedade elétricas. Na Parte I do trabalho, estudo da substituição do Nb2O5 por Sb2O3, as composições foram preparadas via processamento cerâmico convencional e secadas via “spray-dryer”. A conformação foi realizada a 25 MPa e a sinterização foi realizada a 1350C por 2 horas. Com o aumento da concentração de Sb2O3 o comportamento não linear da cerâmica foi reduzido, acompanhado da redução do campo elétrico de ruptura e aumento da corrente de fuga. Com o aumenta da concentração de Sb2O3 de 0,05% para 0,5% em mol, as amostras apresentaram-se mais porosas, sugerindo que concentrações mais elevadas de Sb2O3 diminuem a taxa de sinterização. Esta diminuição foi associada ao aumento da concentração de vacâncias de estanho que conduz a processos não densificantes. Na parte II, estudou-se a influência da calcinação (700oC, 1000oC e 1200oC) de sistemas binários e multicomponentes. As composições foram preparadas pelo método convencional, com a adição do processo de calcinação. As amostras foram conformadas a 75 MPa e sinterizados a 1300oC para os sistemas calcinados a 1200OC e 1300OC e 1350OC por 2 horas para os sistemas calcinados a 700OC e 1000OC. Alguns sistemas estudados apresentaram a fase cassiterita associada a fase SnO. Com a adição de dopantes ocorreu um aumento na densidade dos sistemas e o aumento da temperatura de sinterização também levou a um leve aumento na densidade. A adição de cromo aos sistemas calcinados a 700OC e 1000OC levou a uma diminuição do campo elétrico de ruptura, com exceção dos sistemas, 9,5%+0,5%Sb2O3 + 0,5% Co3O4 e 99,5%+0,5%Sb2O3 + 0,5% Co3O4 (excesso) + 0,05% Cr2O3 (excesso), onde ocorreu a diminuição do campo elétrico de ruptura com a adição de cromo, podendo isto ser explicado através de suas densidades. Todas as amostras calcinadas a 1200oC, independentemente da composição, apresentaram microestrutura muito semelhantes, apresentaram alta porosidade e pequeno tamanho de grão. A amostra que apresentou o melhor comportamento varistor, com menor corrente de fuga foi a FCC25% (75% da formulação varistora, 99,4%SnO2.0,5%Co3O4. 0,05%Nb2O5.0,05%Cr2O3 e 25% da formulação condutora, 99,0%SnO2. 0,5%Co3O4. 0,5%Sb2O3).

L'influence de paramètres de synthèse et de traitements post-synthèse sur le caractère hydrophobe/hydrophile de silices mésoporeuses organisées (SMO) de type SBA-15 a été étudiée. Ainsi nous avons montré que la durée du mûrissement peut être réduite à la durée nécessaire à la précipitation. La température, l'agitation et la durée de synthèse modulent la morphologie des particules et des agrégats. Le mode de chauffage, la présence d'un sel inorganique et le rapport silice/tensioactif ont un effet sur la structure et la texture du matériau. Concernant les traitements post-synthèse, nous avons considéré l'élimination de l'agent structurant et la fonctionnalisation par greffage. Le taux de silanols diminue suite au vieillissement mais surtout après calcination : cette étape efface les différences en termes de teneur en silanols. C'est la raison pour laquelle une nouvelle méthode d'élimination du tensioactif efficace (dès 300 °C) et rapide (dès 15 min) a été mise en œuvre : la calcination à l'aide d'un four à induction conduit à un matériau avec des propriétés structurales, texturales et une teneur en silanols supérieures à celles d'une SMO de type SBA-15 calcinée par la méthode conventionnelle. La calcination par induction a également été appliquée avec succès sur différents types de SMO telles que la SBA-16 et la MCM-41. Ensuite, l'influence des caractéristiques initiales de la SMO sur la fonctionnalisation par un greffage post-synthèse a été étudiée. Une SMO de type SBA-15 plus hydrophobe a été obtenue avec un greffon possédant une seule fonction condensable. La teneur initiale et probablement l'accessibilité des silanols ont un impact significatif sur le taux de greffage.

For the manufacture of gypsum powder applied and checked on its setting, using multiple components. One of the intrinsic components of construction gypsum is the anhydrite, completely dehydrated gypsum, working as inert part. Bayesian networks are one of the tools of industrial management. One of its most important properties is its capacity to self-learning. This research work builds on the improvement of anhydrite calcination process using a rotary kiln direct cooking. The work provide an update as new systems currently used for the manufacture of anhydrite, since in addition to improving process control via control loops more efficient and self-managed, and improvements in levels MES and SCADA provide artificial intelligence elements by applying the above Bayesian networks. / En la fabricación de yeso en polvo, aplicable y controlable en su endurecimiento, se utilizan varios componentes. Uno de los componentes intrínseco del yeso para construcción es la anhidrita o yeso totalmente deshidratado que trabaja como parte inerte. Las redes bayesianas, como sistema experto, son una herramienta de gestión industrial. Una de sus propiedades más importantes es su capacidad de autoaprendizaje. Esta investigación se basará en la mejora del proceso de calcinación de anhidrita usando un horno rotativo de cocción directa. El trabajo aportará como novedad una actualización de los sistemas usados actualmente para la fabricación de anhidrita, ya que aparte de mejorar el control del proceso mediante lazos de control más eficientes y autogestionados, así como la introducción de mejoras en los niveles MES y Scada, aportará una modelización del proceso con elementos de inteligencia artificial mediante la aplicación de dichas redes bayesianas.