In recent years we may observe a growth in construction of passive houses and low energy houses using lightweight constructions such as modern wooden houses. It is assumed that wooden houses keep overheating more comparing to brick houses during summer period. Due to the lack of research in this field the paper investigates the influence of internal thermal storage mass in passive houses constructions on their summer thermal stability under the Czech climatic conditions. Only sensible heat accumulation without a usage of phase change materials is examined. Differences between wooden houses comparing to brick-built houses are emphasized. Objects of research are mostly residential passive houses in low energy building standards. However, the results of research might be applied to different types of buildings as well. The first section outlines theoretical fundamentals. For the research itself various scientific research methods were used, such as basic mathematical calculations, experimental temperature measurement of two buildings (detached house in Dubňany and in Moravany) and numerical simulations. Own tribute to the research was first of all discussion on the topic of thermal accumulation and structures heat capacity calculation. Experimental measurements outlined conclusive evidence about the importance of internal thermal storage mass in respect of interior summer overheating. The research confirmed that the highest interior temperature reached is mostly influenced by solar gains through unshaded windows. However, the influence of internal thermal storage mass is not remote. If we compare standard timber-framed wooden house to the hole ceramic bricks-built house, the wooden house will overheat by 0,5°C more during a standard day. Wider spread in the maximum temperature reached was measured for lightweight consturctions wooden houses without any internal thermal storage mass. Therefore, such structures should have an additional layer of thermal storage mass.

Sr₃Ru₂O₇ is a quasi-two-dimensional metal and has a paramagnetic ground state that is heavily renormalised by electron-electron correlations and magnetic exchange interactions. Inextricably linked to this renormalisation is the metamagnetism of Sr₃Ru₂O₇ - a rapid rise in uniform magnetisation over a narrow range of applied magnetic field. Knowledge of the zero-field physics is essential to any description of the metamagnetism. Light may be shed on the enigmatic ground state of Sr₃Ru₂O₇ by doping the crystal lattice with foreign cations: this is the primary purpose of the original research referred to in this thesis, in which studies of some of the electronic properties of crystals of cation-doped Sr₃Ru₂O₇ are reported. Single crystals of Sr₃(Ru[subscript(1-x)]Ti[subscript(x)])₂O₇ and Sr₃(Ru[subscript(1-x)]Cr[subscript(x)])₂O₇ have been synthesised in an image furnace and some of the properties of these crystals have been measured. Evidence that indicates the emergence of a spin density wave as a function of Ti-doping in Sr₃(Ru[subscript(1-x)]Ti[subscript(x)])₂O₇ is presented. Time-dependent magnetic irreversibility has been observed in samples of Sr₃(Ru[subscript(1-x)]Cr[subscript(x)])₂O₇, thus hinting at the involvement of the RKKY mechanism in these materials. Regarding cation doping out of the conducting RuO₂ planes, samples of (Sr[subscript(1-y)]La[subscript(y)])₃Ru₂O₇ have been grown and investigated. Both the Sommerfeld coefficient and the Fermi liquid A coefficient of (Sr[subscript(1-y)]La[subscript(y)])₃Ru₂O₇ are found to decrease as a function of y (0 ≤ y ≤ 0.02); these observations point towards a reduction in the thermodynamic mass of the Landau quasiparticles. Results from magnetoresistance and magnetisation measurements indicate that the metamagnetism of the (Sr[subscript(1-y)]La[subscript(y)])₃Ru₂O₇ series probably cannot be explained by a rigid band-shift model. Also, some aspects of these data imply that the metamagnetism cannot be fully accounted for by a spin fluctuation extension to the Ginzburg-Landau theory of uniform magnetisation.

We have developed a new modulation calorimetry technique using RF-Field heating. This technique eliminates temperature gradients across the sample leading to a higher precision in evaluating the heat capacity compared to the previous techniques. A frequency scan was carried out on a 8CB+aerosil sample showing a wide plateau indicating the region of frequency independent heat capacity. A temperature scan was then performed through the first-order nematic to isotropic and second order smectic-A to nematic transitions and was shown to be consistent with the previous work. The amplitude of the RF heating power applied to the sample depends on the permittivity and the loss factor of the sample. Since the permittivity of a dielectric material has a strong temperature dependence in liquid crystals, new information is obtained. The heat capacity measurements have a relative resolution of better than 0.06%, and the phase shift a resolution of 0.03%, were shown to be significant improvements over traditional heating methods. We then applied this new RF calorimetry on bulk and aerosil 8CB dispersions. For the bulk 8CB, the step-like character of smectic-A to nematic transition, and first order nematic to isotropic transitions indicated the strong dominance of the permittivity and the loss factor of the material. For the 8CB+aerosil samples at different silica density, our data were consistent with the previous work and provides clear evidence for the coupling between the smectic-A and nematic phases. We have undertaken a combined T-dependent optical and calorimetric investigation of CCN47+aerosil samples through the I-N transition over a range of silica densities displaying the double I-N transition peak. This work offers compelling evidence that the I-N transition with weak quenched random disorder proceeds via a two-step process in which random-dilution is followed by random-field interactions on cooling from the isotropic phase, a previously unrecognized phenomena.

L'augmentation de la concentration de dioxyde de carbone (CO2) dans l'atmosphère depuis la révolution industrielle a conduit à l'augmentation de la température moyenne du globe. Pour limiter l’accroissement des températures atmosphériques moyennes, la quantité de dioxyde de carbone émise dans l'atmosphère doit être réduite. Une des solutions envisagée sur les sources fixes est le captage et le stockage du CO2. Ce procédé d’absorption/désorption, bien connu dans le traitement du gaz naturel, est onéreux et peu efficace pour le traitement du gaz des sources fixes et doit être optimisé. La solution proposée s’appuie sur l’utilisation de solvants démixants, présentant une séparation de phase équilibre liquide-liquide (LLE) en solution aqueuse en fonction de la température. Ce manuscrit présente une étude réalisée pour la famille des alkyl-pipéridines connues pour ses séparations de phase. Cette étude permettra d’évaluer l’influence de la taille, de la positionet du nombre de substituants sur les propriétés thermodynamiques d’intérêt pour le procédé. Pour étudier les LLE des solutions aqueuses démixantes, en particulier dans le cas des solutions chargées en gaz, deux instruments ont été mis au point. Il a été possible de démontrer que les changements opérés sur les diagrammes de phase des amines sont liés aux réactions chimiques mises en jeu lors de la dissolution du CO2. Pour les alkyl-pipéridines tertiaire on observe la température de démixtion diminue avec l’addition de CO2, allant avec la formation de carbonates. Avec les alkyl-pipéridines secondaires la température de démixtion augmente, ce qui est lié à la présence en solution de carbamates qui stabilisent la solution aqueuse. Le comportement des amines secondaires très encombrées, qui ne peuvent donc pas formées de carbamates, est similaire à celui des amines tertiaires, ce qui est cohérent avec les conclusions précédentes. Une étude approfondies des propriétés thermodynamiques d’excès (VE, CpE et HE) des alkyl-pipéridines en solution aqueuse a également permis de démontrer des relations structure - propriétés. La position du substituant sur le cycle pipéridine a une influence considérable et prévisible sur l’intensité des propriétés d’excès, alors que la nature de l’amine (secondaire ou tertiaire) va influencer la position de l’extremum de cette propriété. Enfin, une modélisation thermodynamique rigoureuses des solubilités et des enthalpies de dissolution du CO2 dans les solutions aqueuses de pipéridines a permis de déterminer les constantes de formation des carbamates dans les solutions aqueuses de 3- et 4-méthylpipéridines. / The increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere, since the industrial revolution has led to the rise in the average global climate temperature. To prevent the escalation of global climate temperatures the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere must be reduced. One solution is carbon capture and sequestration which removes CO2 from fixed sources. The absorption/desorption cycle is well known for the treatment of acid gas, but is expensive and not as efficient for the treatment of gas from fixed/industrial sources. A solution to this problem is the use of aqueous demixing amine solvents which present a liquid-liquid phase equilibrium (LLE) as a function of temperature. This manuscript presents a study done to measure the LLE and thermodynamic properties of the alkyl piperidine family, which can be used for carbon capture processes. This work evaluates the effect of the size, position and number of alkyl substituents on the thermodynamic properties of interest in the carbon capture process. To study the LLE of aqueous demixing solutions, particularly gas loaded solutions, two novel apparatuses were developed. The results demonstrate that the changes in the amine phase diagrams are related to the chemical reactions involved with dissolution of CO2. The tertiary alkyl piperidines displayed reduced demixing temperature with the addition of CO2 due to the formation of carbonate species. The secondary alkyl piperidines display an increasing demixing temperature which is related to the formation of carbamate species which stabilizes the solution. Secondary alkyl piperidines that are severely sterically hindered, which cannot produce carbamates, behave similarly to the tertiary amine which is coherent with the preceding conclusion. The structure property relationship concerning the excess thermodynamic properties (VE, CpE et HE) of aqueous solutions were studied in depth. This revealed that the position of the substituents on the cyclic ring has a considerable and obvious influence on the intensity of the excess properties, along with the class of the amine, whether secondary or tertiary, will influence the positions of the extrema of the excess property. To conclude, a rigorous thermodynamic model based on the CO2 solubility and the enthalpy of solution for CO2 in aqueous solutions of alkyl piperidine, allowed for the determination of the carbamate formation constants of 3- and 4-methylpiperidine.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die mikroskopischen Eigenschaften des supraleitenden Zustands von MgCNi3, MgB2 und einigen Seltenerd-Nickel-Borkarbiden anhand von Messungen der spezifischen Wärme untersucht. Der die Supraleitung verursachende Cooper-Paarzustand der Elektronen wird durch eine Wechselwirkung der Elektronen mit Gitterschwingungen erzeugt. Daher wird zusätzlich zur spezifischen Wärme des supraleitenden Zustands auch die des normalleitenden Zustands untersucht. Aus letzterer kann unter Berücksichtigung theoretischer Ergebnisse für die elektronische Zustandsdichte die Elektron-Phonon-Wechselwirkungsstärke bestimmt werden. Mit Hilfe eines selbstentwickelten Computerprogramms wird ausserdem das Frequenzspektrum der Gitterschwingungen abgeschätzt und mit Ergebnissen aus Neutronenstreuexperimenten verglichen. Die Energielücke des supraleitenden Zustands kann aus der spezifischen Wärme des supraleitenden Zustands bestimmt werden, die ebenso wie das obere kritische Magnetfeld Hc2(0) Hinweise auf die Elektron-Phonon-Kopplung liefert. Aus der Analyse dieser Ergebnisse und dem Vergleich mit Ergebnissen aus Transportmessungen wie der Tunnel- oder Punktkontaktspektroskopie kann gefolgert werden, inwieweit das BCS-Modell der Supraleitung modifiziert werden muss, um den supraleitenden Zustand der untersuchten Verbindungen beschreiben zu können. Dazu stehen sowohl bekannte Erweiterungen zur Berücksichtigung von verstärkter Elektron-Phonon-Kopplung als auch im Rahmen dieser Arbeit entwickelte analytische Zweibandformulierungen zur Verfügung. Untersuchungen an MgCNi3, das sich nahe einer magnetischen Instabilität befindet, zeigen, dass auftretende magnetische Fluktuationen eine Halbierung der supraleitende Übergangstemperatur Tc zur Folge haben. Der unter diesem Aspekt relativ hohe Wert von Tc=7 K ist eine Konsequenz starker Elektron-Phonon Kopplung, die im Wesentlichen durch vom Kohlenstoff stabilisierte Nickelschwingungen getragen wird. Mehrbandeffekte sind in diesem System aufgrund der Dominanz eines der Bänder an der Fermi-Kante nur für den konsistenten Vergleich unterschiedlicher Experimente von Bedeutung. So messen Transportexperimente vorrangig die Eigenschaften der schnellen Ladungsträger (Band mit der geringen partiellen Zustandsdichte), während die spezifische Wärme über die Bandanteile mittelt und daher die Eigenschaften der langsamen Ladungsträger (Band mit der hohen partiellen Zustandsdichte) reflektiert. Eine erstmalig beobachtete ausgeprägte Anomalie in der spezifischen Wärme des klassischen Mehrbandsupraleiters MgB2 (hier mit reinem Bor-10) bei etwa Tc/4=10 K kann mittels eines Zweibandmodells in Übereinstimmung mit erst kürzlich gemachten theoretischen Vorhersagen für den Fall besonders schwacher Kopplung zwischen den beiden Bändern verstanden werden. Die Stärke der Interbandkopplung ist auch von praktischem Interesse, da durch das Einbringen von Streuzentren Hc2(0) zwar erhöht wird, gleichzeitig dann aber auch im Allgemeinen die Interbandkopplung ansteigt, was eine Absenkung des gemeinsamen Tc's beider Bänder zur Folge hat. Die Analyse der spezifischen Wärme der supraleitenden Phase der nichtmagnetischen Seltenerd-Nickel-Borkarbide YNi2B2C und LuNi2B2C führt zu dem Schluss, dass sichtbare Effekte des Mehrbandelektronensystems sowohl von der Masse auf dem Platz der Seltenen Erde, als auch des Übergangsmetalls [untersucht an Lu(Ni1-xPtx)2B2C] abhängig sind. Das Signal des in der spezifischen Wärme des antiferromagnetischen HoNi2B2C sichtbaren supraleitenden Phasenübergangs ist kleiner als erwartet. Die Diskrepanz entspricht etwa einem Drittel der elektronischen Zustandsdichte und deckt sich in etwa mit Ergebnissen zu den ebenfalls magnetischen Systemen DyNi2B2C und ErNi2B2C. Im Rahmen des Mehrbandmodells kann das als natürliche Konsequenz des unterschiedlich starken Einflusses des Magnetismus auf die verschiedenen Bänder gedeutet werden.

Within the last decades low-dimensional frustrated quantum spin systems have attracted great interest in the field of modern research. In these systems a competition of various magnetic interactions takes place, leading to an energetically degenerated magnetic ground state, and thus to the occurrence of exotic, unconventional physical properties at low temperatures. This thesis focuses on the quasi one-dimensional frustrated spin chain system linarite, PbCuSO4(OH)2. In this compound the basic building blocks are CuO4 plaquettes which are connected to each other along one crystallographic direction, analogue to a chain. The frustration in linarite is established due to the competition between the magnetic interactions. The nearest-neighbor magnetic spins are coupled ferromagnetically along the chain via a coupling constant J1, while the next-nearest neighbors are coupled antiferromagnetically via a coupling constant J2. For this configuration it is not possible to satisfy all magnetic couplings simultaneously, hence the system is magnetically frustrated. In this work, comprehensive thermodynamic and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies demonstrate that linarite is one of the richest and most fascinating compounds in the class of low-dimensional frustrated magnets. By means of susceptibility, magnetization, specific heat, magnetocaloric effect, magnetostriction, and thermal-expansion measurements a rich magnetic phase diagram could be mapped out below a temperature of 2.8 K. The phase diagram contains five different magnetic regions/phases for an external magnetic field pointing along the chain direction. Based on the thermodynamic studies it was possible to calculate the exchange integrals within the frustrated J1-J2 model and extensions of it by using various theoretical approaches. The magnetic microscopic nature of the different long-range magnetic phases present in linarite were investigated by NMR measurements and by collaborative neutron scattering experiments. The ground state (phase I) is identified as an incommensurate elliptical helical structure. Via a theoretical modelling the 1H-NMR spectrum of the ground state could be explained, revealing a rearrangement of the zero-field structure in an external magnetic field of 2.0 T used for the NMR studies. By further increasing the external field the system undergoes a complex spin flop transition in two steps (phase I - phase III - phase IV). In phase III a phase separation takes place where one part of the spins form a circular spiral structure while the remaining fraction form a simple antiferromagnetic structure. In phase IV the remaining circular spiral structure vanishes, so that all spins collectively form the antiferromagnetic collinear phase. The most peculiar physical properties studied in this thesis take place in region V at high fields, showing only tiny features in the thermodynamic properties. The magnetic spins in region V form a sine-wave modulated spin-density structure as identified via NMR and neutron investigations. It is discussed whether region V is related to a multipolar phase or if the spin-density wave structure could possibly coexist with such a phase.

[pt] No presente trabalho foram realizadas medidas de capacidade térmica à pressão constante do espinélio Al2MnO4 na faixa entre 2 e 873 K. No intervalo entre 2 e 300 K empregou-se um calorímetro de relaxação térmica. Os dados evidenciaram a presença de uma anomalia em torno de 33 K, cuja componente magnética pôde ser constatada mediante medidas de capacidade calorífica com campo magnético constante, bem como também medidas de magnetização específica como função da temperatura. A contribuição entrópica associada à mencionada anomalia foi considerada no cálculo da entropia molar a 298.15 K do óxido em questão (116.05 mais ou menos 5.2 J/mol.K), valor este consistente com valores da literatura para outros espinélios. Na faixa entre 323 e 873 K empregou-se um calorímetro diferencial de varredura. Os dados foram ajustados quantitativamente com o modelo de Berman e Brown, incluindo-se no ajuste o valor de capacidade térmica a 298.15 K, obtido via calorimetria de relaxação térmica. Empregando-se o valor de entropia molar determinado no presente trabalho, os parâmetros do modelo de Berman e Brown estimados com os dados em temperaturas elevadas, e uma estimativa disponível na literatura para a entalpia de formação do óxido Al2MnO4, construiu-se um modelo para a dependência térmica da energia de Gibbs do referido composto válido na faixa entre 298.15 e 2114 K. O modelo foi testado com sucesso no acesso termodinâmico das propriedades do sistema Al2O3-MnO. / [en] In the present work the constant pressure molar heat capacity of the spinel Al2MnO4 was measured between 2 K and 873 K. In the interval between 2 K and 300 K a relaxation calorimeter was employed. The data indicated the presence of a thermal anomaly around 33 K, whose magnetic component could be evidenced through measurements of the heat capacity with a constant applied magnetic field, and also through specific magnetization data as a function of temperature. The entropic contribution of the thermal anomaly was considered in the calculation of the molar entropy of the oxide at 298.15 K (116.05 more or less 5.2 J/mol.K), and the calculated value has proven to be consistent with values published earlier for other spinel compounds. In the interval between 323 and 873 K a differential scanning calorimeter was employed. The data were quantitatively modeled with the function proposed by Berman and Brown, including the heat capacity value obtained at 298.15 K accessed through the relaxation calorimeter route. By using the molar entropy at 298.15 K, the values of the parameter estimated for the Berman and Brown model with the heat capacity data at elevated temperatures, and an estimative for the heat of formation of the spinel Al2MnO4 extracted from the literature, it was possible to construct a model for the thermal dependence of the Gibbs energy of this compound valid between 298.15 K and 2114 K. The model was successfully tested in the thermodynamic assessment of the properties of the system Al2O3-MnO.

Cílem diplomové práce je vytvoření 2D numerického modelu pohybujícího se řezu s proměnnými okrajovými podmínkami skutečné geometrie plynulého odlévání a chlazení předlitku v prostředí MATLAB. Model se zabývá vysoce nelineárními termofyzikálními podmínkami oceli během tuhnutí a chlazení. V práci je simulovaná nejen nelinearita termofyzikálních podmínek, ale také nelinearita při fázové změně. Fázová změna je modelovaná pomocí metody entalpie, metody zdánlivé kapacity a metody teplotního zotavení. Všechny výsledky práce jsou porovnány z více hledisek, jako např. z hlediska přesnosti, rychlosti výpočtu, nebo vhodnosti časového diskretizačního kroku pro nelineární problémy, a paralelizace.

Within the last decades low-dimensional frustrated quantum spin systems have attracted great interest in the field of modern research. In these systems a competition of various magnetic interactions takes place, leading to an energetically degenerated magnetic ground state, and thus to the occurrence of exotic, unconventional physical properties at low temperatures. This thesis focuses on the quasi one-dimensional frustrated spin chain system linarite, PbCuSO4(OH)2. In this compound the basic building blocks are CuO4 plaquettes which are connected to each other along one crystallographic direction, analogue to a chain. The frustration in linarite is established due to the competition between the magnetic interactions. The nearest-neighbor magnetic spins are coupled ferromagnetically along the chain via a coupling constant J1, while the next-nearest neighbors are coupled antiferromagnetically via a coupling constant J2. For this configuration it is not possible to satisfy all magnetic couplings simultaneously, hence the system is magnetically frustrated. In this work, comprehensive thermodynamic and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies demonstrate that linarite is one of the richest and most fascinating compounds in the class of low-dimensional frustrated magnets. By means of susceptibility, magnetization, specific heat, magnetocaloric effect, magnetostriction, and thermal-expansion measurements a rich magnetic phase diagram could be mapped out below a temperature of 2.8 K. The phase diagram contains five different magnetic regions/phases for an external magnetic field pointing along the chain direction. Based on the thermodynamic studies it was possible to calculate the exchange integrals within the frustrated J1-J2 model and extensions of it by using various theoretical approaches. The magnetic microscopic nature of the different long-range magnetic phases present in linarite were investigated by NMR measurements and by collaborative neutron scattering experiments. The ground state (phase I) is identified as an incommensurate elliptical helical structure. Via a theoretical modelling the 1H-NMR spectrum of the ground state could be explained, revealing a rearrangement of the zero-field structure in an external magnetic field of 2.0 T used for the NMR studies. By further increasing the external field the system undergoes a complex spin flop transition in two steps (phase I - phase III - phase IV). In phase III a phase separation takes place where one part of the spins form a circular spiral structure while the remaining fraction form a simple antiferromagnetic structure. In phase IV the remaining circular spiral structure vanishes, so that all spins collectively form the antiferromagnetic collinear phase. The most peculiar physical properties studied in this thesis take place in region V at high fields, showing only tiny features in the thermodynamic properties. The magnetic spins in region V form a sine-wave modulated spin-density structure as identified via NMR and neutron investigations. It is discussed whether region V is related to a multipolar phase or if the spin-density wave structure could possibly coexist with such a phase.

The aim of this work was to improve the heat capacity estimation of a material for usage within a CALPHAD-type assessment. An algorithm is derived that estimates the trend of heat capacity with temperature based on zero Kelvin properties and the thermal expansion coefficient at the Debye temperature. The algorithm predicts not only the trend of heat capacity but also the temperature trend of the volume and the bulk modulus, which can be also included in new thermodynamic databases. The algorithm is used to assess thermophysical properties of the intermetallic phases eta (Fe2Al5), epsilon~(Fe5Al8) and tau4 (FeAl3Si2). The heat capacity of the intermetallic phases zeta, eta, theta and epsilon of the Al-Fe system and of tau4 of the Al-Fe-Si system was measured using DSC. For the phases zeta, eta, and theta, a non-linearly increasing heat capacity approaching the melting temperature was observed. In addition, the heat capacity of three bcc-based Al-Fe samples including the B2-->A2 transition were determined. The Al-rich section of the Al-Fe phase diagram was studied using DTA and quenching experiments. The homogeneity ranges of the intermetallic phases were determined using SEM/WDS measurements. Based on own and literature values, a thermodynamic description of the Al-Fe system was assessed including the modelling of A2/B2 ordering and the homogeneity range of all intermetallic phases. In addition, thermodynamic parameters of the Al-Fe-Si, Al-Fe-Mg, and the Fe-Mg-Si system were assessed to obtain a thermodynamic description of the Al-rich side of the Al-Fe-Si-Mg system, which can be used to study phase transitions of typical A356-aluminium alloys.