A produção de fundidos com baixo nível de defeitos e com propriedades mecânicas adequadas é facilmente alcançada com a previsão do comportamento do metal durante a solidificação. A transferência de calor entre o metal-líquido e o molde, nos primeiros instantes de contato, compromete definitivamente as propriedades mecânicas e a qualidade do produto final. O comportamento da transferência de calor entre o metal e o molde foi explorado através da análise térmica experimental e confrontado com o Modelo de Schwarz Modificado (MSM). Para comprovar experimentalmente os fenômenos previstos no MSM tais como: superesfriamento aparente, posição das interfaces líquido-superaquecido/líquido- superesfriado e da sólido/líquido durante a solidificação foram realizados experimentos com alumínio puro, gálio puro e estanho. Para a análise térmica foram utilizados dois sistemas de solidificação vertical descendente (Griffiths et al., 1993; Jinho et al., 1996; Jamgotchian et al., 1987). O sistema A e o sistema B, sendo que o sistema B também permitia a solidificação vertical ascendente. Em ambos os casos, o fluxo de calor foi direcionado através de uma barra de alumínio (na temperatura ambiente) que foi inserida verticalmente no banho (técnica do “dedo frio”). A barra extrai calor do líquido em função da diferença de temperatura entre a massa líquida e a massa sólida e simula o choque térmico do metal líquido com as paredes de um molde. Os resultados experimentais e os obtidos pela simulação foram confrontados. Apresenta-se a relação experimental entre o superesfriamento e a taxa de solidificação. Discute-se o redimensionamento da Ti (temperatura de interface) na solução de Schwarz e a comprovação experimental da solução do MSM. / The production of casting with low level of defects and adjusted mechanical properties can be obtained with the previous knowledge of the metal solidification behavior. The transference of heat between the metal-liquid and the mold, in the first instants of the contact, compromises definitively the mechanical properties and the final product quality. The behavior of the transference of heat between the metal and the mold was carried out through the experimental thermal analysis and the results were compared with the Modified Schwarz Model (MSM). To experimentally prove, the cooled phenomena in the MSM such as: apparent supercooling, liquid superheated/liquid supercooled interfaces position and of the liquid/solid during the solidification experiments had been carried out with pure aluminum, pure gallium and tins. Two systems A and B, one of descending vertical solidification and another one of descending and ascending solidification, had been used for the thermal analysis. In both systems, the heat flow was directed through a bar of aluminum (in the ambient temperature) that was inserted vertically in the bath (“cold finger” technique). The bar extracts heat of the liquid, had the difference of temperature between the liquid mass and the solid mass, and simulates the thermal shock of the metal with the mold walls. The experimental results were compared with simulated data. In this work are presented experimental relation between the supercooling and the rate of solidification. The new dimension of the Ti (temperature of interface) in the Schwarz equation and the experimental evidence of MSM solution, are considered.

A produção de fundidos com baixo nível de defeitos e com propriedades mecânicas adequadas é facilmente alcançada com a previsão do comportamento do metal durante a solidificação. A transferência de calor entre o metal-líquido e o molde, nos primeiros instantes de contato, compromete definitivamente as propriedades mecânicas e a qualidade do produto final. O comportamento da transferência de calor entre o metal e o molde foi explorado através da análise térmica experimental e confrontado com o Modelo de Schwarz Modificado (MSM). Para comprovar experimentalmente os fenômenos previstos no MSM tais como: superesfriamento aparente, posição das interfaces líquido-superaquecido/líquido- superesfriado e da sólido/líquido durante a solidificação foram realizados experimentos com alumínio puro, gálio puro e estanho. Para a análise térmica foram utilizados dois sistemas de solidificação vertical descendente (Griffiths et al., 1993; Jinho et al., 1996; Jamgotchian et al., 1987). O sistema A e o sistema B, sendo que o sistema B também permitia a solidificação vertical ascendente. Em ambos os casos, o fluxo de calor foi direcionado através de uma barra de alumínio (na temperatura ambiente) que foi inserida verticalmente no banho (técnica do “dedo frio”). A barra extrai calor do líquido em função da diferença de temperatura entre a massa líquida e a massa sólida e simula o choque térmico do metal líquido com as paredes de um molde. Os resultados experimentais e os obtidos pela simulação foram confrontados. Apresenta-se a relação experimental entre o superesfriamento e a taxa de solidificação. Discute-se o redimensionamento da Ti (temperatura de interface) na solução de Schwarz e a comprovação experimental da solução do MSM. / The production of casting with low level of defects and adjusted mechanical properties can be obtained with the previous knowledge of the metal solidification behavior. The transference of heat between the metal-liquid and the mold, in the first instants of the contact, compromises definitively the mechanical properties and the final product quality. The behavior of the transference of heat between the metal and the mold was carried out through the experimental thermal analysis and the results were compared with the Modified Schwarz Model (MSM). To experimentally prove, the cooled phenomena in the MSM such as: apparent supercooling, liquid superheated/liquid supercooled interfaces position and of the liquid/solid during the solidification experiments had been carried out with pure aluminum, pure gallium and tins. Two systems A and B, one of descending vertical solidification and another one of descending and ascending solidification, had been used for the thermal analysis. In both systems, the heat flow was directed through a bar of aluminum (in the ambient temperature) that was inserted vertically in the bath (“cold finger” technique). The bar extracts heat of the liquid, had the difference of temperature between the liquid mass and the solid mass, and simulates the thermal shock of the metal with the mold walls. The experimental results were compared with simulated data. In this work are presented experimental relation between the supercooling and the rate of solidification. The new dimension of the Ti (temperature of interface) in the Schwarz equation and the experimental evidence of MSM solution, are considered.

[pt] Um dispositivo experimental foi desenvolvido para o estudo do superresfriamento da água em cápsulas cilíndricas visando sua utilização em processos de termoacumulação. A bancada experimental é constituída basicamente por: seção de teste, sistema de resfriamento, sistema de visualização, sistema de aquisição e armazenamento de dados. A temperatura do fluido externo, ou fluido de transferência (FT), uma solução aquosa de álcool a 50% por volume, foimantida constante por um banho de temperatura controlada durante cada teste. O trabalho foi dividido em quatro etapas. A primeira trata do estudo estatístico do super-resfriamento e da nucleação, em que foram utilizados 3 materiais distintos (alumínio, acrílico e PVC) para cápsulas de 30 e 80 mm de diâmetro com diferentes tipos de rugosidade, e diferentes temperaturas do FT. A segunda etapa investiga a Taxa de Resfriamento, parâmetro que quantifica a queda da temperatura e influencia fortemente o super-resfriamento e a nucleação. Na terceira etapa, foi estudada a influência da rugosidade da parede interna da cápsula. Nesta etapa, quatro cápsulas de alumínio distintas, com diferentes rugosidades, foram utilizadas. Finalmente, na quarta etapa foram realizadas visualizações do fenômeno de nucleação. Os resultados obtidos indicam que o material da cápsula (condutividade e rugosidade) e a temperatura do FT têm grande influência nos fenômenos de super-resfriamento e nucleação da água em cápsulas cilíndricas, afetando fortemente o processo de mudança de fase. / [en] An experimental device was developed for the super-cooling water in cylindrical capsules study, seeking its use in term- accumulation processes. The experimental set is constituted basically by: test section, cooling system, visualization system, and data logger system. The temperature of the external fluid, or transfer fluid (FT), an alcohol aqueous solution with 50% per volume, it was maintained unchangeably with a bath controlled temperature during each test. The work was divided in four stages. The first one is about the statistical study of the super-cooling and nucleation, where 3 distinct materials were used (aluminum, acrylic and PVC) for capsules of 30 and 80 mm diameter, different roughness type, with different temperatures of FT. The second stage investigates the Cooling Rate, parameter that quantifies the falling of the temperature and it influences strongly the super-cooling and the nucleation process. In the third stage, the influence of the internal wall of the capsule was studied. In this stage, four different capsules of aluminum, with different roughness were used. Finally, in the fourth stage, visualizations of the nucleation phenomenon were accomplished. The obtained results indicate that the capsule material (conductivity and roughness) and the FT temperature has great influence in the phenomena of super-cooling and nucleation of the water in cylindrical capsules, affecting, strongly, the process of phase change.

The spider mite predator Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and the thrips predator Amblyseius cucumeris (Oudemans) are both commercially mass-reared for use as biological control agents for greenhouse pests. The ability to stockpile these mites in cold storage would greatly facilitate economical mass-production and distribution. In addition, these two species provide an opportunity for comparative studies of cold hardiness because P. persimilis originated in subtropical Mediterranean type climates and is thought to be incapable of entering diapause whereas A. cucumeris is widespread in temperate zones where adult females enter a reproductive diapause for overwintering. Temperature/mortality curves confirmed that both species are freezing intolerant in the traditional sense that supercooling points (SCPs), at which freezing of body fluids occurs, represent absolute lower lethal temperatures. Both species were capable of moderate supercooling, into the range of-20°C to -30°C, and both showed a trend of increasing SCP temperatures during development from egg to adult that suggested an inverse relationship between supercooling capacity and body size within species. The only exception to this trend was adult female A. cucumeris, which may be significant because this is the only life stage that is capable of diapause or survival of temperate winters. On the other hand, diapause induction and low temperature acclimation had little or no effect on supercooling capacity, and survival of nonacclimated mites at subzero temperatures above their SCPs was limited to very short periods of exposure, suggesting that the SCP represents a physical property of the mites rather than an adaptation for survival of exposure to subzero temperatures. Cold-storage survival of both species was optimum at 7.5°C, was greatly enhanced when a source of moisture was provided, and was enhanced even further when food was provided even though the mites were held at temperatures below their theoretical temperature threshold for development. Under these conditions, survival of P. persimilis was 80% after six weeks whereas that of A. cucumeris was only 35% after the same period of time. Furthermore, longevity and fecundity of P. persimilis after eight weeks of cold storage were comparable to mites taken directly from rearing cultures whereas oviposition by A. cucumeris after six weeks of cold storage was low and irregular compared to previously reported values. Temperature data from areas where P. persimilis survives outdoors indicate that this species is capable of surviving prolonged exposure to temperatures below 10°C and occasional exposure to subzero temperatures, and apparently does so without diapausing. On the other hand, A. cucumeris may be capable of surviving prolonged exposures to subzero temperatures, but only as diapausing adult females. The results of the current studies are consistent with these ideas and further suggest that nondiapausing A. cucumeris are less cold hardy than P. persimilis. / Graduate

The process of partial hydrogenation produces trans fats and the fats that undergo this process are called partially hydrogenated fats (PHF). Clinical studies have shown a strong association between PHF and coronary heart diseases. In 2015 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration removed the Generally recognized as safe or "GRAS" status of PHF. These fats were used in confectionary, margarines, shortenings, doughnuts, cookies, cakes, etc. The PHF serve a function in food by providing a higher shelf life and a desired harder structure due to their higher melting point. Hence, the food industry is currently looking for PHF alternatives which serve the function but have no harmful health effects. One of the alternatives to replace PHF is to use interesterified fats that have a low level of saturation that makes them healthier. However, these new fats are too soft with restricted use in many food applications. In this study, we explored the use of high intensity ultrasound (HIU) to improve the functional properties of interesterified fats and make them harder. Our study showed that HIU formed small crystals in these fats and increased their viscosity. The results from this study on the flavor release from the interesterified fats showed that the physical structure and hence the amount of solid fat in the sample affected its flavor perception. The solid fats had higher flavor perception than the liquid fat samples. The goal of this study is to improve the functionality of the interesterified fats using HIU and understand the flavor release from these fats to make substitution in food products easier.

One of the most complicated issues the aerospace and aviation industries are dealing with is aircraft icing. The impact and freezing process of a water droplet on a cold surface has been investigated over time in order to develop preventative methods for avoiding icing. In the present study, we examined the behavior of a water droplet impacting on an aluminum plate with a surface roughness of 0.01µm and surface temperature variation from room temperature to 0oC, −5oC, −10oC and −15oC. The effect of droplet impact Reynolds number along with surface temperature variation on non-dimensional parameters like spread factor, retraction rate, and spread velocity is analyzed. The increase in impact Reynolds number and droplet spread factor is observed with a rise in the initial height of the droplet. At a higher Reynolds number, inertial forces are dominant over viscous and capillary forces, while at a lower Reynolds number, surface temperature shows a significant effect. The graphical representation of droplet retraction rate indicates a decrease with lower surface temperature and a rise with higher Reynolds numbers. Moreover, the spread velocity of the droplet is higher with an increased Reynolds number, and surface temperature does not have a notable effect on it. A rapid transition of momentum from vertical to horizontal direction occurs, and droplet dissipates energy in overcoming the viscous effects. The effect of surface roughness variation coupled with surface temperature is investigated in detail for three different surface roughness of aluminum and glass. The increase in surface roughness and temperature enhance hydrophobic behavior by repelling the droplet, while reduced surface temperatures show hydrophilic behavior by causing adhesion of the droplet on surface. / Master of Science / The supercool water droplets exist in the atmosphere and whenever these droplets come in contact with a cold surface, ice is formed. This ice accretion phenomena is observed not only on aircraft's control surfaces, but also on jet engines, power transmission lines and wind turbine blades. Research is on going to understand the impact and freezing process of water droplets on different cold surfaces and subsequently devise methods for avoiding this phenomena. In the current research work, the droplet impact is analyzed on an aluminum plate with surface roughness of 0.01µm. The spread factor of the droplet indicates the liquid surface contact area, and an increase is observed at larger heights in spread factor, impact velocity, and Reynolds number due to high inertia. Then, the surface temperature is varied from 0oC to −5oC, −10oC and −15oC, and it is observed that as the viscous effects are higher at lower surface temperatures, the droplet dissipates more energy in overcoming the high viscous effects and the spread factor decreases . Moreover, the spread velocity of the droplet is the measure of rate at which the liquid-solid contact area increases. Initially the droplet has vertical momentum, and on impact it shifts from vertical to horizontal direction, as the velocity rises drastically after impact. Surface roughness is another important factor that affects the ability of a surface to repel (hydrophobic) and attract (hydrophilic) the droplet by affecting its spread rate. The more the surface roughness, the droplet spread factor reduces and droplet rebounds indicating the hydrophobic nature. While adhesion is observed at the lower surface temperature, even with high roughness, showing the hydrophilic nature.

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Mathematical modelling of cellular osmotic responses to low temperatures is being increasingly used to overcome obstacles in the successful cryopreservation of cells and tissues. Current cryobiological models often contain simplifying assumptions regarding the solution behaviour of the complicated, multisolute intra- and extra-cellular solutions. In order to obtain more accurate predictions of cryobiological outcomes, equations derived from thermodynamic principles that more accurately describe the biological solution behaviour could be used to greatly advance the design of novel cryopreservation protocols. The general hypothesis of this thesis is that the application of the multisolute osmotic virial equation, with mixing rules derived from thermodynamic first principles, to solutions of interest in cryobiology will result in more accurate predictions of the multisolute solution behaviour, which will lead to improved cryobiological modelling and increased understanding of cellular responses to cryopreservation. Specifically, this thesis demonstrates that the osmotic virial coefficients, obtained from single-solute solution data, can be used in the multisolute osmotic virial equation to accurately predict the multisolute solution behaviour, without the need to fit multisolute solution data. The form of the multisolute osmotic virial equation proposed in this thesis was used to predict the solution behaviour of a range of multisolute solutions of interest in cryobiology. The equation commonly used in cryobiology to describe cellular osmotic equilibrium is based on ideal, dilute solution assumptions. In this thesis, a non-ideal osmotic equilibrium equation was derived and, combined with the multisolute osmotic virial equation, used to more accurately predict the osmotic equilibrium of human erythrocytes. The improved equations proposed in this thesis were combined with experimental measurements of the incidence of intracellular ice formation in order to further the understanding of the role of several important cryobiological parameters on the formation of intracellular ice. This thesis work has significantly contributed to the field of cryobiology by substantially improving the accuracy of two key equations used in the modelling of cellular osmotic responses to cryopreservation. The combination of accurate mathematical modelling and results from experiments will allow increased understanding of cellular responses to cryopreservation, leading to the design of novel cryopreservation protocols. / Chemical Engineering and Medical Sciences

Microstructure refinement was observed in the fusion zone of AZ31 magnesium (Mg) alloy resistance spot welds when an inoculant was added, either Ti, Al8Mn5, or Mn. The dependence of inoculant potency on the lattice disregistry between inoculants and matrix, and on the liquid cooling rate was studied. Microstructural characterization was performed via optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Thin foils containing the interface of the inoculant particles and Mg matrix were prepared using a focused ion beam (FIB) technique. Columnar dendritic structures in the vicinity of the fusion boundary and equiaxed dendritic structures in the central area were observed in the fusion zone of welds in the SA and SB AZ31Mg alloys from different suppliers. However, the columnar dendritic zone (CDZ) was well restricted, and the width of the CDZ and the diameters of equiaxed dendrites were much smaller in the SA alloy than those in the SB alloy due to the earlier columnar-equiaxed-transition (CET) in the SA alloy. The refined microstructure in the fusion zone of the SA alloy welds is attributed to the pre-existence of the larger Al8Mn5 particles of 4-10 microns in length in the SA alloy which act as an inoculant for alpha-Mg heterogeneous nucleation. Fatigue life and dislocation substructure were compared between the SA and SB welds. The SA welds with the refined microstructure displayed an enhanced fatigue resistance compared to the SB welds, when the interfacial failure took place across the fusion zone. The increased number and dispersion of slip systems in the fine-grained SA welds contributed to the improvement of fatigue life. The well-developed columnar dendritic grains were successfully restricted and the coarse equiaxed dendritic grains were efficiently refined by intentionally adding Ti or Mn inoculant particles into the as-received SB alloy welds. The Ti and Mn particles of about 8μm diameter were observed to promote the nucleation of alpha-Mg grains during welding. TEM examinations showed the existence of local orientation relationships between the respective inoculants Ti, Mn, and Al8Mn5 with the Mg matrix. The further lattice matching was observed between the Al8Mn5 particles and Mg. The diameter of the added inoculant should be larger than 1.8 microns to make it a potent inoculant based on the thermodynamic calculation. Microstructural examinations of samples with different inoculant additions and under different cooling rates showed that the inoculant potency was high for the Ti inoculant, medium for the Al8Mn5, but low for the Mn, when the cooling rate was low. This order in the decrease of grain refinement efficiency is inversely proportional with the order of crystallographic lattice disregistry between inoculants and matrix, which is calculated based on a crystallographic matching model. This implies that the lattice disregistry determines the potency of inoculants at the low cooling rates. In comparison, the lattice disregistry did not influence the heterogeneous nucleation, when the cooling rate was high. It could be inferred that an extremely high cooling rate produces a large supercooling, and provides a sufficient driving force for heterogeneous nucleation.