Abstract A pulp suspension consists of water, fibres, fines, fillers and chemicals, but air or other gases are also present in practically all pulping processes either in dissolved form or as bubbles. Dissolved gases seldom disturb the processes, but they are readily converted to gaseous form when conditions change. The gas bubbles affect the properties of the pulp suspension, reduce the accuracy of certain measurements, interfere with the runability of the papermachine and detract from the quality of the end-product. Gases are removed from the process by either mechanical or chemical means, resulting in increased investments and operational costs. The aim of this work was to study the behaviour of gas in pulp and papermaking processes with laboratory, pilot-scale and mill-scale experiments. Five main areas of the research can be identified: 1. Occurrence of gases in pulp and paper mill processes, 2. Dissolution, precipitation and hold-up of gases in the pulp suspension and mill water, 3. Effects of gases on certain consistency measurements, centrifugal pumping and operation of the hydrocyclone. 4. Measurement of the gas content of the pulp suspension by compression, radiometric, microwave and sonar methods and 5. Removal of gases with a centrifugal pump equipped with vacuum pump or hydrocyclone equipped light reject removal. The results show that the dissolution and precipitation of gas is strongly dependent on the pulp and water properties. Dissolved and colloidal material reduces the solubility potential of gas, but also accelerates the precipitation of dissolved gases in gaseous form. The hold-up of precipitated gas bubbles was found to be much more pronounced in hydrophobic mechanical pulps than in lignin-free chemical pulps. The accuracy of consistency measurements was affected by free gas in the pulp suspension, requiring special attention when assessing the results. The operation of pressure screens and hydrocyclones was affected only at high volumes of free gas in the feed suspension. According to the experiments, a reliable gas content measurement can be achieved by in-line radiometric, microwave or sonar methods, and also by the off-line compression method if a representative sample is obtained. A centrifugal pump equipped with a gas removing unit is designed mainly to ensure undisturbed pumping, whereas its gas removal efficiency remains quite low, especially with small bubbles and at a low gas content. The gas removal efficiency of a hydrocyclone equipped with light reject removal is good, but decreases with small precipitated bubbles. These results offer new information of the behaviour of the gas in pulp suspensions and white water and underline the importance of the bubble generation mechanism in this context.

Abstract Gas removal from the papermaking process is currently a standard practice, whereas purification of the internal water circulation has become common only recently. Both unit processes have progressed greatly during recent decades and new concepts are constantly being developed. The aim of this thesis was to analyse the efficiency and applicability of a channel flow design introduced by Metso for passive white water deaeration and to study the dynamics of passive bubbly gas removal. In addition, separation of the detrimental process water components by selective flotation during deaeration was studied to add further functionality to the channel flow design. Turbulent mixing at the flow discharge and the consequent air entrainment were seen to limit the gas separation efficiency. Also, the properties of different white waters notably affect their deaeration through viscous forces, the concentration of surface active components and bubble-particle interactions. Thus similar levels of gas separation cannot be achieved with all process waters. The analysis showed that the drag of small microbubbles is mostly caused by hydrophobic contamination and the dispersed particles that readily attach to the bubbles. Correlations were derived based on experimental data to provide new information on the drag force experienced by small bubbles in white waters. Chemically unaided flotation of white water in the channel flow was shown to be efficient in separating hydrophobic contaminants that have adverse effects on paper machine production and product quality. Both good reductions in contaminant content and high selectivity in their removal were achieved. Channel flow with an overflow can be considered well suited for the first stage of froth separation, while further treatment of the channel flow reject may consist of a secondary flotation or other process that enables the recirculation of fines and fillers. Although a certain level of losses of fines and fillers must be expected, substantial fraction of these solid components can be returned to the process stream. The proposed multifunctional process, channel flow deaeration and frothing of white water, was seen to be straightforward, economical and feasible while also providing benefits in terms of total process efficiency that are not delivered by any current process scheme. The experimental parameters presented here regarding bubble dynamics and flotation efficiency can be used to achieve better models of these processes.

Dans cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à la cavitation de bulles de vapeur dans un liquide confiné sous tension (c’est-à-dire sous pression négative). Ce travail s’est développé en étudiant deux aspects différents mais complémentaires : la simulation numérique et l’expérience biomimétique. L’étude numérique utilise la simulation par dynamique moléculaire d’un liquide confiné dans une cellule solide. Cette méthode nous a permis d’étudier précisément l’effet de l’interaction entre le solide et le liquide (angle de contact), mais aussi de la géométrie sur la nucléation de bulles de vapeur. Nous avons également étudié l’interaction entre deux cellules voisines, et ainsi par comparaison avec un modèle, nous avons mis en évidence une corrélation entre deux évènements de cavitation ainsi que les paramètres importants dans ce phénomène. L’étude expérimentale, quant à elle, a été réalisée sur un dispositif en hydrogel de polymère inspiré de systèmes naturels. Cette méthode nous permet d’étudier un système ayant des caractéristiques mécaniques proches des observations naturelles sur les sporanges de fougères tout en pouvant contrôler sa géométrie. Nous avons alors mis en évidence l’effet de l’épaisseur des parois entre cellules permettant d’observer des cavitations isolées ou groupées de plusieurs centaines de bulles. La taille des cellules permet de mesurer des vitesses de propagation allant jusqu’à plus de 800 m/s. A l’aide d’un modèle acoustique nous avons mis en évidence les paramètres importants dans cette propagation. / In this work, we have been interested in the cavitation process of vapor bubbles in a confined and stretched liquid. We have followed two complimentary points of view: numerical simulation and biomimetical experiments. For the numerical study we have used molecular dynamics simulations of a liquid confined in a solid cell. This method allows us to study precisely the effect of the interaction between the solid and the liquid (contact angle), and also the geometrical properties on the nucleation of vapor bubbles. We have also studied the interaction between two neighboring cells, and by comparing with a model, we have shown a correlation between two cavitation events and the important parameters taking place in this phenomenon. For the experimental study, we have used polymer hydrogel devices inspired from natural systems (ferns sporangia). This method allows us to study a system having almost the same mechanical properties as the natural one, and showing the possibility to control its geometry. We have shown that the wall thickness between the cells can control the propagation properties from isolated cavitation to grouped propagation (up to several hundreds of bubbles). The cell size controls the propagation velocity, up to values of 800 m/s. We have shown by comparing with an acoustical model the important parameters that control this phenomenon.

Nous étudions la formation de bulles dans un fluide à seuil (matériaux liquides si la contrainte appliquée est supérieure à la contrainte seuil, et solides autrement) au moyen de géométries milli fluidiques (jonctions en T, “flow focusing“) constituées de canaux axisymétriques, et fabriquées par stéréo lithographie. En tirant partie de la domination des effets capillaires par la contrainte seuil, nous produisons des bulles dans des fluides à seuil simples (émulsions concentrées, gels de carbopol). La formation des bulles est due au pincement du filament de gaz par l'écoulement de fluide à seuil à débit imposé. Il rappelle celui observé pour des fluides Newtoniens dans des géométries de “flow focusing“ 2D. Nous étudions les différents régimes de fonctionnement de ces systèmes lorsque le débit de fluide à seuil et la pression de gaz sont imposés. La production instationnaire de bulles est observée, et expliquée par la rétroaction provenant des variations de résistance hydrodynamique induites par la formation des bulles sur le débit de gaz. La déstabilisation finale se produit lorsque toutes les bulles coalescent. Ceci est dû au transfert de fluides entre les ponts liquides séparant les bulles et les films fins situés près des parois solides. Aussi, nous étudions le dépôt de fluide à seuil dans un tube capillaire avec ou sans glissement aux parois. En effet, ce phénomène est courant lors de l'écoulement de fluide à seuil en milieu confiné sur des surfaces lisses. Les résultats peuvent être décrits par une loi d'échelle (contrainte interne équilibrant le gradient de pression capillaire) lorsqu'il n'y a pas de glissement aux parois. Dans le cas contraire nous montrons qu'il existe trois régimes dépendant de l'état de contrainte du système, et qu'ils fixent les formes de bulle observées en régime instationnaire. Finalement, différentes méthodes de régulations (pression, écoulement pulsés) nous permettent d'obtenir des régimes stationnaires. Ceux-ci sont caractérisés (fraction volumique de gaz, temps de formation de bulles), et permettent l'obtention de mousses de fluides à seuil. Ainsi, ouvrant potentiellement la voie à la production contrôlée de fluides à seuil aérés à grande échelle / We study the formation of bubbles inside yield stress fluids (liquid when the applied stress is above the yield stress, and solid otherwise) using mill fluidic geometries (T-junctions, flow focusing devices) made of axisymmetric channels, and manufactured by stereo lithography. We show that dispersing bubbles in simple yield stress fluids (concentrated emulsions, and carbopol gels) is possible by taking advantage of the yield stress over the capillary stress, and due to the squeezing of the gas thread by the core of the yield stress fluid flow at imposed flow rate. The observed behaviour is reminiscent of the geometrical operating regime in 2D flow-focusing devices for Newtonian fluids. We investigate the different operating regimes that occur when the yield stress fluid flow rate and the gas pressure are imposed. We report that, for these inlet conditions the production is unsteady, which comes from the hydrodynamic feedback induced by the formation of each bubble on the gas flow rate. The regime eventually breaks down when all bubbles coalesce. This is due to the transfer between the liquid plugs separating each bubble and the thin film located on the channel wall. Thus, we study the deposition of yield stress fluid on the wall of capillary tubes. Indeed, this often occurs for yield stress fluids flowing in confined geometries on smooth surfaces. The results with no-slip are well described by a classical scaling law (internal stresses balanced by capillary pressure gradient). When there is wall slip, we show that there are three regimes that depend on the stress state of the system, and set the bubbles' shape observed for unsteady regimes. Finally, different regulation methods (pressure, pulsated flows) allow to obtain steady regimes. They are characterized (gas volume fraction, bubble formation time) and we show that they allow to obtain yield stress fluid foams. Thus, identifying pathways for potential steady-state controlled production of aerated yield stress fluids at large scale

Les mousses liquides sont utilisées dans de nombreux domaines de la vie quotidienne. Leur excellente capacité à dissiper de l'énergie en fait également des matériaux très utilisés dans le domaine militaire pour atténuer les ondes de souffle émises lors d'une explosion. Dans cette thèse, nous avons conçu un dispositif expérimental original nous permettant de visualiser la déformation d'une mousse liquide lors de l'impact d'une onde de souffle en sortie d'un tube à choc. Nous mesurons la surpression en plusieurs points de la mousse, sur une gamme de 5 à 50 kPa. Nous mettons en évidence une atténuation de pression qui augmente avec la taille des bulles puis sature, tous les autres paramètres, notamment la fraction liquide, étant maintenus constants. Ces résultats sont interprétés avec un modèle de dissipation thermique à l'échelle de la bulle suggérant l'existence d'un maximum d'atténuation pour une taille de bulles donnée. Nous caractérisons ensuite la vitesse de propagation de l'onde au sein de la mousse. Aux petites amplitudes, la vitesse suit le modèle de Wood, basé sur une propagation linéaire dans un milieu continu effectif. Aux plus hautes amplitudes, nous mettons en évidence l'apparition d'un régime non linéaire, avec une vitesse de propagation plus importante et une atténuation plus faible, ces deux phénomènes étant retrouvés à la fois théoriquement et numériquement. Près de la source, la mousse est détruite par le choc. Nous terminons notre étude avec des résultats plus qualitatifs sur la quantité de mousse détruite et la vitesse de propagation du front de rupture, visualisées pour la première fois dans une mousse tridimensionnelle. / Liquid foams are used in various domains in our everyday life. Their excellent ability to dissipate energy makes foams widely used in the military domain to mitigate blast waves produced after an explosion. In this Thesis, we have designed an original experimental setup allowing us to image the deformation of a liquid foam after the impact of a blast wave exiting a shock tube. We also measure the overpressure in the foam, within a range of 5 to 50\,kPa. We evidence a pressure attenuation, increasing and then saturating at increasing bubble size, while all the other parameters of the foam, especially liquid fraction, are kept constant. Those results are interpreted with a thermal dissipation model at the bubble scale, suggesting the existence of a maximum dissipation for a given bubble size. We then characterise the wave velocity in the foam. At small amplitudes, the velocity follows Wood's model, based on linear propagation in an effective continuous medium. At greater amplitudes, we show the apparition of a non-linear regime, with a higher propagation velocity and a lower attenuation, those two features being captured theoretically and numerically. Close to the source, the foam is destroyed by the shock. We close our study with more qualitative results on the quantity of destroyed foam and the propagation velocity of the rupture front, which have been evidenced for the first time in a three-dimensional foam.

The diploma thesis is classified in chapters which are then classified in subheadings. The aim of the thesis was the analysis and the course of the financial crisis in the global economy while I focused on the present economic crisis. In the first chapter I analyse the causes, course and possible subsequent solutions while I focus on the currency, banking and the crisis at the asset market that preceded the genesis of the present economic crisis, I demonstrate their synthesis by the Big Depression 1929. The next chapter has practical application on the present crisis, the analysis of the securitisation as the trigger of it, I also evaluate the situation at the stock and real estate market before and after the crisis genesis and analyse the strategic factors that catalysed the formation of the market bubbles. The last chapter evaluates the steps that the US Government underwent to alleviate the crisis effects and post the measures that are of mayor importance to prevent the formation of the future crisis.

Orientador: Milton Mori / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T18:43:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SilvaJunior_JoaoLameuda_D.pdf: 4304757 bytes, checksum: 87ed8cbf9a1722317132a9054fbfd782 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Nesta pesquisa investigou-se numericamente as características fluidodinâmicas de colunas de bolhas em leito de lama operando sob diferentes regimes de escoamento e concentrações de sólido particulado empregando a técnica CFD. A síntese de metanol em duas etapas (carbonilação e hidrogenação catalítica) também foi estudada numericamente em um reator em leito de lama. Na análise fluidodinâmica, o papel das interações entre as diferentes fases, a turbulência induzida pelas bolhas e o balanço populacional destas foram estudados. As predições das simulações foram validadas com dados experimentais obtidos da literatura. Na análise fluidodinâmica e cinética, os fenômenos de transferência de massa e de calor entre fases e as taxas das reações químicas foram avaliadas e os resultados foram comparados a dados experimentais de composição da fase líquida e de conversão do gás de síntese obtidos da literatura. As interações disperso-contínuo (arrastes gás-líquido e sólido-líquido) mostraram ser fundamentais na modelagem correta de sistemas trifásicos. As interações entre as fases dispersas (arraste gás-sólido e interação sólido-sólido) apresentaram influências significativas sob certas condições operacionais. O modelo de balanço populacional não-homogêneo promoveu bons resultados para a condição operacional estudada. A turbulência induzida pelas bolhas também demonstrou ser essencial na modelagem correta do escoamento de sistemas gás-líquido-sólido. Os modelos fluidodinâmicos com expressões cinéticas do tipo Langmuir-Hinshelwood para a síntese de metanol representaram bem o sistema reativo estudado. Em síntese, os modelos CFD propostos e simulados foram capazes de predizer o comportamento do escoamento de colunas de bolhas em leito de lama nas condições estudadas / Abstract: In the present work, numerical simulations using CFD were performed to study the fluid dynamic characteristics of a slurry bubble column operating under different flow regimes and particulate solid concentrations. The two-step methanol synthesis (carbonylation and catalytic hydrogenolysis) was also numerically investigated in a slurry bubble column reactor. In the fluid dynamic analysis, the role of phase interactions, bubble induced turbulence and population balance for bubbles were evaluated. The simulations were validated with experimental data from literature. In the fluid dynamic with chemical reactions analysis, mass and heat transfer between phases and reaction rates were evaluated and the results were compared with experimental data of liquid compositions and syngas conversion. Dispersed-continuous interactions (gas-liquid and solid-liquid drag forces) showed to be fundamental to model correctly three-phase systems. Dispersed-dispersed interactions (gas-solid drag force and solid-solid interactions) exhibited expressive influences under certain operating conditions. The inhomogeneous population balance model promoted good results for the operating conditions studied. Bubble induced turbulence is also an essential feature in the modelling of gas-liquid-solid systems. The fluid dynamic model with Langmuir-Hinshelwood-type rate expressions for the methanol synthesis represented well the reaction system studied. The proposed CFD models were capable to predict flow behaviour of slurry systems in the investigated operating conditions / Doutorado / Engenharia Química / Doutor em Engenharia Química

Dans le domaine de la cristallisation des fibres monocristallines par la technique de la micro-pulling down (µ-PD), les résultats récents sur les performances des fibres monocristallines (optique, laser, scintillateur) ont montré l’étendue des champs d’applications ouverts aux fibres cristallines. La course à la croissance cristalline, la fabrication de fibres cristallines performantes et la maitrise des procédés sont des enjeux de recherche dans un nombre important de laboratoires à travers le monde. Les fibres monocristallines de saphir et du YAG dopées Cérium (Ce3+) sont des formats à forte valeur ajoutée. Elles sont susceptibles d’être utilisées dans un large domaine d’applications, d’où la nécessité de contrôler et de maitriser la technologie de fabrication. En fonction des conditions de tirage (gradient de température, orientations cristallographiques des germes, vitesses de tirage), nous nous sommes intéressés à l’étude des bulles et des contraintes résiduelles dans le saphir tiré par µ-PD. La ségrégation du Cérium et la propagation de la lumière ainsi que l’atténuation dans les fibres YAG-dopées Cérium (Ce3+) ont été étudiées en fonction des vitesses de tirage. Nous avons étudié tous ces phénomènes ainsi que les mécanismes mis en jeu. La variation de la vitesse de tirage est en corrélation avec la distribution des bulles, la ségrégation du Ce et l’atténuation. A travers ce travail, on est en mesure de dire que les phénomènes à l’origine de la présence, de la répartition des bulles dans les fibres saphir et la ségrégation du Cérium dans le YAG ont été significativement éclaircis et que, à partir de ces résultats, des améliorations peuvent être apportées aux procédés technologiques de tirage par µ-PD / In the field of crystallization of single crystal fibers by micro-pulling down (µ-PD) technique, the recent results on the performance of single crystal fibers (optical, laser, scintillator) have shown the wide range of applications open to crystalline fibers. The race for crystal growth, the manufacture of high-performance crystal fibres and process control are research challenges in a large number of laboratories around the world. Cerium-doped monocrystalline sapphire and YAG fibres (Ce3+) are high value-added formats. They are likely to be used in a wide range of applications, hence the need to control and master manufacturing technology. Depending on the growth conditions (temperature gradient, crystallographic orientations of the germs, growth speeds), we were interested in studying the bubbles and residual stresses in the sapphire pulled by µ-PD. The segregation of Cerium and the propagation of light as well as the attenuation in YAG-doped Cerium fibres (Ce3+) were studied as a function of growth speeds. We have studied all these phenomena and the mechanisms involved. The variation in the growth rate is correlated with the distribution of bubbles, the segregation of Ce and the attenuation. Through this work, it can be said that the phenomena at the origin of the presence, distribution of bubbles in sapphire fibres and the segregation of Cerium in the YAG have been significantly clarified and that, from these results, improvements can be made to the technological processes of pulling by µ-PD

Ce travail porte sur le couplage des déformations d'une bulle avec son sillage et sa trajectoire dans plusieurs configurations. Un formalisme de type eulérien-lagrangien permet d'écrire le problème sur un domaine mouvant faiblement déformé par rapport à la configuration de référence. Grâce à cette approche, il est possible d'étudier dans un cadre linéaire le couplage entre les déformations d'une bulle et les effets hydrodynamiques. En appliquant ce formalisme, on peut dans un premier temps calculer l'écoulement de base autour de la bulle et sa géométrie d'équilibre, et dans un second temps développer une approche de stabilité globale prédisant les seuils d'instabilité et les propriétés des modes d'oscillation. Afin de développer cette méthode, des résultats sur les oscillations linéaires de bulles et de gouttes dans un fluide au repos et sans influence de la gravité sont tout d'abord présentés et comparés à des résultats théoriques existants. Puis, le principe du formalisme eulérien-lagrangien est illustré en prenant pour problème modèle l'équation de la chaleur formulée sur un domaine arbitrairement déformé. Ce principe est ensuite appliqué aux équations de Navier-Stokes, aboutissant à une version linéarisée autour d'un domaine de référence incluant de manière complète les couplages entre déformations de la géométrie et perturbations de l'écoulement. On met en oeuvre sur le système obtenu une méthode itérative de Newton donnant accès à l'état de base, c'est-à-dire à l'écoulement stationnaire autour de la bulle et à sa forme d'équilibre. Ce même système permet par la suite d'effectuer une analyse de stabilité globale de l'écoulement autour d'une bulle qui se déforme. L'algorithme développé est d'abord appliqué au cas d'une bulle piégée dans un écoulement d'étirement, permettant de décrire des formes d'équilibre dans des régimes stables et instables. Le cas de la bulle en ascension dans un fluide pur est ensuite abordé. Une étude paramétrique est conduite, couvrant une vaste gamme de liquides allant de l'eau pure à des huiles de silicone très visqueuses. Les états de base calculés par la méthode de Newton ainsi que les seuils d'instabilité des sillages sont en bon accord avec les résultats expérimentaux. Dans les cas des liquides très peu visqueux, notre approche décrit de manière plus précise les effets visqueux dans les couches limites et donne des résultats plus satisfaisants que les approches numériques existantes. Elle confirme par ailleurs que la déformation de la bulle joue un rôle mineur dans ces gammes de paramètres. Pour les liquides plus visqueux en revanche, on observe un couplage plus fort entre déformation et sillage. / This works deals with the coupling between time-dependent deformation, wake dynamics and path characteristics of a gas bubble in different configurations. An Eulerian-Lagrangian formalism is sought to formulate this problem in a moving domain having a small deformation compared to the reference configuration. This approach allows us to study the linear coupling between bubble deformations and hydrodynamic effects. This formalism makes it possible to first compute the base flow around a bubble and the corresponding steady shape, then to develop a global stability approach aimed at predicting the threshold of path instability and the properties of bubble oscillation modes. To develop this method, we first compute the linear oscillations of bubbles and drops in a quiescent fluid without gravity and compare them to existing theory. Then, the premise of the Eulerian-Lagrangian formalism is illustrated using a model equation, namely the heat equation written in an arbitrarily deformed domain. The same formalism is applied to the NavierStokes equations, yielding a linearized version of these equations in the neighbourhood of a reference domain, including the two-way coupling between shape deformations and perturbations of the base flow. With this system of equations at hand, we implement a Newton method that provides the steady state, i.e. the base flow around the bubble and its geometry. The same system allows us to carry out a global stability analysis of the flow past a deformable bubble. We first consider the situation where the bubble is trapped in a straining flow, for which we compute stable and unstable equilibrium shapes. We finally tackle the case of a buoyancy-driven bubble rising in a pure liquid. A parametric study is carried out over a wide range of liquids, from pure water to high-viscosity silicon oils. Steady states computed with the Newton method and instability thresholds are found to be in good agreement with experimental observations. For low-viscosity fluids, our approach captures the viscous effects that take place in the boundary layer better than existing computational approaches, yielding predictions for the onset of path instability in better agreemnt with observations. Furthermore, it confirms that time-dependent bubble deformations play a minor part for such liquids. In contrast, a stronger coupling between shape and path instabilities is observed in high-viscosity fluids

In a digital world where many people use social media and consume a lot of content online, it may have an impact on our attitudes and behaviours. This paper explores attitudes surrounding recommender systems, filter bubbles and the perceived impact of these topics. It explores the users’ personal experience of social media and their thoughts about their situation, as well as the perceived potential positives and negatives of recommender systems and how people are being affected by them today, from a perspective of having used social media for an extended period of time, possibly seeing or experiencing the change which have been brought on with a changing social media environment with implemented recommended systems affecting the online viewed content.