Controlled Auto Ignition (CAI) combustion is a new combustion principle in internal combustion engines which has in recent years attracted increased attention. In CAI combustion, which combines features of spark ignition (SI) and compression ignition (CI) principles, air/fuel mixture is premixed, as in SI combustion and auto-ignited by piston compression as in CI combustion. Ignition is provided in multiple points, and thus the charge gives a simultaneous energy release. This results in uniform and simultaneous auto-ignition and chemical reaction throughout the whole charge without flame propagation. CAI combustion is controlled by the chemical kinetics of air/fuel mixture with no influence of turbulence. The CAI engine offers benefits in comparison to spark ignited and compression ignited engines in higher efficiency due to elimination of throttling losses at part and idle loads. There is a possibility to use high compression ratios since it is not knock limited, and in significant lower NOx emission (≈90%) and particle matter emission (≈50%), due to much lower combustion temperature and elimination of fuel rich zones. However, there are several disadvantages of the CAI engine that limits its practical application, such as high level of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions, high peak pressures, high rates of heat release, reduced power per displacement and difficulties in starting and controlling the engine. Controlling the operation over a wide range of loads and speeds is probably the major difficulty facing CAI engines. Controlling is actually two-components as it consists of auto-ignition phasing and controlling the rates of heat release. As CAI combustion is controlled by chemical kinetics of air/fuel mixture, the auto-ignition timing and heat release rate are determined by the charge properties such as temperature, composition and pressure. Therefore, changes in engine operational parameters or in types of fuel, results in changing of the charge properties. Hence, the auto-ignition timing and the rate of heat release. The Thesis investigates a controlled auto-ignition (CAI) combustion in internal combustion engines suitable for transport applications. The CAI engine environment is simulated by using a single-zone, homogeneous reactor model with a time variable volume according to the slider-crank relationship. The model uses detailed chemical kinetics and distributed heat transfer losses according to Woschini's correlation [1]. The fundamentals of chemical kinetics, and their relationship with combustion related problems are presented. The phenomenology and principles of auto-ignition process itself and its characteristics in CAI combustion are explained. The simulation model for representing CAI engine environment is established and calibrated with respect to the experimental data. The influences of fuel composition on the auto-ignition timing and the rate of heat release in a CAI engine are investigated. The effects of engine parameters on CAI combustion in different engine concepts fuelled with various fuels are analysed. The effects of internal gas recirculation (IEGR) in controlling the auto-ignition timing and the heat release rate in a CAI engine fuelled with different fuels are investigated. The effects of variable valve timings strategy on gas exchange process in CAI engine fuelled with commercial gasoline (95RON) are analysed.

Le moteur HCCI pourrait être une alternative intéressante aux procédés de combustion conventionnels. Néanmoins, le contrôle de la combustion reste difficile dans ce moteur car, contrairement au moteur essence et Diesel, celui-ci est directement contrôlé par la chimie d’oxydation du combustible. Une connaissance très précise des modèles cinétiques détaillés de l’oxydation du carburant est donc indispensable pour pouvoir contrôler ce mode de combustion. L’objectif de cette thèse était de développer et valider expérimentalement des modèles cinétiques d’oxydation à haute température de 3 molécules modèles du gazole en utilisant un brûleur à flamme plate laminaire comme dispositif expérimental. Cette étude présente de nouveaux résultats expérimentaux obtenus sur une flamme laminaire pauvre pré mélangée de méthane ensemencée respectivement avec du n butylbenzène, du n propylcyclohexane et de l’indane. Un modèle cinétique d’oxydation a été développé et validé à haute température pour le n butylbenzène et un autre a été validé en flamme pour le n propylcyclohexane. Dans l’ensemble, ces modèles ont permis de simuler correctement les profils de la plupart des produits mesurés en flamme. Par ailleurs, un modèle cinétique qualitatif d’oxydation pour l’indane a été proposé / The HCCI engine could be an interesting alternative to conventional combustion processes. However, the control of the combustion remains difficult in this engine because, unlike the gasoline and diesel engine, it is directly related to the chemical oxidation of fuel. The development of accurate detailed kinetic models of the oxidation of fuel is therefore essential to control this mode of combustion. The aim of this PhD was to develop and experimentally validate high temperature kinetic oxidation models for 3 molecules representative of diesel fuel by using a flat flame burner experimental device. This study presents new experimental results obtained in a lean laminar premixed methane flame seeded respectively with n butylbenzene, n propylcyclohexane and indane. A kinetic oxidation model was developed and validated at high temperature for n-butylbenzene and another one was validated in flame for n propylcyclohexane. Overall, the models correctly simulated the profiles of most products measured in the flames. Moreover, a qualitative kinetic model for the oxidation of indane has been proposed

Neste trabalho foram desenvolvidos métodos eletroanalíticos (redissolução potenciométrica e voltamétrica) para a determinação de metais (mercúrio, cobre, chumbo e zinco) em petróleo, óleo diesel, óleo lubrificante e álcool combustível. Para analisar álcool, foi também desenvolvido um método por eletroforese capilar, que possibilita a determinação de cátions (sódio, potássio e cálcio) e ânions (cloreto, sulfato e nitrato). Procedimentos envolvendo a utilização de fornos de microondas (focalizadas - que opera a pressão atmosférica - e com cavidade, que promove a digestão em frascos pressurizados) para a decomposição de petróleo, óleo diesel e óleo lubrificante são descritos. As determinações de cobre e mercúrio por redissolução potenciométrica apresentaram melhores limites de detecção do que a voltametria de redissolução de onda quadrada nas amostras digeridas, utilizando eletrodos de ouro confeccionados a partir de CDs graváveis (Cdtrodos), como eletrodo de trabalho. Para a determinação de chumbo e zinco nas mesmas amostras digeridas, os melhores resultados foram obtidos com eletrodos de filme de mercúrio e utilizando a voltametria de redissolução potenciométrica. Perdas de mercúrio por volatilização foram verificadas quando as amostras foram digeridas em fornos de microondas focalizadas. Para os demais metais, a utilização deste forno foi vantajosa por proporcionar melhores limites de detecção devido à utilização de maiores massas de amostra no processo de digestão. A utilização de um banho ultrassônico de bancada para promover a extração de cobre e chumbo de óleos lubrificantes na presença da mistura 1:1 (v/v) de HClconc. e H2O2 (30% m/v) mostrou-se eficiente. Trinta minutos de exposição à energia ultrassônica foram necessários para a extração quantitativa de ambos os metais. Nas soluções extratoras, o teor dos metais foi determinado por voltametria de redissolução anódica, usando CDtrodos. Os limites de detecção do método para a determinação de cobre e chumbo foram, respectivamente, de 23 e 67 ng g-1 de óleo, aplicando 120 s de tempo de deposição. A voltametria de redissolução anódica em eletrodo de ouro possibilitou a determinação de cobre e chumbo em álcool combustível, sem qualquer tratamento prévio das amostras. Limites de detecção de 120 e 235 ng L-1 para cobre e chumbo, respectivamente, foram obtidos aplicando 15 min de tempo de deposição. Alternativamente, a evaporação do etanol seguido da redissolução em água desionizada permitiu a determinação dos metais por análise de redissolução. Todos os resultados obtidos utilizando diferentes metodologias de decomposição de amostras foram comparados com os resultados obtidos por análises por espectrometria de absorção atômica com forno de grafite. O método envolvendo a evaporação prévia, seguida da redissolução dos íons em meio aquoso também se mostrou muito favorável para realizar a determinação de cátions e ânions por eletroforese capilar em amostras de etanol hidratado combustível. Os íons Na+, K+ e Ca2+, Cl-, NO3- e SO42- foram encontrados nas amostras analisadas. Os limites de detecção destes íons se encontram na faixa de 0,06 e 0,18 mg L-1. / In this work eletroanalytical methodologies (potentiometric stripping analysis and anodic stripping voltammetry) for the determination of metals (mercury, copper, lead, and zinc) in crude oil, lubricating oil, diesel fuel, and ethanol fuel are proposed. A capillary electrophoresis method for ethanol fuel was developed to determine cations (sodium, potassium, and calcium) and anions (chloride, sulphate, and nitrate). Microwave digestion methods using different ovens (a focused microwave oven – operating at atmospheric pressure, and a cavity microwave oven, which employs pressurized vessels) for crude oil, lubricating oil, and diesel fuel are described. The determination of copper and mercury by potentiometric stripping analysis presents better detection limits than stripping voltammetric determinations for the digested sample analysis. Loss of mercury by volatilization was verified when samples were digested in the focused microwave oven. Otherwise, this oven presented some advantages for the other metals, as the improved detection limits due to the employment of higher sample mass for the digestion process. The use of a ultrasonic bath to promote the extraction of copper and lead from lubricating oils in the presence of 1:1 (v/v) HClconc and H2O2 (30% m/v) was efficient. Thirty minutes of ultrasonic exposure were necessary for quantitative exctraction of copper and lead. Anodic stripping voltammetry using gold CDtrodes was applied for metal determination in the extracted solutions. The detection limits of the proposed method for copper and lead were 23 and 67 ng g-1, respectively, under application of 120 seconds as deposition time. Anodic stripping voltammetry at a gold electrode was used for the determination of copper and lead in ethanol fuel, without any prior sample treatment. Detection limits of 120 and 235 ng L-1 for copper and lead, respectively, were attained applying 900 s as deposition time. Alternatively, the ethanol evaporation followed by re-suspension in deionised water allowed the metals determination by stripping analysis. All results obtained for sample decomposition methods were compared with the ones obtained by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric determinations. The method, which employs prior ethanol evaporation followed by re-suspension in deionised water, was applied for the determination of cations and anions by capillary electrophoresis in the hydrated ethanol fuel (automotive fuel). Na+, K+, Ca2+, Cl-, NO3-, and SO42- ions were found in the analyzed samples. The detection limits for these ions were situated between 0.06 and 0.18 mg L-1.

Neste trabalho foram desenvolvidos métodos eletroanalíticos (redissolução potenciométrica e voltamétrica) para a determinação de metais (mercúrio, cobre, chumbo e zinco) em petróleo, óleo diesel, óleo lubrificante e álcool combustível. Para analisar álcool, foi também desenvolvido um método por eletroforese capilar, que possibilita a determinação de cátions (sódio, potássio e cálcio) e ânions (cloreto, sulfato e nitrato). Procedimentos envolvendo a utilização de fornos de microondas (focalizadas - que opera a pressão atmosférica - e com cavidade, que promove a digestão em frascos pressurizados) para a decomposição de petróleo, óleo diesel e óleo lubrificante são descritos. As determinações de cobre e mercúrio por redissolução potenciométrica apresentaram melhores limites de detecção do que a voltametria de redissolução de onda quadrada nas amostras digeridas, utilizando eletrodos de ouro confeccionados a partir de CDs graváveis (Cdtrodos), como eletrodo de trabalho. Para a determinação de chumbo e zinco nas mesmas amostras digeridas, os melhores resultados foram obtidos com eletrodos de filme de mercúrio e utilizando a voltametria de redissolução potenciométrica. Perdas de mercúrio por volatilização foram verificadas quando as amostras foram digeridas em fornos de microondas focalizadas. Para os demais metais, a utilização deste forno foi vantajosa por proporcionar melhores limites de detecção devido à utilização de maiores massas de amostra no processo de digestão. A utilização de um banho ultrassônico de bancada para promover a extração de cobre e chumbo de óleos lubrificantes na presença da mistura 1:1 (v/v) de HClconc. e H2O2 (30% m/v) mostrou-se eficiente. Trinta minutos de exposição à energia ultrassônica foram necessários para a extração quantitativa de ambos os metais. Nas soluções extratoras, o teor dos metais foi determinado por voltametria de redissolução anódica, usando CDtrodos. Os limites de detecção do método para a determinação de cobre e chumbo foram, respectivamente, de 23 e 67 ng g-1 de óleo, aplicando 120 s de tempo de deposição. A voltametria de redissolução anódica em eletrodo de ouro possibilitou a determinação de cobre e chumbo em álcool combustível, sem qualquer tratamento prévio das amostras. Limites de detecção de 120 e 235 ng L-1 para cobre e chumbo, respectivamente, foram obtidos aplicando 15 min de tempo de deposição. Alternativamente, a evaporação do etanol seguido da redissolução em água desionizada permitiu a determinação dos metais por análise de redissolução. Todos os resultados obtidos utilizando diferentes metodologias de decomposição de amostras foram comparados com os resultados obtidos por análises por espectrometria de absorção atômica com forno de grafite. O método envolvendo a evaporação prévia, seguida da redissolução dos íons em meio aquoso também se mostrou muito favorável para realizar a determinação de cátions e ânions por eletroforese capilar em amostras de etanol hidratado combustível. Os íons Na+, K+ e Ca2+, Cl-, NO3- e SO42- foram encontrados nas amostras analisadas. Os limites de detecção destes íons se encontram na faixa de 0,06 e 0,18 mg L-1. / In this work eletroanalytical methodologies (potentiometric stripping analysis and anodic stripping voltammetry) for the determination of metals (mercury, copper, lead, and zinc) in crude oil, lubricating oil, diesel fuel, and ethanol fuel are proposed. A capillary electrophoresis method for ethanol fuel was developed to determine cations (sodium, potassium, and calcium) and anions (chloride, sulphate, and nitrate). Microwave digestion methods using different ovens (a focused microwave oven – operating at atmospheric pressure, and a cavity microwave oven, which employs pressurized vessels) for crude oil, lubricating oil, and diesel fuel are described. The determination of copper and mercury by potentiometric stripping analysis presents better detection limits than stripping voltammetric determinations for the digested sample analysis. Loss of mercury by volatilization was verified when samples were digested in the focused microwave oven. Otherwise, this oven presented some advantages for the other metals, as the improved detection limits due to the employment of higher sample mass for the digestion process. The use of a ultrasonic bath to promote the extraction of copper and lead from lubricating oils in the presence of 1:1 (v/v) HClconc and H2O2 (30% m/v) was efficient. Thirty minutes of ultrasonic exposure were necessary for quantitative exctraction of copper and lead. Anodic stripping voltammetry using gold CDtrodes was applied for metal determination in the extracted solutions. The detection limits of the proposed method for copper and lead were 23 and 67 ng g-1, respectively, under application of 120 seconds as deposition time. Anodic stripping voltammetry at a gold electrode was used for the determination of copper and lead in ethanol fuel, without any prior sample treatment. Detection limits of 120 and 235 ng L-1 for copper and lead, respectively, were attained applying 900 s as deposition time. Alternatively, the ethanol evaporation followed by re-suspension in deionised water allowed the metals determination by stripping analysis. All results obtained for sample decomposition methods were compared with the ones obtained by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric determinations. The method, which employs prior ethanol evaporation followed by re-suspension in deionised water, was applied for the determination of cations and anions by capillary electrophoresis in the hydrated ethanol fuel (automotive fuel). Na+, K+, Ca2+, Cl-, NO3-, and SO42- ions were found in the analyzed samples. The detection limits for these ions were situated between 0.06 and 0.18 mg L-1.

This thesis deals with the application of BEAS-2B cell line for micronucleus assay in genetic toxicology. It is divided into two main parts: a) theoretical introduction to the analysis and search for suitable models for testing the impact of air pollution and manufactured nanoparticles, b) practical part that describes the results of micronuclei induction by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), extractable organic matter (EOM) from diesel exhaust particles obtained from emissions of three types of fuel and engineered nanoparticles. BEAS-2B cell line is a nonmalignant human model of lung epithelium which seems to be suitable for micronucleus assay. This assay is commonly used for determining the genotoxicity of various substances to wide variety of cell cultures and also in human studies. In this thesis, the following substances were tested: benzo[a]pyrene, 3-nitrobenzanthrone and 1-nitropyrene as carcinogenic PAHs commonly found in polluted air; EOMs from exhaust particles of 100 % diesel fuel, a blend of diesel fuel and 30 % of biodiesel, 100 % biodiesel and two types of engineered nanoparticles (TiO2 and Ag). The cells were treated with the compounds for 28, 48 and 72 hours. The results confirm the suitability of BEAS-2B cell line as a model for testing the genotoxicity of substances under...

Les gazoles, carburant automobile préféré des français, sont « additivés » afin de permettre leur utilisation en hiver. Les n-paraffines présentes dans ces gazoles cristallisent en effet à basse température. Ces cristaux peuvent alors entraîner le colmatage des filtres protecteurs situés en amont du moteur. Des polymères à base d'éthylène, notamment les copolymères éthylène-acétate de vinyle (EVA), sont utilisés pour abaisser la température à laquelle les problématiques de filtration adviennent. Un nouveau procédé de copolymérisation radicalaire d'éthylène et d'acétate de vinyle, à plus basse pression et à plus basse température, que le procédé industriel actuel, a été développé au cours de cette thèse. Une grande variété d'EVA a ainsi été obtenue. Ils présentent des caractéristiques structurelles et une efficacité, pour le traitement des gazoles, similaires aux EVA commerciaux. Ce procédé a, par ailleurs, permis la synthèse d'autres co- et terpolymères de l'éthylène variant par la nature des comonomères polaires utilisés ou par l'architecture. Des modèles de copolymères EVA ont été également synthétisés par métathèse. La grande diversité d'additifs polymères à disposition combinée à des techniques d'analyse thermique et de diffusion des rayons X mises en oeuvre au plus proche de l'application (en particulier dans le gazole), ont permis de mieux appréhender leur mode d'action sur la cristallisation des n-paraffines. Les spécificités structurelles, des polymères, conditionnant leur efficacité pour le traitement de la tenue à froid des gazoles ont également pu être établies / The additivation of diesel fuels allows operating engines at low temperatures without filter blocking and thus fulfilling legal requirements. Ethylene based copolymers such as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, made by free radical polymerization at high pressure (above 2000 bars) and high temperature (above 200 °C) are frequently used as middle distillate cold flow improvers (MDFI). A new free radical copolymerization process of ethylene and vinyl acetate in organic solvent media has been developed. This process gives access to polymers close to commercial MDFI additives under tremendous less drastic conditions (under 250 bars of ethylene and 70 °C). Thanks to this process, a wide diversity (variation of the nature of the polar unit, of polymer architecture…) of ethylene based polymers was obtained. Moreover, EVA model copolymers have been synthesized by metathesis. Thanks to these numerous and diverse ethylene based polymers combined with thermal analysis and X-ray scattering studies a better understanding of the operating mode of these additives in a diesel fuel has been achieved. The structural characteristics of the polymers enabling their effectiveness as diesel fuel cold flow improvers have also been established

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En raison de la complexité de leur composition, l’étude de l’oxydation des gazoles et des carburants biodiesel nécessite de choisir des molécules modèles représentant ces mélanges. Dans ce contexte nous avons sélectionné deux molécules pouvant représenter les gazoles : le n-décane, souvent considéré comme molécule modèle des paraffines contenues dans les gazoles, et le n-hexadécane, molécule de référence pour l’estimation de l’indice cétane, ainsi que deux molécules représentant les carburants biodiesel : le palmitate de méthyle (C17H34O2, ester méthylique saturé) et l’oléate de méthyle (C19H36O2, ester méthylique insaturé). L’étude de l’oxydation de ces molécules a été menée en réacteur auto-agité par jets gazeux, à une richesse de 1, des températures comprises entre 550 et 1100 K, à pression atmosphérique et à un temps de passage constant de 1,5 s. La formation d’un nombre important d’espèces a été observée parmi lesquelles figurent des oléfines, des diènes, des esters méthyliques insaturés, des éthers cycliques avec différentes tailles de cycle, des cétones et des aldéhydes. Grâce à deux nouvelles versions du logiciel EXGAS, des mécanismes cinétiques détaillés de l’oxydation des molécules étudiées ont été générés et validés par comparaison avec les résultats expérimentaux. Enfin, une comparaison de la réactivité du n-décane, du n-hexadécane, du palmitate de méthyle et de l’oléate de méthyle et des quantités de produits formées (dont certains polluants) a été effectuée / Because of the complexity of their compositions, the study of the oxidation of diesel and biodiesel fuels requires choosing model molecules (surrogates) representing the real mixtures. In this context, we have selected two molecules to represent the diesel fuel: n-decane, usually considered as model molecule of paraffin contained in diesel fuel, and n-hexadecane, molecule of reference for the estimation of the cetane number, and two molecules representing biodiesel fuel: methyl palmitate (C17H34O2, a saturated methyl ester) and methyl oleate (C19H36O2, an unsaturated methyl ester). The study of oxidation of these molecules has been conducted in a jet-stirred reactor, with an equivalence ratio of 1, temperatures between 550 and 1100 K, at atmospheric pressure and for a constant residence time of 1.5 sec. The formation of a large number of species has been observed which includes olefins, dienes, unsaturated methyl esters, cyclic ethers with different size of ring, ketones and aldehydes. Using two new versions of EXGAS software, detailed kinetic mechanisms for the oxidation of the studied molecules were generated and validated by comparaison with experiemental results. Finally, a comparison of the reactivity of n-decane, n-hexadecane, methyl palmitate and methyl oleate and amounts of formed products (including some pollutants) has been performed

Human activities have increased the concentration of CO2 into the atmosphere, thus it has caused global warming. Construction equipment are semi-stationary machines and spend at least 30% of its life time during idling. The majority of the construction equipment is diesel powered and emits toxic emission into the environment. In this work, the idling will be investigated through adopting several statistical regressions models to quantify the fuel consumption of construction equipment during idling. The regression models which are studied in this work: Multivariate Linear Regression (ML-R), Support Vector Machine Regression (SVM-R), Gaussian Process regression (GP-R), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Partial Least Square Regression (PLS-R) and Principal Components Regression (PC-R). Findings show that pre-processing has a significant impact on the goodness of the prediction of the explanatory data analysis in this field. Moreover, through mean centering and application of the max-min scaling feature, the accuracy of models increased remarkably. ANN and GP-R had the highest accuracy (99%), PLS-R was the third accurate model (98% accuracy), ML-R was the fourth-best model (97% accuracy), SVM-R was the fifth-best (73% accuracy) and the lowest accuracy was recorded for PC-R (83% accuracy). The second part of this project estimated the CO2 emission based on the fuel used and by adopting the NONROAD2008 model.  Keywords: