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This report intends to investigate climate conditions and energy consumption in Gränby Ice rink in Uppsala.Today, Gränbyhallen faces a potential renovation project to modernize and improve what was initially intended as a temporary hall that was inaugurated in 1974.In 2021, the property was taken over by the Uppsala municipality Arenor och Fastigheter AB from having previously been owned by the municipality. Since then, Arenor och Fastigheter has worked to modernize its facilities and in this way also work to improve the energy consumption required by the operation of the Gränby ice rink and also examine the indoor climate conditions in the building.The idea is to make the climate more pleasant for the visitors, and therefore making it less cold and barren temperaturevise by separating the ventilation from the ice and bleachers so that these can be controlled individually. The hope is to be able to reduce energy consumption with such a solution by seeing if the facility has heat leakage from the outside and how moisture can be managed in the facility to be kept at a more even level throughout the year and during the day.For the report, weather data was obtained from SMHI and then compiled and compared with temperatures and energy consumption from sorption dehumidifiers and the plant total to locate current deficiencies but also how to potentially address these to lower energy consumption.Analysis of the data was also done for the outdoor temperature which was set against the indoor temperature and then also the difference between the two to see the difference anddemonstrate how well insulated the facility is. On average over the entire time investigated, there was only +1°C difference between outside and inside, which gives an indication that the insulation in the facility needs to be reviewed and improved both outside and inside as there are large leaks in the facility with open surfaces and only metal doors that separate warm surfaces from cold.The analysis also suggests that the dehumidifier should be changed to regulate according to the dew point temperature from regulating according to the relative humidity as the dew point changes less over time and is less affected by the amount of water in the air which changes from hour to hour and is also affected by the outdoor climate when doors are opened and closed to the facility. / Denna rapport avser att undersöka klimatförhållanden och energiförbrukningen i Gränby ishall i Uppsala. Idag står Gränbyhallen inför ett potentiellt renoveringsarbete för att modernisera och förbättra till en som till en början var tänkt som en provisorisk hall från 1974. 2021 togs fastigheten över av Uppsala kommun Arenor och Fastigheter AB från att tidigare varit kommunägt. Arenor och Fastigheter har sedan dess arbetat med att modernisera sina fastigheter och på så sätt även arbeta med att förbättra energiförbrukningen som driften i Gränby ishall kräver och även undersöka klimatförhållandena inomhus. Tanken är att göra klimatet för åskådarna mer behagligt att vistas i från dagens kalla och karga temperaturer genom att separera läktarens ventilation och avfuktning från isens, så att dessa kan styras enskilt och därmed ha olika klimat. Förhoppningen är att med en sådan lösning kunna minska energiförbrukningen genom att se ifall anläggningen har värmeläckage från utsidan samt hur fukt kan hanteras i anläggningen för att hållas på en mer jämn nivå över året och under dagen. Till rapporten har väderdata hämtats från SMHI och sedan sammanställts och jämförts med temperaturer och energiförbrukning från sorptionsavfuktare och anläggningens total för att lokalisera nuvarande brister, men även hur man kan potentiellt åtgärda dessa för att sänka energiförbrukningen. Analys av data gjordes även för temperaturen utomhus mot temperaturen inomhus och då differensen av de två för att se skillnaden och påvisa även hur väl isolerad anläggningen är. I genomsnitt över hela tiden som undersöktes skildes det bara +1°C mellan ute och inne, vilket ger indikation på att isoleringen i anläggningen behöver ses över och förbättras både ute och inne då det finns stora läckage i anläggningen med öppna ytor och endast plåtdörrar som separerar varma ytor från kalla. Analysen tyder även på att avfuktaren bör ändras till att reglera efter daggpunktstemperaturen i stället för som nu efter relativa luftfuktigheten. Daggpunkten ändras mindre över tid och påverkas mindre av luftens vattenmängd, som ändras från timme till timme och som påverkas även av utomhusklimatet när dörrar öppnas och stängs till anläggningen.

Premature concrete deterioration due to alkali-silica reaction (ASR) and delayed ettringite formation (DEF) is a significant problem all over the world. In cases where these mechanisms were not initially prevented, mitigation is critical to halt expansion and cracking. The main objectives of the research presented herein were to study the effect of ambient relative humidity (RH) on rates of concrete expansion, to determine RH thresholds below which expansion due to ASR and/or DEF may be suppressed, and to evaluate coatings intended to lower the internal RH of concrete and thus minimize future potential for damage. Results from testing showed that the RH threshold for ASR was below 82%, the RH threshold for DEF was below 92%, and the RH threshold for combined ASR and DEF could be about 83% for the materials tested. Furthermore, it was shown that some coatings are effective in reducing ASR- and DEF-related expansion by lowering the internal RH of concrete. / text

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Thin film material properties and measurement characterisation techniques are crucial for the development of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. Furthermore, as the technology scales down from microtechnology towards nanotechnology, nanoscale materials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are required in electronic devices to overcome the limitations encountered by conventional materials at the nanoscale. The integration of CNTs into micro-electronics and material applications is expected to provide a wide range of new applications. The work presented in this thesis has contributed to the development of thin film material characterisation through research on the thermal conductivity measurement and the control of the residual stress of thin film materials used commonly in MEMS devices. In addition, the use of CNTs in micro-electronics and as filler reinforcement in composite materials applications have been investigated, leading to low resistivity CNTs interconnects and CNTs-Polyimide (PI) composites based resistive humidity sensors. In the first part of this thesis, the thermal conductivity of conductive thin films as well as the control of the residual stress arising from fabrication process in PI micro-cantilevers have been studied. A MEMS device has been developed for the thermal conductivity characterisation of conductive thin films showing good agreement with thermal conductivity of bulk material. Low energy Ar+ ion bombardment in a plasma has been used to control the residual stress present in PI cantilevers. Appropriate ion energy and exposure time have led to stress relaxation of the beams resulting in a straight PI cantilever beam. In the second part of this thesis, low resistivity CNTs interconnects have been developed using both dielectrophoresis (DEP) and Focused Ion Beam (FIB) techniques. An investigation of the effects of CNT concentration, applied voltage and frequency on the CNTs alignment between Al and Ti electrodes has resulted in the lowering of the CNTs’ resistance. The deposition of Pt contact using FIB at the CNTs-metal electrodes interface has been found to decrease the high contact resistances of the devices by four and two orders of magnitude for Al and Ti electrodes respectively. The last part of this thesis focuses on the preparation of CNTs-PI composite materials, its characterisation and its application as resistive humidity sensor. The integration of CNTs inside the PI matrix has resulted in enhancing significantly the electrical and mechanical properties of the composites. In particular, a DEP technique employed to induce CNTs alignment inside the PI matrix during curing has been attributed to play an important role in improving the composite properties and lowering the percolation threshold. In addition, the fabrication and testing of CNTs-PI resistive humidity sensors have been carried out. The sensing performance of the devices have shown to be dependent highly on the CNT concentration. Finally, the alignment of CNTs by DEP has improved the sensing properties of CNTs-PI humidity sensors and confirmed that the change of resistance in response to humidity is governed by the change of the CNTs’ resistances due to charge transfer from the water molecules to the CNTs.

La Réaction Sulfatique Interne (RSI) est une pathologie du béton pouvant affecter les matériaux soumis à un échauffement au-delà de 65°C. Elle consiste en une formation d'ettringite dans le matériau durci et conduit à son gonflement. Il s'en suit une fissuration et une dégradation des performances mécaniques pouvant poser des problèmes d'intégrité structurelle à l'instar de la Réaction Alcali-Granulat (RAG) à laquelle elle est fréquemment couplée in situ. Lorsqu'un ouvrage est atteint, il convient de poser un diagnostic, évaluer son aptitude au service, prédire son évolution et mettre en uvre des méthodes de réparation. Ceci nécessite une compréhension fine des effets de la RSI à l'échelle microscopique et à l'échelle de l'ouvrage. De nombreuses études expérimentales et théoriques ont été menées pour déterminer les mécanismes mis en uvre et les paramètres influençant la RSI. Toutefois, la complexité des phénomènes rend délicate la transposition de ces connaissances à l'échelle de la structure. Les approches macroscopiques semblent donc plus adaptées à ce type de problème. Pour mettre au point ces approches, il est nécessaire de comprendre en détail les effets de la pathologie à l'échelle du matériau et de la structure. Cette thèse décrit les résultats d'une étude de laboratoire basée sur des essais sur éprouvettes pour caractériser les couplages entre les gonflements et l'humidité, la température et l'état de contraintes. Ces travaux ont également été l'occasion d'étudier les couplages entre RAG et RSI. En parallèle, des suivis dimensionnels et hydriques de poutres soumises à des conditions d'exposition à l'humidité contrôlées ont permis de constituer une base de données des effets structurels de la RSI. La confrontation de ces essais menés conjointement à l'échelle du matériau et de la structure fournit des données permettant de mettre au point des méthodes de re-calcul des ouvrages et de les valider en confrontant leurs prédictions aux résultats expérimentaux / Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF) is a reaction that can affect concretes exposed to temperatures higher than 65°C. The corresponding formation of ettringite in the hardened material leads to swellings, cracking and decrease of the mechanical properties. Thus it gives serious concern in terms of structural integrity and serviceability. DEF is often coupled with Alkali-Aggregate Reaction (AAR) in the field. For a structure manager, it is necessary to be able to diagnose the reaction, to assess the serviceability of the structure, to predict its evolution and to repair it. To reach these objectives, it is necessary to understand DEF effects both at the microscopic scale and the structure scale. In the literature, a lot of theoretical and experimental researches have been reported and deal mainly with the chemo-physical mechanisms. These results emphasize the complexity of the microscopic features of DEF and thus can hardly be used to model its structural effects. Thus, macroscopic approaches seem to be more adapted. To develop such approaches, it is necessary to understand the effect of the deleterious process at the scale of the material and of the structure. In this context, this research proposes to quantify the couplings between DEF-induced swellings and moisture, temperature and mechanical loadings thanks to material tests on concrete cylinders. The couplings between DEF and AAR are as well investigated. Moreover the monitoring of dimensions and water content of concrete beams is also performed while being exposed to various controlled water supply conditions. The corresponding results provide a database useful to analyse quantitatively the mechanical effects of DEF (for the material and for the structures) and to validate the numerical models by comparing their predictions to the experimental behaviour

Negativ empfundene Schallereignisse, d.h. Lärm, sind nach wie vor eines der bedeutendsten Umweltprobleme besonders in urbanen Räumen. Die Ausbreitung von Schallwellen findet, abgesehen von Wechselwirkungen mit dem Boden, in der Atmosphäre statt und wird durch deren Struktur beeinflusst. Eine maßgebliche Rolle spielt dabei die raum-zeitliche Variabilität der meteorologischen Größen Temperatur, Windvektor sowie Luftfeuchtigkeit, die durch Brechung, Streuung und Absorption zu einer verstärkten oder verringerten Schallimmission an einem Ort führen kann. Im Rahmen einer Schülerarbeit (“Besondere Lernleistung”) wurden Schallpegelwerte an mehreren Messpunkten auf dem Gelände des Leipziger Instituts für Meteorologie bei verschiedenen Atmosphärenzuständen aufgenommen. Erste Auswertungen der Messergebnisse werden in dieser Studie vorgestellt. / Noise is one of the most important environmental problems especially in urban regions. The propagation of sound waves takes place in the atmosphere, apart from interactions with the ground surface, and is influenced by the atmospheric structure. Thereby, the spatial and temporal variability of meteorological quantities like temperature, wind vector and air moisture leads to refraction, scattering and absorption and thereupon to an increased or decreased noise exposure. Within the scope of a pupil’s work sound level measurements were carried out on different places at the site of Leipzig Institute of Meteorology during variable atmospheric conditions. First results are presented in this study.

The characterization of perphenazine and scopolamine aerosols generated using the capillary aerosol generator (CAG) was reported. Variables including steady state power, the formulation vehicle, the drug concentration and the formulation flow rate were studied for their effects on the chemical stability and particle size of these drug aerosols.Stability-indicating HPLC and LC-MS assays were developed and validated for perphenazine and scopolamine, respectively. The chemical stability of each compound was investigated under a variety of stress conditions and the structure of degradation products was proposed.Perphenazine aerosols were generated from propylene glycol (PG) formulations with concentrations of 9, 48 and 90mM at formulation flow rates of 2.5 and 5.0µL/s at a series of steady state powers. At higher aerosolization powers, the low concentration formulation (9mM) degraded with dehalogenation being the major pathway. The size of perphenazine aerosols was between 0.4 to 0.6µm. Changing the solute concentration produced only small changes (~0.2µm) in perphenazine aerosol particle size. The formulation flow rate did not significantly affect the aerosol size.Scopolamine degraded significantly when aerosolized in PG formulations. It was possible to generate chemically stable scopolamine aerosols from ethanol formulations. Significant amounts of degradation products were formed only at or above 4.6W at 5.0µL/s. Hydrolysis and dehydration appeared to be the major degradation pathways at higher powers and low formulation flow rate. The MMAD of scopolamine aerosols was between 0.5 and 2.0µm from 8, 20 and 40mM formulations at 5.0 and 10.0µL/s. The size of scopolamine aerosols increased as a function of increasing the solute concentration. Increasing the formulation flow rate increased the linear velocity of the spray, thus the Reynolds number was increased and smaller particles were generated.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal o estudo e o desenvolvimento de um sensor óptico de umidade usando o polímero polipirrol. Inicialmente, estudou-se o princípio teórico dos diversos sensores de umidade encontrados no mercado, assim como fundamentos básicos sobre guias de onda, umidade e polímeros (especialmente polipirrol). Realizou-se também um estudo da influência da umidade nas características físicas e ópticas do polipirrol mediante a técnica elipsométrica. Particularmente, foi estudado em detalhe o comportamento do índice de refração do polipirrol frente a grandes variações de concentrações de umidade, e se demonstrou que o valor do índice de refração do polipirrol aumenta quando exposto a vapor de água. Com os resultados alcançados na caracterização óptica do polímero, foram desenvolvidos sensores de umidade à fibra óptica, baseados na técnica de fibra interrompida, e sensores à guia de onda ARROW (Anti-Resonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide), baseados na técnica de detecção por campo evanescente, sendo o polipirrol usado como camada ativa de sensoriamento. Os dispositivos baseados em fibra óptica e guia de onda ARROW mostraram que a potência de saída dos dispositivos diminui inversamente em relação à umidade relativa (para uma concentração de 50 a 80%). / The aim of the present work is the study and development of an optical humidity sensor using polymer polypyrrole. Initially, it was studied theoretical principles of common humidity sensors and it was also studied the theoretical basis of optical waveguides. The first part of the present project involved a study of polypyrrole refractive index behavior when exposed to different humidity concentrations, using the ellipsometric technique. The characterization results showed an increment on polypyrrole refractive index when exposed to water vapor. With these results, a based optical fiber sensor was developed using the air gap configuration, and polypyrrole was used as the sensor element. The last part of the project involved an optical humidity sensor development based on ARROW waveguide (Anti-Resonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide), using the evanescent field configuration. In this case, polypyrrole was also used as the sensor element. These devices (based on optical fiber and ARROW waveguide) showed that the power output decreases inversely with relative humidity concentration (from 50% to 80%).

O trabalho apresenta uma investigação sobre a influência da umidade atmosférica no processo de absorção de oxigênio atmosférico por corpo de água através de sua superfície líquida livre. Os experimentos realizados em laboratório consistem na reoxigenação de uma massa de água, contida em um tanque cilíndrico, submetida à agitação mecânica. A atmosfera que reabastece de oxigênio a massa líquida é controlada e os ensaios são conduzidos com vários níveis de umidade do ar, o que provoca diferentes taxas de evaporação. Simultaneamente, determinam-se os coeficientes de reoxigenação, K2 (h-1), em cada experimento. Investiga-se neste trabalho a correlação entre esses dois parâmetros. O processo de reoxigenação é analisado inicialmente com o uso de metodologia clássica baseada em modelos matemáticos tradicionais (possivelmente inadequados). Propõe-se neste trabalho, um modelo original para essa mesma análise. / The influence of the atmospheric humidity on the process of absorption of oxygen by a water body through its free surface is presented herein. Laboratory experiments were run for the reoxygenation of a water mass kept in a cylindrical vessel under mechanical agitation. The quality of the atmospheric air transferring oxygen to water is controlled and the tests are run with several levels of air humidity, what renders different rates of evaporation. The corresponding coefficients of reaeration K2 (h-1) are determined for each experiment. The correlation between these two latter parameters is investigated. The process of reoxygenation is analyzed initially using a classical methodology based on traditional mathematical models (possibly inadequate). An original model for the same analysis is proposed in this work.