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<p>Energy is one of the basic needs of human beings and is extremely crucial for continued development of human life. Our work, leisure and our economic, social and physical welfare all depend on the sufficient, uninterrupted supply of energy. Therefore, it is essential to provide adequate and affordable energy for improving human welfare and raising living standards. Global concern over environmental climate change linked to fossil fuel consumption has increased pressure to generate power from renewable sources [1]. Although substantial advances in renewable energy technologies have been made, significant challenges remain in developing integrated renewable energy systems due primarily to mismatch between load demand and source capabilities [2]. The output from renewable energy sources such as photo-voltaic, wind, tidal, and micro-hydro fluctuate on an hourly, daily, and seasonal basis. As a result, these devices are not well suited for directly powering loads that require a uniform and uninterrupted supply of input energy.</p>

Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2016-06-22T13:51:24Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T13:51:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2016-06-22T13:51:24Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T13:51:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Neste trabalho foram estudadas as series de ligas La0,7Mg0,3Al0,3Mn0,4Co(0,5-x)NbxNi3,8 (x =0 a 0,5) e La0,7Mg0,3Al0,3Mn0,4Nb(0,5-x)Ni(3,8-x) (x =0,3; 0,5 e 1,3), como eletrodo negativo de baterias de Níquel Hidreto Metálico. A pulverização das ligas foi realizada com duas pressões de H2 (2 bar e 9 bar). A capacidade de descarga das baterias de níquel hidreto metálico foi analisada pelo equipamento de testes elétricos Arbin BT-4. As ligas, no estado bruto de fusão, foram analisadas por microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV), espectroscopia de energia dispersiva (EDS) e difração de raios-X. Com o aumento da concentração de nióbio nas ligas nota-se a diminuição da estabilidade cíclica das baterias e da capacidade máxima de descarga. A capacidade de descarga máxima obtida foi para a liga La0,7Mg0,3Al0,3Mn0,4Co0,5Ni3,8 (45,36 mAh) e a bateria que apresentou a melhor performance foi a liga La0,7Mg0,3Al0,3Mn0,4Co0,4Nb0,1Ni3,8 (44,94 mAh). / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Submitted by Pedro Silva Filho (pfsilva@ipen.br) on 2017-11-22T17:28:55Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-22T17:28:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Neste trabalho os diferentes sistemas eletrocatalíticos PtIn/C, PtRu/C, PtRuIn/C e suas diferentes proporções mássicas foram sintetizados pelo método de redução por Borohidreto de Sódio, a fim de serem utilizados como ânodo na célula a combustível alcalina de metanol direto (DMFC). Os materiais obtidos foram caracterizados pelas técnicas de EDX, DRX e MET. O método de redução aplicado na síntese se mostrou efetivo, uma vez que as partículas apresentaram boa dispersão no suporte de carbono Vulcan XC72, de acordo com as analises de EDX e MET. Os resultados obtidos por DRX evidenciaram em todos os difratogramas apresentados a estrutura CFC da platina e um relativo deslocamento do pico equivalente ao plano (220) para valores maiores e menores que 2&theta;. O tamanho médio do cristalito e os parâmetros de rede calculados indicaram a inserção de átomos de Índio e Rutênio à estrutura da Platina, supondo a formação de ligas. A oxidação eletroquímica do metanol foi estudada por voltametria cíclica, cronoamperometria e curvas de polarização. Os experimentos eletroquímicos demonstraram que nos eletrocatalisadores binários com maior composição de Índio e Rutênio a eficiência catalítica frente a oxidação do combustível foi melhor e para os ternários, o eletrocatalisador que possuía maior composição de Rutênio se mostrou mais eficiente. Nos experimentos práticos em células a combustível, as curvas de polarização mostraram divergências de resultados com os obtidos por voltametria cíclica e cronoamperometria, justificadas por problemas de prensagem e descolamento de MEA\'s em sistemas que apresentaram maior quantidade de cocatalisador como Índio e Rutênio. / Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Magister Scientiae - MSc / Energy is one of the basic needs of human beings and is extremely crucial for continued development of human life. Our work, leisure and our economic, social and physical welfare all depend on the sufficient, uninterrupted supply of energy. Therefore, it is essential to provide adequate and affordable energy for improving human welfare and raising living standards. Global concern over environmental climate change linked to fossil fuel consumption has increased pressure to generate power from renewable sources [1]. Although substantial advances in renewable energy technologies have been made, significant challenges remain in developing integrated renewable energy systems due primarily to mismatch between load demand and source capabilities [2]. The output from renewable energy sources such as photo-voltaic, wind, tidal, and micro-hydro fluctuate on an hourly, daily, and seasonal basis. As a result, these devices are not well suited for directly powering loads that require a uniform and uninterrupted supply of input energy. / South Africa

Le but de ce projet a été d'améliorer un procédé de clarification développé par VEOLIA Environnement : l'Actiflo®. L'Actfilo® est basé sur l'ajout de microsable lors de l'étape de floculation afin d'augmenter les vitesses de décantation. Toutefois, une importante quantité de polymère est continuellement ajoutée au procédé, et des résiduels de ce dernier peuvent être rencontrés dans les eaux décantées. Notre travail a été de fonctionnaliser (i.e. greffer) le microsable avec un polymère floculant afin de pouvoir recycler en continu le matériau hybride par hydrocyclonage. La fonctionnalisation par « Grafting Onto » a consisté à greffer un polymère floculant commercial sur le microsable alors que la fonctionnalisation par « Grafting From » a consisté à faire croître un polymère floculant depuis la surface. Les capacités floculantes des microsables ont été testées en essais classiques de coagulation/floculation. Les microsables fonctionnalisés avec un polymère cationique par « Grafting From » ont démontré leur supériorité en conduisant à un abattement en Carbone Organique Dissous (COD) de 25% contre un abattement de 15 % pour le procédé classique ou pour les microsables fonctionnalisés par « Grafting Onto ». Une turbidité légèrement supérieure est toutefois toujours obtenue avec les sables fonctionnalisés par rapport à l'ajout de polymère libre (+ 0,5 NTU). Enfin, des procédés de régénération permettant de réutiliser les microsables ayant servi en coagulation/floculation ont été mis en place, le plus efficace d'entre eux étant un traitement à base d'Acide Oxalique. Ce traitement a permis de régénérer les propriétés floculantes du sable sur deux cycles. / The purpose of this project was to improve a clarification process developed by VEOLIA Environment: The Actiflo®. The Actfilo® is based on adding microsand in the flocculation stage in order to increase the speed of sedimentation. However, a significant amount of polymeric flocculant is continuously added to the process, and residuals can be found in the decanted water. Our work was to graft a polymeric flocculant onto microsand in order to recycle the full hybrid material through hydrocycloning. Functionalization by "Grafting Onto" was based on grafting a commercial polymer onto microsand whereas “Grafting From” was based on surface-initiated polymerization. Flocculation properties of functionalized microsands were then tested in conventional coagulation/flocculation tests where the effectiveness of the two grafting methods was compared. Cationic functionalized sands, obtained by “Grafting From”, exhibit the best properties as a decrease of Dissolved Organic Carbon of 25% was reached whereas a decrease of 15% was reached by adding free polymer or adding sands from the “Grafting Onto” method. However final turbidity value was always slightly lower for the flocculation that occured when free polymer was added (- 0,5 NTU). Finally, regeneration processes to recycle the functionalized sands were established. The most effective of them being a treatment with Oxalic Acid. This treatment allowed us to regenerate flocculating properties of functionalized sands twice.

Confining light metal hydrides in micro- or mesoporous scaffolds is considered to be a promising way to overcome the existing challenges for these materials, e.g. their application in hydrogen storage. Different techniques exist which allow us to homogeneously fill pores of a host matrix with the respective hydride, thus yielding well defined composite materials. For this report, the ordered mesoporous carbon CMK-3 was taken as a support for LiAlH₄ realized by a solution impregnation method to improve the hydrogen desorption behavior of LiAlH₄ by nanoconfinement effects. It is shown that upon heating, LiAlH₄ is unusually oxidized by coordinated tetrahydrofuran solvent molecules. The important result of the herein described work is the finding of a final composite containing nanoscale aluminum oxide inside the pores of the CMK-3 carbon host instead of a metal or alloy. This newly observed unusual oxidation behavior has major implications when applying these compounds for the targeted synthesis of homogeneous metal–carbon composite materials.

Die Strukturen der Erdalkalimetall-Subnitride (EA2N) von Calcium, Strontium und Barium ermöglichen mit ihrem schichtartigen Aufbau aus EA6N-Oktaedern Intercalationsreaktionen. Die Redox-Intercalation von Stickstoff in Sr2N wurde an Einkristallen untersucht. Nur durch eine drastische Erhöhung des Reaktionsgasdruckes im Vergleich zu den Reaktionen an mikrokristallinen Proben wurde die Intercalation der Diazenidionen in die Kristalle zu Sr4N3 und SrN möglich. Für eine analoge Intercalation von Wasserstoff in Sr2N konnten die Reaktionsbedingungen dahingehend optimiert werden, dass erstmals phasenreines Strontiumnitridhydrid (Sr2N)H bzw. deuterid (Sr2N)D erhalten wurde. Anhand von Intercalationsreaktionen mit Sr2N Kristallen konnte gezeigt werden, dass der Intercalationsprozess, erkennbar an der deutlichen Farbänderung von schwarz nach bersteinfarben, von außen nach innen fortschreitet. Als Methode zur räumlich aufgelösten Analyse wurde die Laserablation, in Kombination mit einem ICP - Massenspektrometer (LA-ICP-MS) verwendet. In der Literatur beschriebene Quantifizierungsstrategien wurden auf die Anwendbarkeit für die gegebene Fragestellung untersucht. Mit der ortsaufgelösten Analyse von Einkristallen konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Intercalation von Stickstoff in die Kristalle kontinuierlich von den Kanten zur Kristallmitte fortschreitet.

Объектом исследования являются образцы из сплава Э125 (Zr – 2,5 масс. % Nb), вырезанных из канала системы управления и защиты (СУЗ), после эксплуатации в реакторе энергоблока Смоленской АЭС в течение 36 лет. Методами металлографического анализа, испытаний на трещиностойкость и растяжением кольцевых образцов, сканирующей электронной микроскопии с дифракцией отражённых электронов и определения содержания водорода, были проведены исследования образцов после эксплуатации в энергетическом реакторе. Определены кратковременные механические свойства и характеристики трещиностойкости образцов при комнатной и температуре 100 °С. Изучена микроструктура, фазовый состав и состояние поверхности образцов канала СУЗ. Определено содержание водорода в образцах из зоны термического влияния электроннолучевого сварного соединения. / The object of the study is samples of alloy E125 (Zr – 2,5 mass. % Nb), cut from the channel of the control and protection system, after operation in the reactor of the power unit of the Smolensk NPP for 36 years. Methods of metallographic analysis, tests for fracture toughness and tensile tests of ring samples, scanning electron microscopy with reflected electron diffraction and determination of hydrogen content were used to study the samples after operation in a power reactor. The short-term mechanical properties and characteristics of the crack resistance of the samples at room temperature and 100 ° C were determined. The microstructure, phase composition and state of the surface of the CPS channel samples have been studied. The hydrogen content in the samples from the heat-affected zone of the electron-beam welded joint was determined.