O presente estudo justifica-se pelo crescente aumento da economia e conseqüentemente dos diferentes tipos de transportes para viabilizar esta economia, a exemplo do transporte aéreo que vem crescendo significativamente. Este estudo objetivou verificar um possível efeito mutagênico causado pelo combustível de aeronaves em bioindicadores vegetais As áreas selecionadas para esta pesquisa foram o Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo (pontos: torre, pátio, pista L e pista R), um bairro adjacente que é rota de aeronaves e o Parque Estadual da Cantareira que dista 16km do aeroporto. O aeroporto situa-se a 749m de altitude com ventos médios de 129 graus e velocidade média de cinco nós, temperatura média de 19 graus centígrados e umidade relativa do ar média de 80 por cento. Um bioindicador vegetal proposto foi a Tradescantia pallida, com 15 floreiras em cada ponto mencionado, analisando o potencial mutagênico através dos números de micronúcleos (Trad-MCN) e metais pesados impregnados nas folhas da planta, sendo coletadas as inflorescências e folhas mensalmente durante um ano e meio. Para caracterizar a área de estudo foi analisado o material particulado presente nos diversos pontos, utilizou-se amostradores mini-vol, com exposição por 24 horas em sete coletas durante um ano. Para verificar os compostos orgânicos voláteis (COVs), foram feitas três coletas através de canisters. As maiores concentrações de gases provenientes da queima do querosene foram encontradas nos pontos: pátio, pista L e bairro. Os resultados indicaram uma correlação positiva (p=0,034) entre COVs e MCN, no local de maior concentração (pátio, indicando que os compostos orgânicos voláteis provenientes de combustível de aeronaves (QAV) apresentaram componentes capazes de causar mutagenicidade em nosso estudo. / The worthiness of this study lies on the fact that, within the scenario of the multiplication of various kinds of transportation means resulting from the economical development, the growing use of air transportation means has been quite significant. The aim of this study was to verify a mutagenic potential effects caused by aircraft fuel on a vegetable indicator. The locations selected to carry out this research are the São Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (points: tower, apron, runway L and runway R), an adjoining district which lies within the route of the aircrafts, and Parque Estadual da Cantareira (a public park), 16 km away from the airport and apparently not impacted by the aircraft traffic (reference point). The airport lies at an altitude of 749 meters, with average winds of 129 degrees and average speed of five knots, average temperature of 19 degrees centigrade and air relative humidity of 80 per cent. The vegetal bioindicator propos, the Tradescantia pallida, with 15 flowerbeds placed in each of the locations mentioned above, which were used for the observation of the mutagenic potential through the analysis of the amounts of micronuclei (Trad-MCN) and heavy metals accumulated on the leaves. The inflorescences and leaves were collected on monthly basis within a period of eighteen months. For to characterize the study area was analyzed the particulate material in the various locations, using mini-vol sample collectors, with 24 hour exposure through a one year period. For the analysis of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs), three collections were made with the use of canisters. The greatest concentrations of gases resulting from the burning of kerosene were found on the locations: apron, runway L and district. The result showed a positive correlation (p=0,034) between the VOCs and micronuclei in the location with greatest concentration (apron) indicating that the organic compounds from aircraft fuel (AVK) have mutagenic able components.

An experimental study was performed to study soot formation and evolution in atmospheric, laminar, coflow, diffusion flames of Jet-A1, Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene and their surrogates. Light extinction, rapid thermocouple insertion and thermophoretic sampling followed by transmission electron microscopy and atomic forced microscopy were used to obtain soot volume fraction profiles, temperature profiles and soot morphologies, respectively. Different soot evolution processes were observed on the flame centerline and on a streamline with a significantly different temperature history. Formation and agglomeration of the first soot particles are different on the two streamlines. Transparent liquid-like particles are produced in large volumes in the early regions of the flame centerline where T < 1500 K; these particles are undetectable by the extinction method with the wavelength of 632.8 nm. Most of the currently used computational soot models do not predict the liquid-like nature of nascent soot particles which has major effects on the modeling.

An experimental study was performed to study soot formation and evolution in atmospheric, laminar, coflow, diffusion flames of Jet-A1, Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene and their surrogates. Light extinction, rapid thermocouple insertion and thermophoretic sampling followed by transmission electron microscopy and atomic forced microscopy were used to obtain soot volume fraction profiles, temperature profiles and soot morphologies, respectively. Different soot evolution processes were observed on the flame centerline and on a streamline with a significantly different temperature history. Formation and agglomeration of the first soot particles are different on the two streamlines. Transparent liquid-like particles are produced in large volumes in the early regions of the flame centerline where T < 1500 K; these particles are undetectable by the extinction method with the wavelength of 632.8 nm. Most of the currently used computational soot models do not predict the liquid-like nature of nascent soot particles which has major effects on the modeling.

High combustion temperatures and long operation durations require the use of cooling techniques in liquid propellant rocket engines. For high-pressure and high-thrust rocket engines, regenerative cooling is the most preferred cooling method. In regenerative cooling, a coolant flows through passages formed either by constructing the chamber liner from tubes or by milling channels in a solid liner. Traditionally, approximately square cross sectional channels have been used. However, recent studies have shown that by increasing the coolant channel height-to-width aspect ratio and changing the cross sectional area in non-critical regions for heat flux, the rocket combustion chamber gas side wall temperature can be reduced significantly without an increase in the coolant pressure drop. In this study, the regenerative cooling of a liquid propellant rocket engine has been numerically simulated. The engine has been modeled to operate on a LOX/Kerosene mixture at a chamber pressure of 60 bar with 300 kN thrust and kerosene is considered as the coolant. A numerical investigation was performed to determine the effect of different aspect ratio cooling channels and different number of cooling channels on gas-side wall and coolant temperature and pressure drop in cooling channel.

Les réglementations sur les NOx émis par les avions sont sévères. Les techniques les réduisant ont des inconvénients. Pour les supprimer, deux pistes sont explorées. La première modifie l'architecture des chambres de combustion et les stabilise par une cavité. La seconde dope le kérosène au ralenti.Peu d'information est disponible sur les mécanismes de stabilisation et sur la structure de flamme des Trapped Vortex Combustor. Pour y remédier, un TVC est construit. L'étude de l'écoulement à froid ainsi que l'étude temporellement résolue de la flamme, mettent en avant les éléments stabilisateurs et déstabilisateurs. L'impact de la structure de flamme sur les émissions est évalué.La seconde partie porte sur l'effet de l'ajout d'hydrogène et de gaz de reformeur dans une chambre conventionnelle. Malgré une légère augmentation des émissions de NOx, l'ajout de composés hydrogénés réduit fortement les émissions de CO, augmente la stabilité et réduit la limite d'extinction pauvre.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-03-16Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:42:52Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 pede_maz_dr_rcla.pdf: 2841487 bytes, checksum: de1d5493e8e836dce3976583bb30b638 (MD5) / Vazamentos acidentais de derivados de petróleo podem ocorrer em refinarias, dutos, postos de serviços e no transporte rodoviário ou ferroviário, ocasionando diversos impactos ambientais. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o comportamento de uma pluma de fase livre de querosene, presente em uma área industrial no município de Paulínia (SP), e estudar a recuperação de querosene em resposta à variação sazonal das chuvas. A área de estudo apresentou seis litotipos de origem fluvial, destacando-se a presença de paleocanais preenchidos por areias grossas. Verificou-se que as grandes variações nos níveis d`água proporcionam o fenômeno de trapeamento/destrapeamento do querosene, afetando diretamente o processo de remediação. A área apresenta altas taxas de recarga, variando de 370 mm a 550 mm em um ano. Após 40 meses de remediação, em que se procedeu ao bombeamento de oito poços, foram recuperados 176.000 litros de querosene. O período de maior recuperação foi de outubro a janeiro. Cálculos efetuados a partir dos índices físicos do solo, das propriedades físicas do querosene e da espessura observada de fase livre, em dezembro de 2008, permitiram estimar um volume remanescente recuperável de 192.000 litros de querosene no subsolo / Accidental spills of petroleum products may occur in refineries, pipelines, and service stations, as well as during roadway and railway transportation, causing environmental damages. The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate the behavior of a kerosene free phase plume in an industrial area of the municipality of Paulinia, and evaluate the role of water table fluctuation on hydrocarbon recovery. Six lithofacies deposited in fluvial environment were identified, in particular paleochannels filled by coarse grain sands. An important finding was large water table fluctuation induce entrapment/release of kerosene, greatly affecting aquifer remediation. The studied aquifer underwent high recharge rates of 370 mm to 550 mm per year. Throughout 40 months of remediation, in which eight submersible pumps were employed, 176.000 liters of kerosene were recovered. The largest period of kerosene recovery was in the interval comprising October to January. Calculations using soil physical indexes, physical properties of kerosene and the observed thickness of free phase, as measured in December of 2008, allowed to estimate a volume of 192.000 liters of recoverable remnant kerosene yet in the ground

O presente estudo justifica-se pelo crescente aumento da economia e conseqüentemente dos diferentes tipos de transportes para viabilizar esta economia, a exemplo do transporte aéreo que vem crescendo significativamente. Este estudo objetivou verificar um possível efeito mutagênico causado pelo combustível de aeronaves em bioindicadores vegetais As áreas selecionadas para esta pesquisa foram o Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo (pontos: torre, pátio, pista L e pista R), um bairro adjacente que é rota de aeronaves e o Parque Estadual da Cantareira que dista 16km do aeroporto. O aeroporto situa-se a 749m de altitude com ventos médios de 129 graus e velocidade média de cinco nós, temperatura média de 19 graus centígrados e umidade relativa do ar média de 80 por cento. Um bioindicador vegetal proposto foi a Tradescantia pallida, com 15 floreiras em cada ponto mencionado, analisando o potencial mutagênico através dos números de micronúcleos (Trad-MCN) e metais pesados impregnados nas folhas da planta, sendo coletadas as inflorescências e folhas mensalmente durante um ano e meio. Para caracterizar a área de estudo foi analisado o material particulado presente nos diversos pontos, utilizou-se amostradores mini-vol, com exposição por 24 horas em sete coletas durante um ano. Para verificar os compostos orgânicos voláteis (COVs), foram feitas três coletas através de canisters. As maiores concentrações de gases provenientes da queima do querosene foram encontradas nos pontos: pátio, pista L e bairro. Os resultados indicaram uma correlação positiva (p=0,034) entre COVs e MCN, no local de maior concentração (pátio, indicando que os compostos orgânicos voláteis provenientes de combustível de aeronaves (QAV) apresentaram componentes capazes de causar mutagenicidade em nosso estudo. / The worthiness of this study lies on the fact that, within the scenario of the multiplication of various kinds of transportation means resulting from the economical development, the growing use of air transportation means has been quite significant. The aim of this study was to verify a mutagenic potential effects caused by aircraft fuel on a vegetable indicator. The locations selected to carry out this research are the São Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (points: tower, apron, runway L and runway R), an adjoining district which lies within the route of the aircrafts, and Parque Estadual da Cantareira (a public park), 16 km away from the airport and apparently not impacted by the aircraft traffic (reference point). The airport lies at an altitude of 749 meters, with average winds of 129 degrees and average speed of five knots, average temperature of 19 degrees centigrade and air relative humidity of 80 per cent. The vegetal bioindicator propos, the Tradescantia pallida, with 15 flowerbeds placed in each of the locations mentioned above, which were used for the observation of the mutagenic potential through the analysis of the amounts of micronuclei (Trad-MCN) and heavy metals accumulated on the leaves. The inflorescences and leaves were collected on monthly basis within a period of eighteen months. For to characterize the study area was analyzed the particulate material in the various locations, using mini-vol sample collectors, with 24 hour exposure through a one year period. For the analysis of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs), three collections were made with the use of canisters. The greatest concentrations of gases resulting from the burning of kerosene were found on the locations: apron, runway L and district. The result showed a positive correlation (p=0,034) between the VOCs and micronuclei in the location with greatest concentration (apron) indicating that the organic compounds from aircraft fuel (AVK) have mutagenic able components.

La vitesse de flamme laminaire représente une grandeur physique clé à mesurer car elle permet d'obtenir des données fondamentales sur la réactivité, la diffusivité et l'exothermicité du carburant. Elle est également un des paramètres utilisés pour le développement et la validation des mécanismes réactionnels détaillés ainsi que pour la modélisation de la combustion turbulente. Bien que cette grandeur physique ait fait l'objet de nombreuses études expérimentales depuis plusieurs décennies, sa méconnaissance sur des carburants multi-composant dans des conditions haute-pression et haute-température similaires à celles existantes dans les chambres de combustion reste un sujet d'actualité pour les industriels des secteurs automobile et aéronautique. Au cours de cette thèse, un brûleur de configuration bec Bunsen fonctionnant avec un prémélange gazeux combustible/air a été conçu pour produire une flamme laminaire à pression élevée tout en permettant la mesure par voie optique de la vitesse de flamme laminaire de carburants multi-composant (kérosène, biocarburants de seconde génération...). La mesure est basée sur la détection du contour de flamme par diverses diagnostics optiques comme la chimiluminescence OH*, la PLIF-OH et la PLIF-acétone/aromatique. En premier lieu, les mélanges de carburants purs gazeux (CH4) ou liquide (acétone) avec de l'air ont été étudiés pour valider le brûleur expérimental et la méthodologie de mesure de la vitesse de flamme laminaire par voie optique. Les évolutions de la vitesse de flamme laminaire pour des carburants de type kérosène (composants purs, surrogate LUCHE et Jet A-1) en fonction de la pression, température de préchauffage et richesse ont été ensuite étudiées et comparées avec des simulations numériques utilisant un mécanisme réactionnel détaillé. La dernière partie de la thèse est consacrée à l'étude de l'influence des composés oxygénés présents dans un biocarburant de seconde génération de type d'essence sur la vitesse de flamme laminaire. Après avoir mesuré la vitesse de flamme laminaire de différentes molécules oxygénées, les effets d'addition de ces composés oxygénés dans le carburant ont été quantifiés / Laminar flame speed is one of the key parameters for understanding reactivity, diffusivity and exothermicity of fuels. It is also useful to validate both the kinetic chemical mechanisms as well as turbulent models. Although laminar flame speeds of many types of fuels have been investigated over many decades using various combustion methodologies, accurate measurements of laminar flame speeds of multicomponent liquid fuels in high-pressure and high-temperature conditions similar to the operating conditions encountered in aircraft/automobile combustion engines are still required. In this current study, a high-pressure combustion chamber was specifically developed to measure the laminar flame speed of multicomponent liquid fuels such as kerosene and second generation of biofuels. The architecture of the burner is based on a preheated premixed Bunsen flame burner operated in elevated pressure and temperature conditions. The optical diagnostics used to measure the laminar flame speed are based on the detection of the flame contour by using OH* chemiluminescence, OH- and acetone/aromatic- Planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF). The laminar flame speed of gaseous CH4/air and acetone/air premixed laminar flames were first measured for validating the experimental setup and the measurement methodologies. Then, the laminar flame speeds of kerosene or surrogate fuels (neat kerosene compounds, LUCHE surrogate kerosene and Jet A-1) were investigated and compared with simulation results using detailed kinetic mechanisms over a large range of conditions including pressure, temperature and equivalence ratio. The last part of the thesis was devoted to study the effect of oxygenated compounds contained in the second generation of biofuels on the laminar flame speeds. After measuring the laminar flame speeds of various oxygenated components present in partially hydro-processed lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis oils, the effect of these oxygenates on the flame speeds of these fuels were quantitatively investigated

Les turbines aéronautiques doivent satisfaire à des normes d’émissions polluantes toujours en baisse. La qualité du mélange du carburant et de l’air dans la chambre de combustion est responsable de la formation de polluants nocifs pour l’environnement. La simulation aux grandes échelles (LES) permet d’étudier les mécanismes de mélanges turbulents de l’air et du carburant. La prise en compte de l’aspect liquide du carburant injecté devient nécessaire pour prédire correctement l’apparition de vapeur de carburant au sein du foyer. Le but de cette thèse est évaluer la fiabilité des simulations LES Euler-Euler dans une configuration complexe. Les processus d’injection, et d’évaporation du carburant liquide sont analysés et modélisés dans les simulations LES car ils pilotent la formation de vapeur de carburant. Les méthodes numériques pour résoudre les équations continues de la phase dispersée doivent permettre des simulations précises et robustes dans une configuration représentative d’une chambre de combustion. Les simulations présentées dans ces travaux reproduisent l’écoulement diphasique évaporant non-réactif du banc d’essai Mercato. Ce banc est équipé d’un système d’injection d’air vrillé et d’un atomiseur pressurisé-swirlé de kérosène typiques des foyers aéronautiques réels. Dans ces travaux, le modèle pour l’injection de liquide FIM-UR a été développé pour définir les conditions limites conduisant à un spray issu d’un atomiseur préssurisé-swirlé. Le kérosène employé dans les campagnes expérimentales est modélisé dans les simulations par un composé permettant d’obtenir des temps d’évaporation réalistes. Trois stratégies numériques ont été mises en place sur la configuration Mercato. Les comparaisons des résultats numériques aux mesures expérimentales ont permis d’évaluer la stratégie numérique conduisant à la meilleure précision. L’utilisation du schéma centré TTGC associé à un opérateur de viscosité artificielle localisée par un senseur adapté est optimale lorsque l’équation sur l’énergie décorrélée des gouttes est résolue. Cette stratégie permet de contrôler la localisation et les niveaux de viscosité par rapport à un schéma décentré. Les termes sources liés au mouvement mésoscopique permettent de redistribuer l’énergie dans les zones de compression ou de détente de la phase dispersée, et d’obtenir les bonnes répartitions des fluctuations dans la chambre de combustion. La stratégie retenue est comparée aux statistiques de la dynamique du spray résolu par une approche Lagrangienne employant la même injection monodispersse. Le méthode Euler-Euler conduit à la même précision de la dynamique de la phase dispersée que la méthode Euler-Lagrange. L’accès à l’évolution instationnaire de l’écoulement permet d’identifier les mêmes mécanismes de dispersion et de mélange dans les deux simulations. Des différences sur la répartition de diamètre moyen et de carburant dans la chambre ont été mis en évidence et reliés à la polydispersion locale qui n’est pas résolue dans l’approche Euler-Euler monodisperse et qui apparaît naturellement dans l’approche Euler-Lagrange malgré l’injection monodisperse. / Aeronautical gas turbines are facing growing demands on emission reductions. Indeed, the quality of the air-fuel mixture directly triggers the formation of pollutants degrading the environment. Large Eddy Simulation is an accurate numerical method to predict turbulent mixing in combustors. Adding the liquid phase of the fuel in these simulations also becomes necessary to properly predict the injection process and the vaporization of the fuel in the combustion chamber. The purpose of this dissertation is to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of Euler-Euler LES in a complex combustor configuration. The injection and vaporization processes of the fuel liquid phase are both modeled in the present LES as they drive the formation of the fuel gas phase. Moreover, the numerical methods that solve the continuous equations of the disperse phase must be accurate and robust in realistic combustor configurations. The simulations shown in the present study reproduce the non-reactive two-phase flow of the ONERA Mercato test bench. The experimental set-up is equipped with an air-swirler injection system and a pressure-swirled atomizer typical of actual turboengine combustors. In the present work the FIM-UR liquid injection model has been developed. It creates boundary conditions profiles for a liquid spray produced by a pressure-swirled atomizer. Kerosene used in the experiments is modeled in the present numerical simulations by a single species leading to a good estimate of the vaporization rate. Three numerical strategies have been tested on the Mercato configuration. Comparisons between experimental and LES results help defining the most accurate numerical strategy. The use of the centered numerical scheme TTGC stabilized by a localized artificial viscosity operator is best when the random uncorrelated energy of droplets is also resolved. Unlike an upwind numerical scheme, the selected strategy allows the user to control where and how much artificial viscosity is added. The source terms coming from the mesoscopic movement redistribute the energy in the compression or expanding zones of the disperse phase, and provide the proper distribution of fluctuations in the combustion chamber. The obtained strategy is compared with the statistics provided by a Lagrangian description of the liquid spray in the same mono-disperse injection. The Euler-Euler approach leads to the same accuracy in the same spray dynamics of the disperse phase as in the Euler-Lagrange method. Both unsteady flow simulations also provide the same dispersion and mixing processes in the Mercato set-up. Differences on the mean diameter and the fuel distribution in the combustion chamber are seen and related to the local poly-dispersion that cannot be resolved in the mono-disperse Euler-Euler approach and that naturally appear in the Euler-Lagrange method despite the mono-disperse injection.

The main objective of this study was to investigate the application of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) human health risk assessment framework for quantifying the adverse human health effects of exposure to inhaled kerosene pollutants in the South African context. The study was based in the informal settlement of Cato Crest in Cato Manor, Durban. This dissertation includes a theoretical review of the environment/health Relationship, the US EPA health risk assessment approach, it's history, and the health effects of kerosene combustion products. Chapter three outlines the methodology for the study, detailing how time-activity pattern data and air quality results were collected from the community of Cato Crest. Chapter four presents the results of the health risk assessments conducted for nitrogen dioxide, benzene and toluene exposure - using both local and US EPA exposure values in the health risk assessments. A critical evaluation of the US EPA human health risk assessment framework in the South African context is provided in chapter five. The results of the study revealed that a 1-hour exposure to the nitrogen dioxide concentrations measured in Cato Crest would not present any adverse health effects. A 24-hour exposure to NO2 using US EPA default exposure values provided a slight possibility of adverse health effects being experienced in sensitive individuals in some houses. 24-Hour exposure to NO2 using local exposure values could result in both sensitive individuals and even some healthy individuals experiencing adverse health effects in all houses. Potential adverse health effects include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, broncho-constriction and increased airway resistance. Sensitive individuals include those with asthma or other respiratory diseases. Exposure to 24hour benzene concentrations (using US EPA default exposure values) is not likely to result in individuals experiencing adverse health effects. Exposure to the same benzene concentrations at local exposure times will cause potential adverse health effects in sensitive individuals. Sensitive individuals are those with respiratory ailments and blood diseases or disorders. Exposure to monitored toluene concentrations over a 24-hour period (using both US EPA default exposure values and local exposure values) is unlikely to result in adverse health effects being experienced by any individuals. The US EPA human health risk assessment framework is seen as applicable to South Africa where developed areas are concerned (as these areas are quite similar to North American populations). In areas of South Africa that are considered less developed or undeveloped, local conditions need to be substituted into health risk assessments where possible. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.