O presente trabalho consiste na avaliação de um novo modelo de reator de cavitação hidrodinâmica pertencente à classe dos homogeneizadores de alta velocidade, comercialmente conhecidos por High Speed Homogeneizers. É sabido que esse tipo de equipamento possui um amplo leque de aplicações industriais, sendo muitas vezes constituintes de operações unitárias para emulsificação, homogeneização, síntese química, dentre outras. Neste trabalho fez-se um estudo da eficiência deste novo modelo para duas aplicações, o aquecimento controlado de líquidos e a produção de emulsões de óleo em água com diâmetros de partículas em escala sub-micrométricas. As duas aplicações foram estudadas em uma planta piloto, de onde foi possível constatar o potencial de aplicação desse novo modelo de reator, especialmente devido ao baixo custo operacional e praticidade de operação. / This work evaluates a new model of hydrodynamic cavitation reactor, which belongs to the class of high-speed homogenizers. This type of equipment has a wide range of industrial applications and it is often constituent of unit operations for emulsification, homogenization, chemical synthesis, among others. In this master thesis a study regarding the efficiency of this new model for two applications was made: the controlled heating of fluid and the production of oil in water emulsions with particle diameters in the sub-micrometer scale. The two applications were studied in a pilot plant, where it was possible to see the potential of applying this new model of reactor, especially due to the low operating costs and practicality of operation.

O presente trabalho consiste na avaliação de um novo modelo de reator de cavitação hidrodinâmica pertencente à classe dos homogeneizadores de alta velocidade, comercialmente conhecidos por High Speed Homogeneizers. É sabido que esse tipo de equipamento possui um amplo leque de aplicações industriais, sendo muitas vezes constituintes de operações unitárias para emulsificação, homogeneização, síntese química, dentre outras. Neste trabalho fez-se um estudo da eficiência deste novo modelo para duas aplicações, o aquecimento controlado de líquidos e a produção de emulsões de óleo em água com diâmetros de partículas em escala sub-micrométricas. As duas aplicações foram estudadas em uma planta piloto, de onde foi possível constatar o potencial de aplicação desse novo modelo de reator, especialmente devido ao baixo custo operacional e praticidade de operação. / This work evaluates a new model of hydrodynamic cavitation reactor, which belongs to the class of high-speed homogenizers. This type of equipment has a wide range of industrial applications and it is often constituent of unit operations for emulsification, homogenization, chemical synthesis, among others. In this master thesis a study regarding the efficiency of this new model for two applications was made: the controlled heating of fluid and the production of oil in water emulsions with particle diameters in the sub-micrometer scale. The two applications were studied in a pilot plant, where it was possible to see the potential of applying this new model of reactor, especially due to the low operating costs and practicality of operation.

yes / A numerical study of natural convection heat transfer in water filled cavity has been examined in 3-D for single phase liquid cooling system by using an array of parallel plate fins mounted to one wall of a cavity. The heat generated by a heat source represents a computer CPU with dimensions of 37.5∗37.5mm mounted on substrate. A cold plate is used as a heat sink installed on the opposite vertical end of the enclosure. The air flow inside the computer case is created by an exhaust fan. A turbulent air flow is assumed and k-ε model is applied. The fins are installed on the substrate to enhance the heat transfer. The applied power energy range used is between 15 - 40W. In order to determine the thermal behaviour of the cooling system, the effect of the heat input and the number of the parallel plate fins are investigated. The results illustrate that as the fin number increases the maximum heat source temperature decreases. However, when the fin number increases to critical value the temperature start to increase due to the fins are too closely spaced and that cause the obstruction of water flow. The introduction of parallel plate fins reduces the maximum heat source temperature by 10% compared to the case without fins. The cooling system maintains the maximum chip temperature at 64.68°C when the heat input was at 40W that is much lower than the recommended computer chips limit temperature of no more than 85°C and hence the performance of the CPU is enhanced.

The recent climate actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have set the stage for decarbonizing the transportation sector through electrification, which has led to a surge in the deployment of battery electric vehicles (BEV). Trucks are no exception, which has led automakers to shift their focus toward producing Battery Electric Trucks (BET). While tail-pipe emissions are reduced drastically, certain aspects of BET prevent its widespread deployment, prominent of which is the range anxiety. The range of a BET is heavily impacted in cold weather as energy from traction batteries is also used to warm the battery pack and cabin, where 70% of cabin airflow at minimum is continually expelled through exhaust vents for proper ventilation. In this study, three heat recovery techniques were investigated with the objective of harnessing the waste heat from evacuating cabin air to reduce the heating energy consumption in a BET. One proposed technique employs the use of an air-to-air heat recovery system (AAHRS). Baseline experiments were conducted on a SCANIA test truck for benchmarking and to gather data on the performance of the installed HVAC system, which aided the prototyping stage of basic engineering design to ensure it is operable and safe. The prototype was modelled in CATIA, then fabricated and fitted to the test-truck. Validation experiments were done to evaluate the energy savings from the prototype in a climate chamber at various ambient temperature and fan speed settings. The study found a 20-53% reduction in the heat dissipated by the coolant with the implementation of AAHRS, which is beneficial in reducing the energy that need to be replenished by electric batteries for a BET. In contrast, the electrical power consumption increased 1.7-3.3 times higher than the baseline due to the additional power-consuming components, such as the exhaust blower and heat wheel motor. Moreover, the preheating effect from the heat wheel operation enabled the increase of HVAC air intake temperature by 7-28°C from ambient levels. Overall, the energy savings from integrating the AAHRS prototype was about 19-47% considering the coolant heat was produced from an electric heater as was simulated in the tests, whereas the range was estimated to reduce by17-39% if an automotive heat pump would instead deliver the heat into the cab heater core. Two other presented techniques operate on air-to-liquid heat recovery system (ALHRS), whereby each is envisioned to be coupled separately to a heat pump assisted integrated thermal management system (ITMS). One scheme recovers heat from the evacuating cabin air to raise the chiller coolant inlet temperature, whereas the other scheme proposes to adopt a multi-evaporation process in the concept liquid-cooled heat pump, wherein the evacuating cabin air serves as the direct heat source for the higher temperature-chiller. The two schemes were initially evaluated via vapor compression system performance analysis to have the potential to increase the condensation heat and condenser coolant outlet temperature with simultaneous increase in the coefficient of performance, which is beneficial in terms of available heat that can be dissipated into the downstream battery cold plates and cab heater core. As initial step towards assessment of the energy-saving potential of proposed ALHRS solutions, a simulation model of an adopted baseline ITMS concept was developed in this study using Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software, which then was validated against internal bench test results for a mock-up ITMS model. Results of initial validation test indicated an absolute error between the simulation outputs and bench test results of 8-14% for condensation heat, while it was below 7% for all the other relevant performance parameters. / De senaste klimatåtgärderna för att minska utsläppen av växthusgaser (GHG) har satt scenen för att minska koldioxidutsläppen inom transportsektorn genom elektrifiering, vilket har lett till en kraftig ökning av utbyggnaden av batterielektriska fordon (BEV). Lastbilar är inget undantag, vilket har fått biltillverkare att flytta fokus mot att producera batterielektriska lastbilar (BET). Medan utsläppen från avgasröret minskar drastiskt, förhindrar vissa aspekter av BET dess utbredda distribution, varav framträdande är räckviddsångesten. Räckvidden för en BET påverkas kraftigt i kallt väder eftersom energi från dragbatterier också används för att värma batteripaketet och kabinen, där minst 70% av kabinluftflödet kontinuerligt släpps ut genom avgasventiler för korrekt ventilation. I denna studie undersöktes tre värmeåtervinningstekniker med målet att utnyttja spillvärmen från evakuering av kabinluft för att minska värmeenergiförbrukning i en BET. En föreslagen teknik använder användning av ett luft-till-luft-värmeåtervinningssystem (AAHRS). Baslinjeexperiment utfördes på en SCANIA-testbil för benchmarking och för att samla in data om prestandan hos det installerade HVAC-systemet, vilket hjälpte prototypstadiet för grundläggande teknisk design för att säkerställa att det är funktionsdugligt och säkert. Prototypen modellerades i CATIA, tillverkades sedan och monterades på testbilen. Valideringsexperiment utfördes för att utvärdera energibesparingarna från prototypen i en klimatkammare under olika inställningar för omgivningstemperatur och fläkthastighet. Studien fann en 20-53% minskning av värmebelastningen med implementeringen av AAHRS, vilket är fördelaktigt för att minska energin som behöver fyllas på av elektriska batterier för en BET. Däremot ökade den elektriska strömförbrukningen 1.7-3.3 gånger högre än baslinjen på grund av ytterligare strömförbrukande komponenter, såsom avgasfläkten och värmehjulsmotorn. Dessutom möjliggjorde förvärmningseffekten från värmehjulsdrift ökningen av HVAC-luftintagstemperaturen med 7-28°C från omgivande nivåer. Sammantaget var energibesparingarna från att integrera AAHRS-prototypen cirka 19-47% med tanke på att kylvätskevärmen producerades från elektrisk värmare som simulerades i experimenten, medan detta intervall uppskattades minska ner till 17-39% om en bilvärmepump istället skulle leverera värmen till hyttvärmarkärnan. Två andra presenterade tekniker fungerar på luft-till-vätska värmeåtervinningssystem (ALHRS), där var och en är tänkt att kopplas separat till ett värmepumpassisterat integrerat värmehanteringssystem (ITMS). Det ena schemat återvinner värme från den evakuerande kabinluften för att höja kylvätskeinloppstemperaturen, medan det andra schemat föreslår att man antar en multiindunstningsprocess i konceptet vätskekyld värmepump, där den evakuerande kabinluften fungerar som den direkta värmekällan för kylaggregatet med högre temperatur. De två scheman utvärderades initialt via ångkompressionssystemets prestandaanalys för att ha potential att öka kondensationsvärmen och kondensorns kylvätskeutloppstemperatur med samtidig ökning av prestandakoefficienten, vilket är fördelaktigt när det gäller tillgänglig värme som kan avledas i nedströms batteriets kylplattor och hyttvärmarens kärna. Som ett första steg mot en bedömning av energibesparingspotentialen hos föreslagna ALHRS-lösningar utvecklades en simuleringsmodell av ett antaget baslinje-ITMS-koncept i denna studie med hjälp av Engineering Equation Solver (EES) -programvara, som sedan validerades mot interna bänktestresultat för en mock-up ITMS-modell. Resultaten av det inledande valideringstestet indikerade ett absolut fel mellan simuleringsutgångarna och provbänksresultaten på 8–14% för kondensationsvärme, medan det var under 7 % för alla andra relevanta prestandaparametrar.