Devido a crescente preocupação com relação ao efeito estufa e com o objetivo de obter produtos de maior valor agregado a partir dos gases CH4 e CO2, este trabalho estudou catalisadores de níquel suportados em diferentes óxidos (Al2O3, CeO2, MgO e ZrO2) promovidos com ZnO aplicados na reação de reforma seca de metano para obter gás de síntese (H2 + CO). Primeiramente foram estudados catalisadores de níquel suportados em ZrO2 dopados com diferentes teores de zinco: 0%, 5%, 12,5% e 25% a fim de selecionar o catalisador mais promissor para estudos posteriores. Também foram utilizados dois métodos de preparo: impregnação e co-precipitação. Os resultados de DRX mostraram que a adição de zinco estabilizou a fase tetragonal da zircônia em todos os teores de zinco e em ambos os métodos de preparo. As análises de RTP mostraram que os catalisadores impregnados sofreram maior redução do que os co-precipitados e para maiores teores de zinco foram necessárias maiores temperaturas de redução. Os testes catalíticos mostraram que o aditivo zinco não exerceu efeito sobre os catalisadores impregnados, porém para as amostras co-precipitadas notou-se um teor ótimo com relação à conversão de reagentes na reação e o catalisador 5Ni12ZZc apresentou os melhores resultados. A deposição de carbono também foi menor nos catalisadores co-precipitados. No estudo dos diferentes suportes, as análises de DRX sugerem a dopagem de todos os óxidos com zinco, pois houve mudanças no parâmetro de rede em todas as amostras. As análises de RTP mostraram que a adição de zinco diminui a temperatura de redução do catalisador suportado em alumina e, no suporte CeO2 o efeito é o contrário. Nos testes catalíticos observaram-se efeitos distintos: nos catalisadores Ni-ZnO-CeO2 e Ni-ZnO-MgO o efeito da adição de zinco causou diminuição na conversão dos reagentes, por outro lado, causou diminuição na deposição de carbono e inibição da formação do carbono grafite; nos catalisadores Ni-ZnO-Al2O3 a conversão de reagentes não se alterou com a adição de zinco porém houve uma diminuição na deposição de carbono. Os melhores resultados, portanto, foram apresentados pelo catalisador 5NiZnAl que converteu acima de 80% dos reagentes e não sofreu desativação pela deposição de carbono. / Due to the increasing concern related to the greenhouse effect and aiming to obtain products with higher added-value from CH4 and CO2 gases, nickel catalysts supported on different oxides (Al2O3, CeO2, MgO and ZrO2) promoted with ZnO were studied and applied to the dry reforming of methane reaction to obtain syngas (H2+CO). Firstly, ZrO2 supported Nickel catalysts doped with different zinc content: 0, 5, 12,5 and 25% molar ratio were used to identify and select the best amount of zinc to further studies. Two preparation methods were investigated: impregnation and co-precipitation. The XRD results showed that the zinc addition stabilized the zircon tetrahedral phase of all catalysts from both preparation methods. The TPR analyses showed that the impregnated catalysts reduced more than the co-precipitated ones and higher reduction temperature was needed for the catalysts with higher zinc content. The catalytic tests indicated that the zinc content did not have any effect over the impregnated catalysts, whilst for the co-precipitated samples, a great content was noted and the 5Ni12ZZc catalyst showed the best results. The co-precipitated catalysts also had lower carbon deposition. In the study of different supports, the XRD analyses showed that the zinc interacts with all the used oxides, because there were changes of the cell parameter of all samples. The TPR analyses indicated that the zinc addition lowers the reduction temperature of the alumina supported catalyst and the effect is opposite for the CeO2 support. Different effects were observed during the catalytic tests: for the CeO2 and MgO supported catalysts the effect of zinc addition caused a decrease in the conversion of reactants, but it lowered the deposition of carbon and inhibited the formation of graffiti carbon; for the Al2O3 supported catalysts, the reactant conversion was the same with the addition of zinc, however there was a reduction on the carbon deposition. Therefore, the best results were obtained for the 5NiZnAl catalyst, which converted over 80% of the reactants and wasn\'t deactivated by carbon deposition.

Em virtude da demanda cada vez maior por materiais de alta qualidade, o avanço das tecnologias aplicadas na produção de aço vem acompanhado pelo avanço na fabricação de revestimentos refratários de alto desempenho e que atendam às solicitações de processo sem interferir nas propriedades finais do material produzido. Os refratários de magnésia-carbono são atualmente os materiais mais utilizados em equipamentos siderúrgicos tanto de transporte como de refino do aço, sendo de extrema importância o conhecimento da qualidade das matérias primas utilizadas na confecção destes materiais. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo estudar como ocorre a corrosão da magnésia (eletrofundida e sinterizada) por escória de aciaria LD em ensaios de corrosão estáticos (cup-test) porém com algumas modificações ao ensaio convencional, chamado assim de cup-test modificado. A magnésia foi caracterizada por ensaios de caracterização química (fluorescência de raios X), mineralógica (difratometria de raios X) e microestrutural (microscopia eletrônica de varredura com análise da energia dispersiva de raios X). A análise química mostrou que as principais impurezas do material eram de cálcia (CaO) e sílica (SiO2) e a análise microestrutural mostrou que estas impurezas se concentram nos contornos de grão dos agregados eletrofundidos e dispersos por todo o material nos sinterizados, sendo encontrado apenas periclásio como fase mineralógica. Os maiores tamanhos médios de grãos foram encontrados na amostra ME3 e os menores na ME1. A escória utilizada é proveniente do conversor (BOF), com alta concentração de FeO. As análises após os ensaios de cup-test modificado mostraram que o ataque aos agregados se deu principalmente pela infiltração de fases contendo ferro pelos contornos de grão, arrastando-os para o banho e dissolvendo o MgO na escória. Dentre os eletrofundidos, podemos estimar a ordem de desempenho da seguinte maneira: ME3>ME2>ME1. Considerando os sinterizados, a ordem de desempenho é tal que: MS3>MS1>MS2. / High quality materials are increasingly desired by consumers, and advances in technologies of steelmaking processes are closely linked to manufacturing suitable high performance refractories which do not interfere in the final properties of materials produced. Magnesia-carbon refractories are widely used in several steelmaking plants, both for transportation and refining processes which makes the knowledge of the quality of raw materials is essential for manufacturing high quality refractories. In this work, the approach is the study of how the corrosion behavior of magnesia aggregates (sinterized and electrofused) by LD steelmaking slag occurs using a modified crucible testing. The magnesia aggregates were characterized by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The XRF analysis shows that the main impurities of magnesia grains is CaO and SiO2 and the SEM analysis showed their impurities are concentrate on grain boundary in electrofused magnesia, while it is found throughout the sinterized magnesia aggregates. The major phase found both magnesia aggregates is periclase. The largest grain sizes were found in ME3 samples, while the smaller sizes in ME1. The slag used comes from converter (BOF) and has high concentration of FeO. The corrosion tests showed that the attack on magnesia aggregates occurred, mainly by the infiltrating of iron compounds in the grain boundary, dragging the grains to the bath and dissolving them into slag. Among the electrofused, the performance could be estimated in ME3>ME2>ME1. The performance for sinterized would be as follows MS3>MS1>MS2.

Devido a crescente preocupação com relação ao efeito estufa e com o objetivo de obter produtos de maior valor agregado a partir dos gases CH4 e CO2, este trabalho estudou catalisadores de níquel suportados em diferentes óxidos (Al2O3, CeO2, MgO e ZrO2) promovidos com ZnO aplicados na reação de reforma seca de metano para obter gás de síntese (H2 + CO). Primeiramente foram estudados catalisadores de níquel suportados em ZrO2 dopados com diferentes teores de zinco: 0%, 5%, 12,5% e 25% a fim de selecionar o catalisador mais promissor para estudos posteriores. Também foram utilizados dois métodos de preparo: impregnação e co-precipitação. Os resultados de DRX mostraram que a adição de zinco estabilizou a fase tetragonal da zircônia em todos os teores de zinco e em ambos os métodos de preparo. As análises de RTP mostraram que os catalisadores impregnados sofreram maior redução do que os co-precipitados e para maiores teores de zinco foram necessárias maiores temperaturas de redução. Os testes catalíticos mostraram que o aditivo zinco não exerceu efeito sobre os catalisadores impregnados, porém para as amostras co-precipitadas notou-se um teor ótimo com relação à conversão de reagentes na reação e o catalisador 5Ni12ZZc apresentou os melhores resultados. A deposição de carbono também foi menor nos catalisadores co-precipitados. No estudo dos diferentes suportes, as análises de DRX sugerem a dopagem de todos os óxidos com zinco, pois houve mudanças no parâmetro de rede em todas as amostras. As análises de RTP mostraram que a adição de zinco diminui a temperatura de redução do catalisador suportado em alumina e, no suporte CeO2 o efeito é o contrário. Nos testes catalíticos observaram-se efeitos distintos: nos catalisadores Ni-ZnO-CeO2 e Ni-ZnO-MgO o efeito da adição de zinco causou diminuição na conversão dos reagentes, por outro lado, causou diminuição na deposição de carbono e inibição da formação do carbono grafite; nos catalisadores Ni-ZnO-Al2O3 a conversão de reagentes não se alterou com a adição de zinco porém houve uma diminuição na deposição de carbono. Os melhores resultados, portanto, foram apresentados pelo catalisador 5NiZnAl que converteu acima de 80% dos reagentes e não sofreu desativação pela deposição de carbono. / Due to the increasing concern related to the greenhouse effect and aiming to obtain products with higher added-value from CH4 and CO2 gases, nickel catalysts supported on different oxides (Al2O3, CeO2, MgO and ZrO2) promoted with ZnO were studied and applied to the dry reforming of methane reaction to obtain syngas (H2+CO). Firstly, ZrO2 supported Nickel catalysts doped with different zinc content: 0, 5, 12,5 and 25% molar ratio were used to identify and select the best amount of zinc to further studies. Two preparation methods were investigated: impregnation and co-precipitation. The XRD results showed that the zinc addition stabilized the zircon tetrahedral phase of all catalysts from both preparation methods. The TPR analyses showed that the impregnated catalysts reduced more than the co-precipitated ones and higher reduction temperature was needed for the catalysts with higher zinc content. The catalytic tests indicated that the zinc content did not have any effect over the impregnated catalysts, whilst for the co-precipitated samples, a great content was noted and the 5Ni12ZZc catalyst showed the best results. The co-precipitated catalysts also had lower carbon deposition. In the study of different supports, the XRD analyses showed that the zinc interacts with all the used oxides, because there were changes of the cell parameter of all samples. The TPR analyses indicated that the zinc addition lowers the reduction temperature of the alumina supported catalyst and the effect is opposite for the CeO2 support. Different effects were observed during the catalytic tests: for the CeO2 and MgO supported catalysts the effect of zinc addition caused a decrease in the conversion of reactants, but it lowered the deposition of carbon and inhibited the formation of graffiti carbon; for the Al2O3 supported catalysts, the reactant conversion was the same with the addition of zinc, however there was a reduction on the carbon deposition. Therefore, the best results were obtained for the 5NiZnAl catalyst, which converted over 80% of the reactants and wasn\'t deactivated by carbon deposition.

The diploma thesis deals with czech literary prizes in 21th century. It creates typology of present literary awards in the Czech republic. It deals with State national award for literature, Award of Jaroslav Seifert and Magnesia Litera in detail. For these three prizes it lists their characteristics, history, the winners, the jury and the voting system. Medial reflection of the particular year is presented for each induvidual award for the period 2000-2013. The diploma thesis deals with the trends and phenomenons of these three selected awards. These trends and specific phenomenons are compared each other at the end.

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Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich der Untersuchung von 4 Modellsystemen der Oberflächenforschung. Die verwendeten experimentellen Methoden sind Summenfrequenzerzeugungsspekroskopie (SFG), Thermische Desorptionsspektroskopie (TDS), Beugung niederenergetischer Elektronen (LEED), Augerelektronenspektroskopie (AES), Infrarotadsorptionsspektrokopie (IRAS) und Rastertunnelmikroskopie (STM). Durch die Verwendung von SFG waren Messungen bis zu 50 mbar möglich. Die untersuchten Systeme sind: CO auf Pt(111), Wasser auf Ag(001) und MgO/Ag(001), CO auf Au/MgO/Ag(001) und CO auf Au-Pd/MgO/Ag(001). Bei den Messungen von CO auf Pt(111) tritt unter bestimmten Druck- und Temperaturbedingungen eine bisher nicht näher untersuchte Doppelpeakstruktur auf, die genauer charakterisiert wurde. Die Untersuchungen von Wasser auf MgO/Ag(001) und Ag(001) zeigen, dass sich auf MgO/Ag(001) zuerst eine Monolage Wasser mit einer darauffolgenden Multilage ausbildet, wohingegen es auf Ag(001) von Beginn an in einer Multilagenschicht wächst. Die Monolage kann unter der Multilage gemessen werden und einige Resonanzen identifiziert werden. Für Au/MgO/Ag(001) zeigte sich mittels STM eine Abhängigkeit des Au-Wachstums von der Schichtdicke, die allerdings nicht spektroskopisch in Erscheinung tritt. Bei den Messungen an gemischten Au-Pd-Teilchen auf MgO/Ag(001) zeigen sich Unterschiede im Adsorptionsverhalten zwischen reinen Metallteilchen und gemischten Teilchen, die auf eine Wechselwirkung zwischen den beiden Metallen zurückzuführen ist. Nach Heizschritten auf 600 K reichern sich die Au-Atome im Mantel des Teilchens an, das Pd bildet den Kern. Die Ergebnisse aller Messungen werden unter Berücksichtigung neuer Veröffentlichungen diskutiert. / This thesis focuses on 4 different model systems of surface science. The experimental techniques used for the measurements include sum frequency generation (SFG), thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS), low energy electron diffraction (LEED), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), infrared adsorption spectrosocopy (IRAS) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). By using SFG, measurements could be performed up to a pressure of 50 mbar. The systems under investigation were: CO on Pt(111), water on Ag(001) and on MgO/Ag(001), CO on Au/MgO/Ag(001), and CO on Au-Pd/MgO/Ag(001). The system of CO on Pt(111) exhibits a two peak-pattern under certain pressure and temperature conditions which has not been studied so far. Various experiments helped to elucidate the origin of this distinct behaviour. The measurements of water on Ag(001) and MgO/Ag(001) show that on MgO, water first adsorbs as a monolayer with a following multilayer, whereas on Ag(001) it adsorbs as a multilayer from the beginning. The monolayer can be studied below the multilayer and some resonances can be identified. For the case of Au/MgO/Ag(001), STM shows that the growth mode of Au depends on the thickness of the supporting MgO film, which can not be seen with spectroscopic methods. For mixed Au-Pd particles on MgO/Ag(001) a clear difference in the adsorption behaviour between pure metal particles and mixed particles can be seen, which is explained by an interaction between these metals. Annealing the mixed particles to 600 K leads to a segregation of the metals, where the Au atoms diffuse to the shell and the Pd atoms make up the core. The results of all these measurements are discussed in the light of recent publications.

This diploma thesis researches the impact of a literary prize on the media image of the awarded book in 2012. More precisely I pursue these awards and winning titles: Jaroslav Seifert Prize (Vladimír Binar: Číňanova pěna), Jiří Orten Award (Vratislav Maňák: Šaty z igelitu), Josef Škvorecký Award (Kateřina Tučková: Žítkovské bohyně), Magnesia Litera - The Book of the Year (Michal Ajvaz: Lucemburská zahrada). First I analyse the change of the quantity (the number of references and the share within the text), then I focus on the modification of the journalistic assessment of the title (on the scale positive - neutral - negative). In first case I use a quantitative analysis of media content, in the second case I use a comparative semiotic analysis. My sample are these Czech periodicals, in alphabetical order: A2, Aktuálně.cz, Hospodářské noviny, Host, iDnes.cz, Lidové noviny, Literární noviny, Reflex, Respekt, Tvar. The main output is a discovery, how the Czech print and online written media reflect the results of the literary prizes, also I (try to) determine the media power of each award.

During this PhD thesis, cobalt (Co) catalysts have been prepared, characterized and studied in the carbon monoxide hydrogenation (CO+H2) reaction (also known as “Fischer-Tropsch” (FT) reaction). In industry, the FT synthesis aims at producing long chain hydrocarbons such as gasoline or diesel fuels. The interest is that the reactants (CO and H2) are obtained from other carbonaceous sources than crude oil: natural gas, coal, biomass or even petroleum residues. As it is well known that the worldwide crude oil reserves will be depleted in a few decades, the FT reaction represents an attractive alternative for the production of various fuels. Moreover, this reaction can also be used to produce high value specialty chemicals (long chain alcohols, light olefins…).<p>Two different types of catalysts have been investigated during this thesis: cobalt with magnesia used as support or dispersant (Co/MgO) and cobalt with silica used as support (Co/SiO2). Each catalyst from the first class is prepared by precipitation of a mixed Co/Mg oxalate in acetone. This coprecipitation is followed by a thermal decomposition under reductive atmosphere leading to a mixed Co/MgO catalyst. On the other hand, Co/SiO2 catalysts are prepared by impregnation of a commercial silica support with a chloroform solution containing Co nanoparticles. This impregnation is then followed by a thermal activation under reductive atmosphere.<p>The mixed Co/Mg oxalates and the resulting Co/MgO catalysts have been extensively characterized in order to gain a better understanding of the composition, the structure and the morphology of these materials: thermal treatments under reductive and inert atmospheres (followed by MS, DRIFTS, TGA and DTA), BET surface area measurements, XRD and electron microscopy studies have been performed. Moreover, an original in situ technique for measuring the H2 chemisorption surface area of catalysts has been developed and used over our catalysts.<p>The performances of the Co/MgO and Co/SiO2 catalysts have then been evaluated in the CO+H2 reaction at atmospheric pressure. Chemical Transient Kinetics (CTK) experiments have been carried out in order to obtain information about the reaction kinetics and mechanism and the nature of the catalyst active surface under reaction conditions. The influence of several experimental parameters (temperature, H2 and CO partial pressures, total volumetric flow rate) and the effect of passivation are also discussed with regard to the catalyst behavior.<p>Our results indicate that the FT active surface of Co/MgO 10/1 (molar ratio) is entirely covered by carbon, oxygen and hydrogen atoms, most probably associated as surface complexes (possibly formate species). Thus, this active surface does not present the properties of a metallic Co surface (this has been proved by performing original experiments consisting in switching from the CO+H2 reaction to the propane hydrogenolysis reaction (C3H8+H2) which is sensitive to the metallic nature of the catalyst). CTK experiments have also shown that gaseous CO is the monomer responsible for chain lengthening in the FT reaction (and not any CHx surface intermediates as commonly believed). Moreover, CO chemisorption has been found to be irreversible under reaction conditions.<p>The CTK results obtained over Co/SiO2 are quite different and do not permit to draw sharp conclusions concerning the FT reaction mechanism. More detailed studies would have to be carried out over these samples.<p>Finally, Co/MgO catalysts have also been studied on a combined DRIFTS/MS experimental set-up in Belfast. CTK and Steady-State Isotopic Transient Kinetic Analysis (SSITKA) experiments have been carried out. While formate and methylene (CH2) groups have been detected by DRIFTS during the FT reaction, the results indicate that these species play no role as active intermediates. These formates are most probably located on MgO or at the Co/MgO interface, while methylene groups stand for skeleton CH2 in either hydrocarbon or carboxylate. Unfortunately, formate/methylene species have not been detected by DRIFTS over pure Co catalyst without MgO, because of the full signal absorption.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished