The purpose of this study was to enrich the environment for llama (Lama glama) and alpaca (Vicugna pacos) in a zoo. The zoo is located in northern Sweden (Umeå, Mickelträsk). The llama herd consists of three individuals of breed qara, two males and one female and the alpaca herd consists of six individuals of breed huacaya, one male, four females and one foal. The species lived in separate enclosures, they lived outside all year round and they had a shelter for wind and rain protection. They feed on pasture and were fed hay and pellet concentrate. A behavioral-study was carried out in April 2014, a five-day study where each of the species were observed 3 h a day, 1,5 h in morning and afternoon. The behavioral of llama and alpaca were observed individually and each behavior was observed in terms of duration and frequency. The study observed if the animals had a possibility to implement their natural behaviors in their enclosures and whether they showed any abnormal- or stereotypical behaviors that can occur in captivity. The questions I wanted to answer were: (1) what behaviors are occurring, (2) Is it possible to indicate from the behaviors if the animals are doing well or not, (3) Is there a difference in behaviors in the morning and afternoon? (4) Is there a difference between the sexes? (5) What actions should be undertaken to enrich and improve the habitat for llamas and alpacas in a zoo? The results from the study show that llamas and alpacas show many normal and natural behaviors, no abnormal-or stereotypical behaviors were visible. Some behaviors were more common in morning and some in afternoon and there were differences in behaviors between the sexes. Example for some environmental enrichment for the llamas and alpacas in the zoo was to add logs, trees, shrubs and sand piles to the enclosure.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:06:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ClawsioRCS_DISSERT.pdf: 4688648 bytes, checksum: dd0d723d2cc3d7de35608b8ed730a95b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-29 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The cells unitaria of the solid oxide fuel cell are separated by means of interconnects, which serve as electrical contact between the cells. Lanthanum Chromite (LaCrO3) has been the most common material used as interconnect in solid oxide fuel cells. Reducing the operating temperature around 800 ? C of cells to solid oxide fuel make possibilite the use of metallic interconnects as an alternative to ceramic LaCrO3. Metallic interconnects have advantages over ceramic interconnects such as high thermal conductivity, electricity, good ductility, low cost, good physical and mechanical properties. In this work evaluate the thermo-mechanical properties of the metallic substrate and coated metallic substrate with the ceramic LaCrO3 film via spray-pyrolysis, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of using this material as a component of a fuel cell solid oxide. The materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, oxidation behavior, mechanical strength, optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The X-ray diffraction proved the formation phase of the LaCrO3 on the metallic substrate and the identification of the phases formed after the oxidative test and mechanical strength at high temperature. The oxidation behavior showed the increased oxidation resistance of the coated metallic substrate. It was noted that the mechanical resistance to bending of the coated metallic substrate only increases at room temperature. The optical microscopy (OM) has provided an assessment of both the metallic substrate and the LaCrO3 film deposited on the metal substrate that, in comparison with the micrographs obtained from SEM. The SEM one proved the formation of Cr2O3 layer on the metallic substrate and stability of LaCrO3 film after oxidative test, it can also observe the displacement of the ceramic LaCrO3 film after of mechanical testing and mapping of the main elements as chromium, manganese, oxygen, lanthanum in samples after the thermo-mechanical tests. / As pilhas unit?rias de uma pilha a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido s?o separadas por meio de interconectores, que servem como contato el?trico entre as pilhas. A cromita de lant?nio (LaCrO3) tem sido o material mais utilizado como interconector nas pilhas a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido. A redu??o da temperatura de opera??o em torno de 800 ?C das pilhas a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido, tornou poss?vel o uso de interconectores met?licos como alternativa aos LaCrO3 cer?micos. Esses materiais apresentam vantagens em rela??o aos interconectores cer?micos tais como: alta condutividade t?rmica, el?trica, boa ductilidade, baixo custo, boas propriedades f?sicas e mec?nicas. Neste trabalho foram avaliadas as propriedades termomec?nicas do substrato met?lico e substrato met?lico recoberto com o filme de LaCrO3 via spray-pir?lise, com o objetivo de demonstrar a viabilidade da utiliza??o deste materiais como componente de uma pilha a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido. Os materiais foram caracterizados por meio de difra??o de raios-X, comportamento oxidativo, resist?ncia mec?nica, microscopia ?ptica e microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV). A difra??o de raios-X comprovou a forma??o da fase LaCrO3 sobre o substrato met?lico e a identifica??o das fases formadas ap?s o ensaio oxidativo e resist?ncia mec?nica a alta temperatura.O comportamento oxidativo evidenciou o aumento da resist?ncia a oxida??o do substrato met?lico recoberto. Na resist?ncia mec?nica a flex?o do substrato met?lico recoberto, notou-se o aumento apenas na temperatura ambiente. A microscopia ?ptica (MO) fez uma avalia??o pr?via tanto do substrato met?lico e do filme de LaCrO3 recoberto sobre o substrato met?lico,que em compara??o com as micrografias obtidas por MEV. Com aux?lio do MEV comprovou a forma??o da camada de Cr2O3 sobre o substrato met?lico e a estabilidade do filme de LaCrO3 ap?s o ensaio oxidativo. Observando tamb?m o descolamento do filme de LaCrO3 ap?s ensaio mec?nico e a distribui??o dos principais elementos como: cromo, mangan?s, oxig?nio, lant?nio nas amostras que foram submetidas aos ensaios termo-mec?nicos

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:07:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SamaraMV_DISSERT.pdf: 3021267 bytes, checksum: 443b2ba79e877562b95c18cd66a9716c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-22 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Cells the solid oxide fuel are systems capable to directly convert energy of a chemical reaction into electric energy in clean, quiet way and if its components in the solid state differentiate of excessively the techniques for having all. Its more common geometric configurations are: the tubular one and to glide. Geometry to glide beyond the usual components (anode, cathode and electrolyte) needs interconnect and sealant. E the search for materials adjusted for these components is currently the biggest challenge found for the production of the cells. The sealants need to present chemical stability in high temperatures, to provoke electric isolation, to have coefficient of compatible thermal expansion with the excessively component ones. For presenting these characteristics the glass-ceramics materials are recommended for the application. In this work the study of the partial substitution of the ZrO2 for the Al2O3 in system LZS became it aiming at the formation of system LZAS, this with the addition of natural spodumene with 10, 20 and 30% in mass. The compositions had been casting to a temperature of 1500?C and later quickly cooled with the objective to continue amorphous. Each composition was worn out for attainment of a dust with average diameter of approximately 3?m and characterized by the techniques of DRX, FRX, MEV, dilatometric analysis and particle size analysis. Later the samples had been conformed and treated thermally with temperatures in the interval between 700-1000 ?C, with platform of 10 minutes and 1 hour. The analyses for the treated samples had been: dilatometric analysis, DRX, FRX, electrical conductivity and tack. The results point with respect to the viability of the use of system LZAS for use as sealant a time that had presented good results as isolating electric, they had adhered to a material with similar ? of the components of a SOFC and had presented steady crystalline phases / Pilhas a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido (PaCOS) s?o sistemas capazes de converter energia de uma rea??o qu?mica diretamente em energia el?trica de maneira limpa, silenciosa e se diferenciam das demais t?cnicas por ter todos os seus componentes no estado s?lido. Suas configura??es geom?tricas mais comuns s?o: a tubular e a planar. A geometria planar al?m dos componentes usuais (anodo, catodo e eletr?lito) necessita de interconectores e selantes. E a busca por materiais adequados para esses componentes ? atualmente o maior desafio encontrado para a produ??o das pilhas. Os selantes precisam apresentar estabilidade qu?mica em altas temperaturas, provocar isolamento el?trico e ter coeficiente de dilata??o t?rmica compat?vel com os demais componentes. Por apresentarem essas caracter?sticas os materiais vitrocer?micos s?o os mais recomendados para a aplica??o. Neste trabalho fez-se o estudo da substitui??o parcial da Zr02 pela Al2O3 no sistema LZS visando a forma??o do sistema LZAS, isso com a adi??o 10, 20 e 30% em massa de espodum?nio natural. As composi??es foram fundidas a uma temperatura de 1500?C e depois resfriadas rapidamente com o objetivo de continuarem amorfas. Cada composi??o foi mo?da para obten??o de um p? com di?metro m?dio de aproximadamente 3?m e caracterizada pelas t?cnicas de DRX, FRX, MEV, dilatometria e granulometria. Posteriormente as amostras foram preparadas por compacta??o e tratadas termicamente com temperaturas no intervalo entre 700-1000 ?C, com patamar de 10min e 1h. As an?lises para as amostras tratadas foram: dilatometria, DRX, FRX, condutividade el?trica e ader?ncia. Os resultados apontam para a viabilidade do sistema LZAS para uso como selante uma vez que apresentaram bons resultados como isolante el?trico, aderiram a um material com coeficiente de dilata??o t?rmica (?) semelhante a dos componentes de uma PaCOS e apresentaram fases cristalinas est?veis / 2020-01-01

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:07:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ClawsioRCS_TESE.pdf: 6209957 bytes, checksum: 4a85a36be678a5c36d937dd4cb67fe7c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-28 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Doped lanthanum chromite ( LaCrO3 ) has been the most common material used as interconnect in solid oxide fuel cells for high temperature ( SOFC-HT ) that enabling the stack of SOFCs. The reduction of the operating temperature, to around 800 ? C, of solid oxide fuel cells enabled the use of metallic interconnects as an alternative to ceramic LaCrO3, From the practical point of view, to be a strong candidate for interconnect the material must have good physical and mechanical properties such as resistance to oxidizing and reducing environments, easy manufacture and appropriate thermo-mechanical properties. Thus, a study on the physic-mechanical interconnects La0,8Sr0,2Cr0,92Co0,08O3 ceramics for SOFC -AT obtained by the method of combustion , as well as thermo-mechanical properties of metallic interconnects (AISI 444) covered with La0,8Ca0,2CrO3 by deposition technique by spray-pyrolysis fuel cells for intermediate temperature (IT-SOFCs). The La0,8Sr0,2Cr0,92Co0,08O3 was characterized by X -ray diffraction(XRD) , density and porosity , Vickers hardness (HV) , the flexural strength at room temperature and 900 ?C and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The X -ray diffraction confirmed the phase formation and LaCrO3 and CoCr2O4, in order 6 GPa hardness and mechanical strength at room temperature was 62 MPa ceramic Interconnector. The coated metal interconnects La0,8Ca0,2CrO3 passed the identification by XRD after deposition of the film after the oxidation test. The oxidative behavior showed increased resistance to oxidation of the metal substrate covered by La0,8Ca0,2CrO3 In flexural strength of the coated metal substrate, it was noticed only in the increased room temperature. The a SEM analysis proved the formation of Cr2O3 and (Cr,Mn)3O4 layers on metal substrate and confirmed the stability of the ceramic La0,8 Ca0,2CrO3 film after oxidative test / A cromita de lant?nio (LaCrO3) dopada tem sido o material mais utilizado como interconector nas pilhas a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido de alta temperatura(PaCOS-AT), possibilitando o empilhamento(stack) da PaCOS. A redu??o da temperatura de opera??o, em torno de 800 ?C, das pilhas a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido, tornou poss?vel o uso de interconectores met?licos como alternativa aos LaCrO3 cer?micos. Do ponto de vista pr?tico para o material ser forte candidato a interconector deve ter boas propriedades f?sicas e mec?nicas, como resist?ncia a ambientes oxidantes e redutores, f?cil fabrica??o e propriedades termo-mec?nicas adequadas. Por este motivo realizou-se um estudo sobre as propriedades fisico-mec?nicas de interconectores de La0,8Sr0,2Cr0,92Co0,08O3 cer?mico para PaCOS-AT obtido pelo m?todo da combust?o, como tamb?m sobre as propriedades termo-mec?nicas de interconectores met?licos (AISI 444) recobertos com La0,8Ca0,2CrO3 pela t?cnica de deposi??o por spray-pir?lise para Pilhas a combust?vel de temperatura intermediaria (PaCOS-TI). A La0,8Sr0,2Cr0,92Co0,08O3 foi caracterizada por meio de difra??o de raios X (DRX), densidade e porosidade, dureza Vickers (HV), resist?ncia mec?nica a flex?o na temperatura ambiente e a 900?C e microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV). A difra??o de raios X comprovou a forma??o das fases LaCrO3 e CoCr2O4, dureza na ordem de 6 GPa e resist?ncia mec?nica a temperatura ambiente de 62 MPa do interconector cer?mico. A avalia??o das fases formadas no interconector met?lico recoberto com La0,8Ca0,2CrO3 tanto na deposi??o quanto ap?s o ensaio oxidativo foi realizado por DRX. O comportamento oxidativo evidenciou o aumento da resist?ncia a oxida??o do substrato met?lico recoberto por La0,8Ca0,2CrO3. Na resist?ncia mec?nica a flex?o do substrato met?lico recoberto, notou-se o aumento apenas na temperatura ambiente. Com aux?lio do MEV comprovou-se a forma??o das camadas de Cr2O3 e (Cr,Mn)3O4 sobre o substrato met?lico e confirmou-se a estabilidade do filme cer?mico de La0,8Ca0,2CrO3 ap?s o ensaio oxidativo