O problema de como descrever a dinâmica efetiva de partículas ou campos confinados a um espaço-tempo de baixa dimensão é de interesse em muitas áreas da física. Vários métodos foram propostos na literatura para atacar este problema. Recentemente, foram relatadas algumas evidências experimentais que são consistentes com a chamada abordagem de potencial confinante. À luz destes resultados, o objetivo desta tese é o de construir uma teoria quântica para partículas confinadas em uma subvariedade, imersa em um espaço-tempo plano, empregando o cenário conceitual da abordagem de potencial confinante. A tese está dividida em duas partes. A primeira parte é dedicada exclusivamente ao estudo da mecânica quântica em uma subvariedade. Para esta finalidade, deduzimos as equações efetivas de Schrödinger, Dirac e Klein-Gordon, em uma subvariedade curva, na presença de um campo electromagnético externo. Examinamos as características singulares estas equações e apresentamos algumas aplicações em física da matéria condensada. Na segunda parte, partimos da mecânica quântica na subvariedade e então formulamos a teoria quântica de campos (TQC) na subvariedade. Mostramos que a TQC \"livre\" em uma subvariedade pode ser representada esquematicamente como uma teoria de campos livres, em um fundo curvo, mais um potencial escalar e um campo externo SO(n - m) de Yang-Mills. Calculamos para essa teoria a ação efetiva em ordem de um laço para bósons e férmions a temperatura e potencial químico não nulos, em todas as ordens, usando a expansão de Seely-DeWitt. Para teorias com interações, demonstramos que a teoria conhecida como eletrodinâmica quântica reduzida (RQEDd?,de) pode ser recuperada a partir da abordagem de potencial confinante. Para uma teoria bidimensional, propomos uma grande classe de extensões do modelo de Schwinger, em que a interação entre férmions vai além do potencial linear. Demonstramos que, notavelmente, essas extensões são exatamente solúveis para férmions sem massa e que não há geração de massa dinâmica para os férmions. Além disso, construímos uma nova família de teorias que podem ser exatamente bosonizadas. Também mostramos que RQED4,2 tem as características necessárias para ser identificada como uma teoria de campo efetivo para fios de grafeno. Finalmente, estudamos o efeito da interação de campos magnéticos e pseudomagnéticos no grafeno. Para este sistema, calculamos o condensado fermiônico, a densidade de carga induzida de vácuo, a ação efetiva em ordem de um laço e a magnetização. Demonstramos que a presença de um campo pseudo-magnético diferente de zero torna possível observar experimentalmente uma densidade de carga induzida de vácuo. Além disso, vamos mostrar que é possível ter controle sobre a magnetização, bem como a massa dinâmica para cada vale no grafeno, quer seja por deformações ou variando o campo magnético aplicado. / The problem of how to describe the effective dynamics of particles or fields confined to a lower dimensional curved space-time is of interest in many areas of physics. In the literature, several methods have been proposed to attack this problem. Recently it has been reported some experimental evidences that are consistent with the so-called confining potential approach. In light of these results, the purpose of this thesis is to construct a quantum theory for particles confined in a submanifold of a flat space-time employing the theoretical framework of the confining potential approach. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first one is dedicated exclusively to the study of quantum mechanics on a submanifold. For this purpose, we derive the effective Schrödinger, Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations on a curved submanifold, in the presence of an external electromagnetic field. We examine the singular features of these equations and present some applications to condensed matter. In the second part of this thesis, we start from the quantum mechanics on the submanifold and then we formulate the quantum field theory (QFT) on the submanifold. We will show that the \"free\" QFT on a submanifold can be schematically represented as a quantum theory of free fields on a curved background plus a scalar potential and an external SO(n-m) Yang-Mills field. For this theory, we compute the one-loop effective action for scalars and fermions at finite temperature and chemical potential to all orders using the Seely-DeWitt expansion. For interacting theories, we will prove that the theory known as reduced quantum electrodynamics (RQEDd?,de) can be recovered from the confining potential approach. For a two-dimensional theory, we propose a large class of extensions of the Schwinger model, in which the interaction between fermions goes beyond the linear potential. We demonstrate that, remarkably, these extensions are exactly solvable for massless fermions and that there is no dynamical mass generation for the fermions. Furthermore, we construct a new family of exactly bosonized theories. We also show that RQED4,2 has the necessary features to be identified as an effective field theory for graphene wires. Finally, we study the effect of an interplay of real and pseudomagnetic fields in graphene. We compute the fermion condensate, the induced vacuum charge density, the one-loop effective action and the magnetization, for this system. We will show that the presence of a non-zero pseudomagnetic field makes it possible, experimentally, to observe an induced vacuum charge density. Moreover, we will show that it is possible to have control over the magnetization as well as the dynamical mass for each valley in graphene, by straining or varying the applied magnetic field.

O estudo abordado nesta tese relaciona-se ao comportamento de painéis com abertura constituídos por alvenaria estrutural de blocos. A motivação pelo tema teve como base um estudo anterior, em que o autor verificou a grande influência dos lintéis no comportamento do sistema de contraventamento de edifícios em alvenaria estrutural. O aspecto mais geral do estudo ora desenvolvido foi avaliar, de forma minuciosa, o efeito de acoplamento causado pela presença de lintéis no painel. Para tanto, foram realizados ensaios com modelos físicos reduzidos na escala 1:3, cujos resultados foram avaliados de modo qualitativo, sem o compromisso de determinar correlações com protótipos. Várias configurações de painéis isolados e painéis com abertura representativa de porta e janela foram ensaiadas, de modo a se avaliar o efeito de acoplamento gerado pelo lintel. Além disso, foram avaliados, também, os efeitos de diferentes intensidades de pré-compressão e de armaduras construtivas no comportamento do painel. A análise dos resultados experimentais foi dividida em duas etapas: aplicação da pré-compressão e aplicação da força horizontal. Na primeira foram verificadas as deformações axiais dos painéis e determinados os correspondentes módulos de deformação longitudinal. Na segunda etapa foram avaliados a rigidez e os efeitos da não-linearidade de forma geral, as deformações ocorridas nos lintéis e nas paredes de cada modelo, assim como em regiões críticas para o surgimento de fissuras, a exemplo dos cantos da abertura e da base das paredes. Além disso, foram realizadas modelagens numéricas de alguns painéis, utilizando-se o método dos elementos finitos, e os resultados obtidos foram comparados com os experimentais. Adicionalmente, foram avaliados alguns modelos simplificados na fase linear do comportamento dos painéis com abertura de porta, assim como na fase não-linear do painel isolado. / The present thesis deals with the behavior of block masonry walls with openings. The development of the work was motivated bya a previous study, where the author verified the large influence of the lintels on the behavior of the bracing system of structural masonry buildings. The main aspect of the study was the meticulous evaluation of the coupled effect provided by the lintels. Many experimental tests on third-scale models were carried out to analyze the phenomenon in a qualitative way, without the compromise of determinging correlations to the prototypes. Several configurations of isolated walls and panels with door and window openings were tested, evaluating the coupling action provided by the lintels. The effects of different pre-compression values and the presence f constructive steel bars were include on the study. The analaysis of the experimental results was performed in two stages: application of the vertical force before the application of horizontal force at the top. In the first stage axial strains were measured with the corresponding assessment of the longitudinal Young modulus of the panels. Te second stage included the stiffness computation and the evaluation of the non-linearity in a general sense, the strains on the lintel and the walls, and the critical cracking areas, such as wall's bases and corners. Experimental results were compared with those obtained with Finite Element modeling of the panels. Finally simplified models were presented for the linear phase of walls with openings and the non-linear behavior of the isolated panels.

As doenças cardiovasculares (DCV) representam a principal causa de mortalidade e de incapacidade, em ambos os gêneros, no Brasil e no mundo. O padrão de consumo alimentar está tanto positiva como negativamente associado aos principais fatores de risco para DCV, entre eles diabetes, hipertensão, obesidade e hipertrigliceridemia, todos componentes da síndrome metabólica. Este estudo tem como objetivos identificar os padrões alimentares em indivíduos com DCV, considerando a densidade de energia, a gordura saturada, a fibra, o sódio e o potássio consumidos, e investigar sua associação com fatores de risco de DCV e síndrome metabólica. Trata-se de um estudo transversal. Foram utilizados dados do estudo DICA Br. A amostra foi composta de indivíduos com DCV, com idade superior a 45 anos, de todas as regiões brasileiras. O consumo alimentar foi obtido por recordatório alimentar de 24h e os padrões alimentares obtidos pela regressão por posto reduzido (RPR). Para a RPR, utilizaram-se 28 grupos alimentares como preditores e como variáveis respostas componentes dietéticos. O teste de Mann Whitney foi utilizado para testar as diferenças entre as médias dos escores. Foram obtidos dados de 1.047 participantes; 95% apresentavam doença arterial coronariana; em sua maioria, eram idosos, da classe econômica C1 e C2 e estudaram até o ensino médio. A prevalência de síndrome metabólica foi de 58%. Foram extraídos dois padrões alimentares. O primeiro foi marcado pelo maior consumo de fibra alimentar e potássio, composto por arroz e feijão, frutas e sucos naturais com ou sem açúcar, legumes, carne bovina ou processada, verduras, raízes e tubérculos. O segundo padrão caracterizou-se pelo consumo de gordura saturada e maior densidade energética, representado por panificados salgados, gorduras, carne bovina e processada, doces caseiros, pizza, salgadinhos de pacote ou festa, sanduíche e alimento salgado pronto para consumo. Houve associação significativa entre o padrão alimentar 1 com medida da circunferência da cintura e nível de HDL adequados e com o padrão 2 e HDL adequado. A adoção do padrão alimentar 1 pode estar associada à proteção contra alguns dos componentes da síndrome metabólica. / Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality and disability in both genders in Brazil and worldwide. The dietary pattern is at the same time positive and negatively associated with the main risk factors for CVD, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity and hypertriglyceridemia, all components of the metabolic syndrome. This study aims to identify dietary patterns in individuals with CVD, considering the energy density, and the amount of saturated fatty acid, fiber, sodium and potassium of the diet, and to investigate its association with CVD risk factors and metabolic syndrome. This is a cross-sectional study, data were used from \"DICA Br\" study. The sample consisted of individuals with CVD, over 45 years old, residents from all Brazilian regions. Food consumption was obtained by one 24-hours diet recall and dietary patterns by reduced rank regression (RRR). In the RRR, 28 food groups were included as predictors and dietary components was chosen as the response variable. The Mann-Whitney test was used to test the differences between the factors scores\' means. Data of 1047 participants were analyzed. 95% have coronary artery disease, most are elderly, economical class most observed are C1 and C2. Also, most of them and studied up to high school. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 58%. Two dietary patterns were extracted: the first one is higher in dietary fiber and potassium, which is composed by rice, beans, fruits and natural juices with or without sugar, vegetables, beef or processed meat, roots and tubers. The second pattern is higher in saturated fatty acid and energy density, represented by breads, fats, and processed meat, homemade pastries, pizza, snacks or party package, sandwich and salty food ready for consumption. There was a significant association between dietary pattern 1 and low waist circumference and adequate high density cholesterol blood concentration. There was a significant association between dietary pattern 2 and adequate high density cholesterol blood concentration. We suggest that the adoption of the dietary pattern 1 may be associated with protection against some of the components of metabolic syndrome.

The use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools is crucial for the development of novel and cost-effective combustion technologies and the minimization of environmental concerns at industrial scale. CFD simulations facilitate scaling-up procedures that otherwise would be complicated by strong interactions between reaction kinetics, turbulence and heat transfer. CFD calculations can be applied directly at the industrial scale of interest, thus avoiding scaling-up from lab-scale experiments. However, this advantage can only be obtained if CFD tools are quantitatively predictive and trusted as so. Despite the improvements in the computational capability, the implementation of detailed physical and chemical models in CFD simulations can still be prohibitive for real combustors, which require large computational grids and therefore significant computational efforts. Advanced simulation approaches like Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) guarantee higher fidelity in computational modeling of combustion at, unfortunately, increased computational cost. However, with adequate, reduced, and cost-effective modeling of physical phenomena, such as chemical kinetics and turbulence-chemistry interactions, and state of the art computing, LES will be the tool of choice to describe combustion processes at industrial scale accurately. Therefore, the development of reduced physics and chemistry models with quantified model-form uncertainty is needed to overcome the challenges of performing LES of industrial systems. Reduced-order models must reproduce the main features of the corresponding detailed models. They feature predictivity and capability of bridging scales when validated against a broad range of experiments and targeted by Validation and Uncertainty Quantification (V/UQ) procedures. In this work, V/UQ approaches are applied for reduced-order modeling of pulverized coal devolatilization and subsequent char oxidation, and furthermore for modeling NOx emissions in combustion systems.For coal devolatilization, a benchmark of the Single First-Order Reaction (SFOR) model was performed concerning the accuracy of the prediction of volatile yield. Different SFOR models were implemented and validated against experimental data coming from tests performed in an entrained flow reactor at oxy-conditions, to shed light on their drawbacks and benefits. SFOR models were chosen because of their simplicity: they can be easily included in CFD codes and are very appealing in the perspective of LES of pulverized coal combustion burners. The calibration of kinetic parameters was required to allow the investigated SFOR model to be predictive and reliable for different heating rates, hold temperatures and coal types. A comparison of several calibration approaches was performed to determine if one-step models can be adaptive and able to bridge scales, without losing accuracy, and to select the calibration method to employ for wider ranges of coal rank and operating conditions. The analysis pointed out that the main drawback of the SFOR models is the assumption of a constant ultimate volatile yield, equal to the value from the coal proximate analysis. To overcome this drawback, a yield model, i.e. a simple functional form that relates the ultimate volatile yield to the particle temperature, was proposed. The model depends on two parameters that have a certain degree of uncertainty. The performances of the yield model were assessed using a collaboration of experiments and simulations of a pilot-scale entrained flow reactor. A consistency analysis, based on the Bound-to-Bound Data Collaboration (B2B-DC) approach, and a Bayesian method, based on Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), were employed for the investigation of experiments and simulations. In Bound-to- Bound Data Collaboration the model output, evaluated at specified values of the model parameters, is compared with the experimental data: if the prediction of the model falls within the experimental uncertainty, the corresponding parameter values would be included in the so-called feasible set. The existence of a non-empty feasible set signifies consistency between the experiments and the simulations, i.e. model-data agreement. Consistency was indeed found when a relative error of 19% for all the experimental data was applied. Hence, a feasible set of the two SFOR model parameters was provided. A posterior state of knowledge, indicating potential model forms that could be explored in yield modeling, was obtained by Gaussian Process Regression. The model form evaluated through the consistency analysis is included within the posterior derived from GPR, indicating that it can satisfactorily match the experimental data and provide reliable estimation in almost every range of temperatures. CFD simulations were carried out using the proposed yield model with first-order kinetics, as in the SFOR model. Results showed promising agreement between predicted and experimental conversion for all the investigated cases.Regarding char combustion modeling, the consistency analysis has been applied to validate a reduced-order model and quantify the uncertainty in the prediction of char conversion. The model capability to address heterogeneous reaction between char carbon and O2, CO2 and H2O reagents, mass transport of species in the particle boundary layer, pore diffusion, and internal surface area changes was assessed by comparison with a large number of experiments performed in air and oxy-coal conditions. Different model forms had been considered, with an increasing degree of complexity, until consistency between model outputs and experimental results was reached. Rather than performing forward propagation of the model-form uncertainty on the predictions, the reduction of the parameter uncertainty of a selected model form was pursued and eventually achieved. The resulting 11-dimensional feasible set of model parameters allows the model to predict the experimental data within almost ±10% uncertainty. Due to the high dimensionality of the problem, the employed surrogate models resulted in considerable fitting errors, which led to a spoiled UQ inverse problem. Different strategies were taken to reduce the discrepancy between the surrogate outputs and the corresponding predictions of the simulation model, in the frameworks of constrained optimization and Bayesian inference. Both strategies succeeded in reducing the fitting errors and also resulted in a least-squares estimate for the simulation model. The variety of experimental gas environments ensured the validity of the consistent reduced model for both conventional and oxy-conditions, overcoming the differences in mass transport and kinetics observed in several experimental campaigns.The V/UQ-aided modeling of coal devolatilization and char combustion was done in the framework of the Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program II (PSAAP-II) funded by the US Department of Energy. One of the final goals of PSAAP-II is to develop high-fidelity simulation tools that ensure 5% uncertainty in the incident heat flux predictions inside a 1.2GW Ultra-Super-Critical (USC) coal-fired boiler. The 5% target refers to the expected predictivity of the full-scale simulation without considering the uncertainty in the scenario parameters. The data-driven approaches used in this Thesis helped to improve the predictivity of the investigated models and made them suitable for LES of the 1.2GW USC coal-fired boiler. Moreover, they are suitable for scale-bridging modeling of similar multi-phase processes involved in the conversion of solid renewable sources, such as biomass.In the final part of the Thesis, the sensitivity to finite-rate chemistry combustion models and kinetic mechanisms on the prediction of NO emissions was assessed. Moreover, the forward propagation of the uncertainty in the kinetics of the NNH route (included in the NOx chemistry) on the predictions of NO was investigated to reveal the current state of the art of kinetic modeling of NOx formation. The analysis was carried out on a case where NOx formation comes from various formation routes, both conventional (thermal and prompt) and unconventional ones. To this end, a lab-scale combustion system working in Moderate and Intense Low-oxygen Dilution (MILD) conditions was selected. The results showed considerable sensitivity of the NO emissions to the uncertain kinetic parameters of the rate-limiting reactions of the NNH pathway when a detailed kinetic mechanism is used. The analysis also pointed out that the use of one-step global rate schemes for the NO formation pathways, necessary when a skeletal kinetic mechanism is employed, lacks the required chemical accuracy and dims the importance of the NNH pathway in this combustion regime. An engineering modification of the finite-rate combustion model was proposed to account for the different chemical time scales of the fuel-oxidizer reactions and NOx formation pathways. It showed an equivalent impact on the emissions of NO than the uncertainty in the kinetics of the NNH route. At the cost of introducing a small mass imbalance (of the order of ppm), the adjustment led to improved predictions of NO. The investigation established a possibility for the engineering modeling of NO formation in MILD combustion with a finite-rate chemistry combustion model that can incorporate a detailed mechanism at affordable computational costs. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

A floresta Amazônica possui um papel ambiental, social e econômico importante para a região, para o país e para o mundo. Dessa forma, técnicas de exploração que visam a diminuição dos impactos causados à floresta são essenciais. Com isso, o objetivo dessa tese é comparar a Exploração de Impacto Reduzido com a Exploração Convencional na Amazônia brasileira através de modelos empíricos de árvore individual de crescimento e produção. O experimento foi instalado na fazenda Agrossete, localizada em Paragominas - PA. Em 1993, três áreas dessa fazenda foram selecionadas para exploração. Na primeira área, 105 hectares foram explorados através da Exploração de Impacto Reduzido. Na segunda área, 75 hectares foram submetidos à Exploração Convencional. E, por fim, a terceira área foi mantida como área testemunha. A coleta de dados de diâmetro à altura do peito e a identificação das espécies dentro de uma parcela de 24,5 hectares, instalada aleatoriamente em cada área, foi realizada nos anos de 1993 (antes da colheita), 1994 (seis meses depois da colheita), 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006 e 2009. Dessa forma, as três áreas foram comparadas através do ajuste de um modelo de incremento diamétrico, considerando que efeito estocástico podia assumir outras quatro distribuições além da distribuição normal, de um modelo de probabilidade de mortalidade e de um modelo de probabilidade de recrutamento. O comportamento do incremento diamétrico indicou que as áreas que foram submetidas a exploração possuem o mesmo comportamento em quase todos os grupos de espécies, com exceção do grupo de espécies intermediárias. Os indivíduos que são submetidos a exploração possuem um maior crescimento em diâmetros quando comparados com área que não sofreu exploração. Além disso, assumir o efeito estocástico com distribuição Weibull melhorou o ajuste dos modelos. Em relação à probabilidade de mortalidade, novamente as áreas que sofreram exploração possuem comportamento semelhante quanto à mortalidade, mas diferente da área que não foi explorada, sendo que os indivíduos localizados nas áreas exploradas possuem uma maior probabilidade de morte em relação aos presentes na área não explorada. Os modelos de probabilidade de recrutamento indicaram diferença apenas entre as áreas exploradas e a área controle. Sendo que, as áreas exploradas apresentaram uma maior taxa de recrumento em comparação a área não explorada. Portanto, o comportamento individual das árvores após a exploração é o mesmo na Exploração Convencional e na Exploração de Impacto Reduzido. / The Amazon forest has an important environmental, social and economic role for the region, the country and the world. Thus, logging techniques aimed the mitigation of impacts caused to the forest are essential. Hence, the purpose of this thesis is to compare the Reduced Impact Logging to the Conventional Logging in the Brazilian Amazon through individual tree empirical yield and growth models. In 1993, three areas of this farm had selected for logging. In the first area, 105 hectares were harvested by Reduced Impact Logging. In the second area, 75 hectares underwent Conventional Logging. Finally, the third area was kept as a control area. The diameter at breast height and the species identification were collect inside a 24.5 hectares plot, located randomly in each area. The data were collect in 1993 (before harvest), 1994 (six months after the harvest ), 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009. Therefore, the three areas were compared by adjusting a diameter increment model, whereas stochastic effect may take five different distributions, a survival probability model, and a recruitment probabil- ity model. The behavior of the diameter increment indicated the areas were subject to logging have the same behavior in almost every successional groups of species, except in the interme- diate species group. Individuals who are undergoing harvest have a greater diameter growth compared with the area that has not logged. Also, assume the stochastic effect with Weibull distribution improve the fit of models. Regarding the probability of survival, logged areas have similar behavior, but different from another area that has not harvest. The individuals located in the logged areas have an increased mortality rates. Recruitment probability models indicated a difference only between the logged area with not logged area. The logging areas presented a bigger recruitment rates than not logged area. Then, the individual behavior of trees after logging is the same for Reduced-Impact Logging and Conventional Logging.

This thesis presents a new DC/AC inverter circuit which is based on a switched-capacitor circuit topology with reduced components (power switch and capacitor) count for low power applications. The proposed circuit has distinct features of both voltage boost-up and near sinusoidal (multi-level/staircase) AC output voltage. The main idea is to utilise a simple circuit technique called resonant-based Double Switch Single Capacitor Switched-Capacitor (DSSC SCC) with variable duty cycle Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control technique in such a way that multi-level voltage can be realised across a capacitor. In order to show the superiority of the applied technique, comparisons with other techniques/circuits configurations are presented. The circuit technique can significantly reduce the number of multiple stages of switched-capacitor circuit cells of the recent switched-capacitor multi-level inverter topology. The proposed inverter (with integrated DSSC SCC technique) can generate a line-frequency with 13-levels near sinusoidal AC output voltage with low total harmonics distortion. The output voltage can be achieved with the least number of components use and only a single DC source is used as an input. The proposed inverter topology is also reviewed against other inverter-based switched-capacitor circuit topology and the well-known multi-level inverter topology. The proposed inverter has shown a tremendous reduction in the total harmonics distortion and circuit component count in comparison with the recent Switched-Capacitor Boost multi-level inverter and the classical Cascaded H-Bridge multi-level inverter. Mathematical analysis shows the design of the proposed inverter and PSPICE simulation result to verify the design is also presented. The practical experiment implementation of the proposed system is presented and proves the correct operation of the proposed inverter topology by showing consistency between simulation results and practical results.

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Neste contexto, objetivou-se com o estudo avaliar a capacidade do ácido gálico, da glicina, da glutationa reduzida e da L-cisteína na inibição de reações de escurecimento em arroz parboilizado. A cor dos grãos, a composição proximal, as propriedades de pasta da farinha, a massa molecular e a complexação de proteínas, o percentual de proteína solúvel, o percentual de grãos quebrados, manchados e danificados, o tempo de cocção, o perfil texturométrico, o teor de lisina livre, o teor de mono e dissacarídeos, e o teor de 5-hidroximetil-2-furaldeído livre (HMF) foram determinados. A utilização de glicina e as concentrações de 1,0 e 2,0% de glutationa reduzida foram capazes de conferir uma coloração mais branca aos grãos parboilizados, no entanto, esses tratamentos aumentaram o percentual de grãos quebrados, a solubilidade proteica e o conteúdo de lisina livre. Além disso, estes tratamentos provocaram redução no percentual de grãos manchados e nos níveis de HMF. O tempo de cocção do arroz parboilizado tratado com glicina, independente da concentração, foi semelhante ao tempo de cocção do arroz parboilizado sem adição de inibidores. No entanto, a glutationa reduzida foi capaz de diminuir o tempo de cocção em comparação ao arroz parboilizado convencionalmente, e aumentar o percentual de grãos danificados, exceto na concentração de 2,0%. Os teores de glicose no arroz parboilizado com glicina e glutationa reduzida aumentaram, entretanto, não foram observadas alterações nos níveis de frutose e de sacarose. Desta forma, o uso de glicina é recomendável para retardar o escurecimento dos grãos e melhorar propriedades tecnológicas, no entanto, deve ser considerada em estudos futuros a avaliação sensorial destes grãos. / Rice is a staple food for over the half of the world's population, mainly in developing countries. The parboiling process consists of three additional staps to the conventional rice industrialization process, which are done prior dehusking: (1) soaking, (2) pressure steaming, and (3) drying. Although parboiling improves the nutritional and technological properties of rice, compared to polished white rice, the parboiled product is dark, yellowish, which negatively affects their consumers’ acceptability. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the ability of gallic acid, glycine, reduced glutathione and L-cysteine to inhibit browning reactions during the parboiling process of the rice. The color, the proximate composition, the flour pasting properties, the molecular mass and complexation of proteins, the percentage of soluble protein, the percentage of broken, stained and damaged grains, the cooking time, the texturometric profile, the free lysine content, the mono- and disaccharides contents, and the free 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (HMF) content were determined. The use of glycine and higher concentrations of reduced glutathione at 1.0 and 2.0% levels were able to provide a whiter color to parboiled grains. However, these treatments increased the percentage of broken grains, thr protein extractibility, and the free lysine content. Furthermore, 1.0 and 2.0% levels of glycine and reduced glutathione treatments caused a reduction in the percentage of stained grains and HMF levels. The cooking time of parboiled rice treated with glycine, independent of concentration, was similar to the cooking time of parboiled rice without anti-browning. However, reduced glutathione decreased the cooking time of rice compared to rice parboiled without anti-browning of ati-browning agent, and increased the percentage of damaged grains, except at the 2.0% concentration. Glucose content in parboiled rice with glycine and reduced glutathione increased. However, no changes were observed in fructose and sucrose levels. Thus, the use of glycine is recommended to retard the browning of the grains and improve technological properties. However, the sensorial evaluation of these grains should be considered in future studies.

Assessing the impact of inlet flow distortion in turbomachinery is desired early in the design cycle. This thesis introduces and validates the use of methods based on the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) to analyze clean and 1/rev static pressure distortion simulation results at design and near stall operating condition. The value of POD comes in its ability to efficiently extract both quantitative and qualitative information about dominant spatial flow structures as well as information about temporal fluctuations in flow properties. Observation of the modes allowed qualitative identification of shock waves as well as quantification of their location and range of motion. Modal coefficients revealed the location of the passage shock at a given angular location. Distortion amplification and attenuation between rotors was also identified. A relationship was identified between how distortion manifests itself based on downstream conditions. POD provides an efficient means for extracting the most meaningful information from large CFD simulation data. Static pressure and axial velocity were analyzed to explore the flow physics of 3 rotors of a compressor with a distorted inlet. Based on the results of the analysis of static pressure using the POD modes, it was concluded that there was a decreased range of motion in passage shock oscillation. Analysis of axial velocity POD modes revealed the presence of a separated region on the low pressure surface of the blade which was most dynamic in rotor 1. The thickness of this structure decreased in the near stall operating condition. The general conclusion is made that as the fan approaches stall the apparent effects of distortion are lessened which leads to less variation in the operating condition. This is due to the change in operating condition placing the fan at a different position on the speedline such that distortion effects are less pronounced. POD modes of entropy flux were used to identify three distinct levels of entropy flux in the blade row passage. The separated region was the region with the highest entropy due to the irreversibilities associated with separation.

[pt] Um estudo experimental em modelos reduzidos do duto PE-3, construído na Baía de Guanabara em 2003, é descrito neste trabalho. O duto PE-3 tem diâmetro externo de 457,2 mm e a sua principal característica é a sua geometria em ziguezague. Este duto transporta óleo combustível à temperatura de 80ºC da Refinaria de Duque de Caxias aos terminais de navios na Ilha D´Água. O presente estudo foi realizado em modelos reduzidos com semelhança física, e teve como objetivo avaliar experimentalmente o comportamento do modelo variando-se o ângulo de ziguezague e o comprimento do duto. Os modelos foram submetidos à variação de temperatura, pressão interna e condições de apoio lateral e longitudinal, simulando as condições reais de trabalho do protótipo. Para cada comprimento (12, 16 e 18 metros) e ângulo de ziguezague (5º, 10º e 15º) foram realizados ensaios com o modelo sem reação lateral do solo, com reação lateral simulando 1 metro de enterramento no protótipo, com reação lateral simulando 1 metro de enterramento e vão central livre, e com imperfeição horizontal. Foram realizados ainda 2 ensaios com um duto reto para efeito de comparação com o modelo zig-zag. Os resultados mostraram que a geometria em ziguezague minimiza os esforços gerados pela expansão térmica do duto. / [en] An experimental study on reduced scale models of the PE-3 pipeline, built in Guanabara Bay in 2003, is described in this work. The main characteristic of the PE-3 pipeline is the zig-zag geometry. This pipeline has an external diameter of 18 and is used to transport heavy heated oil from the Duque de Caxias refinary to a shipping terminal. The present study was carried out in reduced models with physic similitude, and the objective is to evaluate experimentally the behavior of the model, varying the zig-zag angle and the length of the pipeline. The models were submitted to temperature variation, internal pressure and different conditions of lateral and longitudinal support, simulating the real working conditions of the prototype. For each length (12m, 16m and 18m) and zig-zag angle (5°, 10° and 15°) tests were carried out with the model without lateral reaction of the soil, with lateral reaction simulating 1 meter of buried prototype, with lateral reaction simulating 1 meter of buried prototype and central free span, and with horizontal imperfection. Two straight pipeline tests were carried out in order to compare with the zig-zag model. The results showed that the zig-zag geometry minimizes the effects caused by the thermal expansion of the pipeline.

<p>An essential ingredient in the generation of environmentally compatible pulp bleaching chemicals is sodium chlorate. Chlorate is produced in electrochemical cells, where the electrodes are the key components. In Sweden the so-called DSA !R electrodes with catalytic coatings have been produced for more than 35 years. The production of chlorate uses a large amount of electric energy, and a decrease of just five percent of this consumption would, globally, decrease the consumption of electrical energy corresponding to half a nuclear power reactor. The aim of this project is to improve the electrode design on the nanoscale to decrease the energy consumption. The success of the DSA!R depends on the large catalytic area of the coating, however, little is known about the actual structure at the nanometer level. To increase the understanding of the nanostructure of these coatings, we used a number of methods, including atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, porosimetry, and voltammetric charge. We found that the entire coating is built up of loosely packed rutile mono-crystalline 20 − 30 nm sized grains. The small grain sizes give a the large area, and consequently, lower cell-voltage and reduced energy consumption. A method to control the grain size would thus be a way to control the electrode efficiency. To alter the catalytically active area, we made changes in the coating process parameters. We found a dependency of the crystal-grain sizes on the choice of ruthenium precursor and processing temperature. The use of ruthenium nitrosyl nitrate resulted in smaller grains than ruthenium chloride and lowering the temperature tended to favour smaller grains. A more radical way would be to create a totally different type of electrode, manufactured in another way than using the 1965 DSA !R recipe. Such new types of electrodes based on, for example, nanowires or nanoimprint lithography, are discussed as future directions.</p>