The two most common commercial copper baths are the acid sulfate copper bath and the alkaline cyanide copper bath. Alkaline copper baths are mostly used to coat parts with complex geometry and to avoid galvanic deposition when depositing a metal on a less noble substrate. Because of the toxicity of cyanide compounds, alternative baths have been developed using different complexing agents. The starting point of the present study is a cyanide-free strike bath developed for copper plating on Zamak substrates developed by the Institute for Technological Research of the State of São Paulo/ Brazil. The replacement of a raw material such as cyanide must be economically advantageous and technically feasible. Therefore, this study intended to propose an alternative to the treatment of liquid wastes from the mentioned bath, aiming at simultaneous water reclamation and chemicals recovery in a closed system. The electrodialysis membrane separation process was studied, using a laboratoryscale system operating with a synthetic solution simulating the rinsing waters from the HEDP-based bath. The feasibility of the technique was evaluated by analyzing operational parameters such as ion extraction, demineralization rate, concentration rate, current efficiency for each anionic specie and average energy consumption. Because HEDP is a chelating agent, the transport of Cu(II)-HEDP chelates through anion-exchange membranes was also evaluated by means of electrochemical methods. Chronopotentiometric and current-voltage curves were constructed for different model solutions containing the same compounds as the original bath. A relation between the presence of chelates in the solutions and the fixed ion exchange group could be established. Lastly, deposition tests were performed using electrolytes containing the recycled inputs and the characteristics of the coatings were analyzed. The results showed that an electrodialysis stack using strongly basic anion-exchange membranes was suitable to produce treated solutions and a concentrate containing the ions from the bath. The concentrate could be added to the copper bath to compensate eventual drag-out losses without affecting the quality of the coatings. Thus, the application of electrodialysis was shown to be a feasible alternative for recovering water and inputs from the evaluated solution, reducing the wastewater generation and saving natural resources. / Os dois banhos de cobre comerciais mais comuns são o banho ácido à base de sulfato e o banho alcalino à base de cianeto. Os banhos alcalinos são usados principalmente para recobrir peças com geometria complexa e para evitar a deposição por deslocamento galvânico quando se deposita um metal em um substrato menos nobre. Por causa da toxicidade dos compostos cianídricos, banhos alternativos vêm sendo desenvolvidos usando diferentes agentes complexantes. O ponto de partida do presente estudo é um banho toque isento de cianeto para deposição de cobre em substratos de Zamak, desenvolvido pelo Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas / Brasil. A substituição de matérias-primas como o cianeto deve ser economicamente vantajosa e tecnicamente viável. Desta forma, este estudo pretendeu propor uma alternativa para o tratamento de resíduos líquidos do banho mencionado, visando à recuperação simultânea da água e das matérias-primas em um sistema fechado. Foi estudado o processo de separação por membranas de eletrodiálise, usando um sistema em escala laboratorial operando com uma solução sintética que simulava as águas de lavagem do banho à base de HEDP. A viabilidade da técnica foi avaliada por meio da análise de parâmetros operacionais, como a extração dos íons, a taxa de dessalinização, o percentual de concentração, a eficiência de corrente calculada para cada espécie iônica e o consumo médio de energia. Devido ao HEDP ser um agente quelante, o transporte de quelatos Cu(II)-HEDP através de membranas aniônicas foi avaliado por meio de métodos eletroquímicos. Curvas cronopotenciométricas e curvas corrente-potencial foram construídas para diferentes soluções sintéticas que continham os mesmos compostos que o banho original. A relação entre a presença de quelatos nas soluções e os grupos fixos de troca iônica pôde ser estabelecida. Por fim, testes de deposição foram realizados usando eletrólitos contendo os compostos reciclados e as características dos depósitos foram analisadas. Os resultados mostraram que o sistema de eletrodiálise usando membranas aniônicas contendo grupos de troca fortemente básicos pôde produzir soluções tratadas e um concentrado contendo os íons do banho. O concentrado pôde ser adicionado ao banho original para compensar eventuais perdas por arraste sem afetar a qualidade dos depósitos. Assim, a aplicação da eletrodiálise se mostrou uma alternativa viável para a recuperação de água e de insumos da solução avaliada, reduzindo a geração de efluentes e economizando recursos naturais.

Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2014-11-10T11:30:02Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-10T11:30:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / O Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares IPEN-CNEN/SP produz rotineiramente o combustível nuclear necessário para a operação de seu reator de pesquisas IEA-R1. Esse combustível é formado por placas combustíveis contendo núcleos de dispersões U3Si2-Al, obtidas por laminação. As placas combustíveis sofrem um tratamento químico para limpeza de sua superfície, com o objetivo de garantir a remoção de qualquer impureza presente em suas superfícies, incluindo resíduos de urânio. Nos últimos 10 anos foram constatados de forma esporádica aumentos significativos na atividade radioativa da água da piscina do reator IEA-R1. O aumento da atividade no ambiente do reator foi relacionado à entrada na piscina de elementos combustíveis recém-fabricados, entrando em operação. Apesar do processo de tratamento superficial atual estar perfeitamente estável e reprodutível, uma possível causa para o aumento da atividade da água da piscina do reator IEA-R1 é a presença de contaminação residual de urânio na superfície não retirada pelo tratamento químico superficial. Durante anos, esse problema não foi observado devido à baixa potência de operação do reator, no nível de 2 MW. Contudo, com o aumento da potência, acima de 3,5 MW, esse problema começou a ser observado. Esse trabalho verifica a hipótese da contaminação residual de urânio na superfície das placas combustíveis de forma estatística e caracteriza a adequação do processo de tratamento superficial de placas combustíveis. Utilizou-se uma metodologia estatística de avaliação do processo em três níveis: produção presente, contaminação intencional, produção histórica. A contagem de emissões alfa por contador de NaI permitiu a quantificação de urânio residual. Como resultado global, verificou-se que pode ocorrer contaminação abaixo de 1 g de 235U por elemento combustível. Essa contaminação não é significante para causar eventuais acidentes de aumento de atividade no reator IEA-R1. Provou-se no presente trabalho que a metodologia de contagens de emissões alfa é segura, precisa e rápida para se analisarem contaminações superficiais de urânio nas placas combustíveis. / Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Micro-organismos fotossintetizantes, incluído aqui o gênero Arthrospira, vêm sendo amplamente produzidos em larga escala em vários países, detendo um mercado que gera mais de 1 bilhão de dólares ao ano. A produção industrial utiliza grande volume de água com alta concentração salina para produzir milhares de toneladas de biomassa microalgal. É crescente a utilização de tratamento de águas por processo de separação por membranas, demonstrando ser uma técnica que gera água de ótima qualidade, de instalação compacta e de fácil automação. No presente trabalho, foi avaliada esta tecnologia para o reaproveitamento do meio de cultura em novos cultivos de micro-organismos fotossintetizantes, visando contribuir para a sustentabilidade deste processo produtivo. O efluente do cultivo de Arthrospira platensis oriundo de processo descontínuo em minitanques foi submetido a tratamento por membranas de filtração tangencial, incluindo microfiltração (MF) (porosidades de 0,65 µm e de 0,22 µm) e ultrafiltração (UF) (peso molecular de corte de 5.000 Da), em pressões transmembrana (TMP) de 22,5 a 90 kPa. Os processos de MF levaram a reduções médias de 53,9±1,3 % e 93,1±1,1 % de matéria orgânica natural (NOM) e pigmentos nos meios residuais, respectivamente. Com o uso de processos de UF, cujos meios foram previamente tratados por MF (0,22 µm e 22,5 kPa), as reduções médias de NOM e pigmentos foram de 57,2±0,5 % e 94,0±0,8 %, respectivamente. Os processos de MF com TMP de 22,5 kPa levaram a concentrações celulares máximas (Xm) equivalentes às obtidas com meio novo. O uso de membrana de 0,65 µm e TMP de 22,5 kPa levou a uma perda média de 2,9 %, 22,7 % e 16,4% dos nutrientes carbonato, fosfato e nitrato, respectivamente, mas a correção desses valores aos mesmos do meio padrão levou à obtenção dos mais altos valores de Xm (3586,6±80 mg L-1), produtividade em células (505,0±11,6 mg L-1 d-1) e fator de conversão de nitrogênio em células (29,6±0,7 mg mg-1). O teor protéico da biomassa foi estatisticamente igual ao da biomassa obtida de cultivo com meio padrão novo. Os dados deste trabalho evidenciam que processos de filtração por membrana são promissores para o reuso de meio de micro-organismos fotossintetizantes. / Photosynthetic microorganisms, including here the genus Arthrospira, have been produced worldwide in large scale, in a market which generates more than $ 1 billion a year. The industrial production uses huge volume of water with high salinity to produce thousands of tons of microalgal biomass. It is increasing the use of membrane separation process in water treatment, proving to be a technique that generates high quality water, compact and easy both installation and automation. In this study, it was evaluated this technology for the recycling of the culture medium to produce photosynthetic microorganisms, aiming to contribute to the sustainability of this production process. The effluent from Arthrospira platensis culture originating from batch process in laboratory-scale open raceway tanks was treated by tangential flow filtration with microfiltration (MF) (membrane pore size of 0.65 µm and 0.22 µm) and ultrafiltration (UF) (molecular weight cut-off of 5,000 Da), using transmembrane pressure (TMP) from 22.5 up to 90 kPa. MF processes led to average reductions of 53,9±1.3% and 93.1±1.1% of natural organic matter (NOM) and pigments in the exhausted media, respectively. With the use of UF process, whose media were pre-treated by MF (0.22 µm and 22.5 kPa), the average NOM and pigments reductions were 57.2±0.5% and 94.0±0.8%, respectively. The MF process with TMP of 22.5 kPa led to maximum cell concentrations (Xm) equivalent to those obtained with the new medium. The use of membrane of 0.65 µm under TMP of 22.5 kPa led to an average loss of 2.9%, 22.7% and 16.4% of the nutrients carbonate, phosphate and nitrate, respectively, but correcting the concentration of these nutrients to those values present in the standard medium led to obtain the highest Xm (3586.6±80 mg L-1), cell productivity (505.0±11.6 mg L-1 d-1) and nitrogen-to-cell conversion yield (29.6±0.7 cells mg mg-1). The protein content of this biomass was statistically equal to that one obtained from cultivation with standard new medium. Data from this study show that membrane filtration processes are promising for reuse media in cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms.

Micro-organismos fotossintetizantes, incluído aqui o gênero Arthrospira, vêm sendo amplamente produzidos em larga escala em vários países, detendo um mercado que gera mais de 1 bilhão de dólares ao ano. A produção industrial utiliza grande volume de água com alta concentração salina para produzir milhares de toneladas de biomassa microalgal. É crescente a utilização de tratamento de águas por processo de separação por membranas, demonstrando ser uma técnica que gera água de ótima qualidade, de instalação compacta e de fácil automação. No presente trabalho, foi avaliada esta tecnologia para o reaproveitamento do meio de cultura em novos cultivos de micro-organismos fotossintetizantes, visando contribuir para a sustentabilidade deste processo produtivo. O efluente do cultivo de Arthrospira platensis oriundo de processo descontínuo em minitanques foi submetido a tratamento por membranas de filtração tangencial, incluindo microfiltração (MF) (porosidades de 0,65 µm e de 0,22 µm) e ultrafiltração (UF) (peso molecular de corte de 5.000 Da), em pressões transmembrana (TMP) de 22,5 a 90 kPa. Os processos de MF levaram a reduções médias de 53,9±1,3 % e 93,1±1,1 % de matéria orgânica natural (NOM) e pigmentos nos meios residuais, respectivamente. Com o uso de processos de UF, cujos meios foram previamente tratados por MF (0,22 µm e 22,5 kPa), as reduções médias de NOM e pigmentos foram de 57,2±0,5 % e 94,0±0,8 %, respectivamente. Os processos de MF com TMP de 22,5 kPa levaram a concentrações celulares máximas (Xm) equivalentes às obtidas com meio novo. O uso de membrana de 0,65 µm e TMP de 22,5 kPa levou a uma perda média de 2,9 %, 22,7 % e 16,4% dos nutrientes carbonato, fosfato e nitrato, respectivamente, mas a correção desses valores aos mesmos do meio padrão levou à obtenção dos mais altos valores de Xm (3586,6±80 mg L-1), produtividade em células (505,0±11,6 mg L-1 d-1) e fator de conversão de nitrogênio em células (29,6±0,7 mg mg-1). O teor protéico da biomassa foi estatisticamente igual ao da biomassa obtida de cultivo com meio padrão novo. Os dados deste trabalho evidenciam que processos de filtração por membrana são promissores para o reuso de meio de micro-organismos fotossintetizantes. / Photosynthetic microorganisms, including here the genus Arthrospira, have been produced worldwide in large scale, in a market which generates more than $ 1 billion a year. The industrial production uses huge volume of water with high salinity to produce thousands of tons of microalgal biomass. It is increasing the use of membrane separation process in water treatment, proving to be a technique that generates high quality water, compact and easy both installation and automation. In this study, it was evaluated this technology for the recycling of the culture medium to produce photosynthetic microorganisms, aiming to contribute to the sustainability of this production process. The effluent from Arthrospira platensis culture originating from batch process in laboratory-scale open raceway tanks was treated by tangential flow filtration with microfiltration (MF) (membrane pore size of 0.65 µm and 0.22 µm) and ultrafiltration (UF) (molecular weight cut-off of 5,000 Da), using transmembrane pressure (TMP) from 22.5 up to 90 kPa. MF processes led to average reductions of 53,9±1.3% and 93.1±1.1% of natural organic matter (NOM) and pigments in the exhausted media, respectively. With the use of UF process, whose media were pre-treated by MF (0.22 µm and 22.5 kPa), the average NOM and pigments reductions were 57.2±0.5% and 94.0±0.8%, respectively. The MF process with TMP of 22.5 kPa led to maximum cell concentrations (Xm) equivalent to those obtained with the new medium. The use of membrane of 0.65 µm under TMP of 22.5 kPa led to an average loss of 2.9%, 22.7% and 16.4% of the nutrients carbonate, phosphate and nitrate, respectively, but correcting the concentration of these nutrients to those values present in the standard medium led to obtain the highest Xm (3586.6±80 mg L-1), cell productivity (505.0±11.6 mg L-1 d-1) and nitrogen-to-cell conversion yield (29.6±0.7 cells mg mg-1). The protein content of this biomass was statistically equal to that one obtained from cultivation with standard new medium. Data from this study show that membrane filtration processes are promising for reuse media in cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms.

The three main components of wood, namely, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, can be used in various areas. However, since lignin covalently crosslinks with wood polysaccharides creating networks that is an obstacle for extraction, direct extraction of different wood components in high yield is not an easy matter. One potential approach to overcome such obstacles is to treat the wood with specific enzymes that degrade the networks by specific catalysis. However, the structure of wood is so compact that the penetration of the wood fibers by large enzyme molecules is hindered. Thus, the pretreatment of wood prior to the application of enzymes is necessary, for “opening” the structure. One pretreatment method that was performed in this thesis is based on kraft pulping, which is a well-established and industrialized technique. For untreated wood, the wood fibers cannot be attacked by the enzymes. A relatively mild pretreatment was sufficient for wood polysaccharides hydrolyzed by a culture filtrate. A methanol-alkali mixture extraction was subsequently applied to the samples that were pretreated with two types of hemicellulases, Gamanase and Pulpzyme HC, respectively. The extraction yield increased after enzymatic treatment, and the polymers that were extracted from monocomponent enzyme-treated wood had a higher degree of polymerization. Experiments with in vitro prepared lignin polysaccharide networks suggested that the increased extraction was due to the enzymatic untying. However, the relatively large loss of hemicellulose, particularly including (galacto)glucomannan (GGM), represents a problem with this technique. To improve the carbohydrate yield, sodium borohydride (NaBH4), polysulfide and anthraquinone were used, which increased the yields from 76.6% to 89.6%, 81.3% and 80.0%, respectively, after extended impregnation (EI). The additives also increased the extraction yield from approximately 9 to 12% w/w wood. Gamanase treatment prior to the extraction increased the extraction yield to 14% w/w wood. Sodium dithionite (Na2S2O4) is an alternative reducing agent for the preservation of hemicelluloses because it is less expensive than metal hydrides and only contains sodium and sulfur, which will not introduce new elements to the recovery system. Moreover, Na2S2O4has the potential to be generated from black liquor. Na2S2O4 has some preservation effect on hemicelluloses, and the presence of Na2S2O4 also contributed to delignification. The extraction yield increased to approximately 15% w/w wood. Furthermore, Na2S2O4 has been applied in the kraft pulping process of spruce. The yield and viscosity increased, while the Klason lignin content and kappa number decreased, which represents a beneficial characteristic for kraft pulp. The brightness and tensile strength of the resulting sheets also improved. However, the direct addition of Na2S2O4 to white liquor led to greater reject content. This problem was solved by pre-impregnation with Na2S2O4 and/or mild steam explosion (STEX) prior to the kraft pulping process. Following Na2S2O4 pre-impregnation and mild STEX, the obtained kraft pulp had substantially better properties compared with the properties exhibited after direct addition of Na2S2O4 to the white liquor. The wood structure opening efficiency of mild STEX alone was also tested. The accessibility of the wood structure to enzymes was obtained even at very modest STEX conditions, according to a reducing sugar analysis, and was not observed in untreated wood chips, which were used as a reference. The mechanical effect of STEX appears to be of great importance at lower temperatures, and both chemical and mechanical effects occur at higher STEX temperatures. / <p>QC 20140903</p>

Simulated moving bed chromatography process (SMBCP) is the technical realisation of a countercurrent adsorption process through the cyclic port switching. SMB technology reduces the cost of packing material with high loading capacity and provides high purity and high recovery in a very short time. Major commodity applications have been found in the petroleum, food, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries. The industrial applications bring an emergent demand to improve the SMBCP operation for higher product quality, productivity, efficiency and robustness. However, for this particular process, we encounter several challenges. Firstly, the interplay of the effects of strong nonlinearities, competition of solutes, mass transfer resistance and fluid dynamic dispersion produces steep concentration fronts. Mathematical model accounted for this particular property constitutes a serious difficulty for the solution procedure. Secondly, a dynamic SMB model consists of a set of partial differential, ordinary differential and algebraic equations, which are highly coupled. The large size is a problem due to its intensive computation when on-line optimisation and real-time control are necessary. Thirdly, the SMB unit operation exhibits complex dynamics. Process metrics for design and operation can be determined only when a cyclic steady state is reached after a certain number of switching. Achieving this steady state by solving the PDE models cycle after cycle involves expensive calculation. Studies have been carried out to solve these problems through process analysis, investigation on spatial discretisation techniques, and development of an accelerated integration scheme. / Through a systematic study on the advances of SMB modelling, design and control, a set of functionally equivalent models for SMBCP are identified and summarized for their practical applications. The limitations of the existing modelling techniques in industrial applications are also identified. Furthermore, structural analysis of the existing models is conducted for a better understanding of the functionality and suitability of each model. Suggestions are given on how to choose an appropriate model with sufficient accuracy while keeping the computational demand reasonably low for real time control. / Effort is made on to the systematic investigation of different numerical methods for the solution of PDEs to circumvent the steep gradients encountered in chromatographic separation. Comprehensive studies are conducted on a single column chromatographic process represented by a transport-dispersive-equilibrium linear model. Numerical solutions from the upwind-1 finite difference, wavelet-collocation, and high resolution methods are evaluated by quantitative comparisons with the analytical solution for a range of Peclet numbers. It reveals that for a PDE system with a low Peclet number, all existing numerical methods work well, but the upwind finite difference method consumes the most time for the same degree of accuracy of the numerical solution. The high resolution method provides an accurate numerical solution for a PDE system with a medium Peclet number. The wavelet collocation method is capable of catching up steep changes in the solution, and thus can be used for solving PDE models with high singularity. / The advantages and disadvantages of the wavelet based approaches are further investigated through several case studies on real SMBCP system. A glucose-fructose separation process is firstly chosen with its relatively simple isotherm representations. Simulations are conducted using both wavelet collocation and upwind finite difference methods. For more complicated applications, an enantiomers separation process is selected. As the PDEs model exhibit a certain degree of singularity, wavelet collocation and high resolution methods are adopted for spatial discretisation. It is revealed that both the wavelet based approaches and high resolution methods are good candidates in terms of computation demand and prediction accuracy on the steep front. This is the first time that these two frontier numerical methods are used for such a complex SMB system models and our results are encouraging for the development of model-based online control scheme. / In developing a new scheme to rapidly obtain the solution at steady state for any arbitrary initial condition, the concept of Quasi-Envelope (QE) is adopted under the consideration that a SMBCP can be treated as a pseudo-oscillatory process because of a large number of continuous switching. The scheme allows larger steps to be taken to predict the slow change of starting state within each switching. Combined with previously developed wavelet-based technique, this method is successfully applied to the simulation of a SMB sugar separation process. Investigations are also carried out on the location of proper starting point for the algorithm and on the effect of changing stepsize to the convergence of iteration method. It is found that if the starting state of Quasi-Envelope is chosen to be the same as the original function, the multivalue algorithm would require similar computational effort to achieve the steady state prediction, regardless of the integration stepsize. If using constant stepsize, launching QE later is helpful when quasi-envelope displays steep change at the start-up period. A changing stepsize produces slow convergence compared to the constant stepsize strategy, thus increasing the work load where the stepsize change is occurring. Other iteration method is required to be imposed to achieve faster convergence right from the beginning. Potential applications can be seen for other chemical engineering processes with inherent cyclic behaviour.

A indústria têxtil utiliza elevados volumes de água em seus processos, principalmente na etapa de tingimento, em que são utilizadas também quantidades elevadas de corantes e auxiliares têxteis. A presença desses produtos no efluente gera um efeito prejudicial e claramente visível ao ambiente, pois causam alteração nos parâmetros da qualidade da água do corpo receptor. O presente estudo apresenta o pós-tratamento de um efluente têxtil, objetivando o reciclo deste efluente para água de processo de tingimento. Para isso foi utilizada uma combinação de processo físico-químico de coagulação/floculação (CF) e processo de separação por membrana (PSM) de Ultrafiltração (UF) e Osmose Inversa (OI). Os parâmetros analisados antes e após os tratamentos foram: turbidez, condutividade elétrica, demanda química de oxigênio (DQO), carbono orgânico total (COT) e cor. Na etapa de CF foram testados dois tipos de coagulantes, o Sulfato de Alumínio e o Cloreto Férrico, nas concentrações de 30, 50, 70 e 100 mg.L-1. Foram testadas três concentrações de floculante comercial: 0,2, 0,3 e 0,4 mg.L-1. Os experimentos foram conduzidos em pH 7. As etapas de PSM foram conduzidas em módulo plano de Ultrafiltração e em módulos plano e espiral na membrana de Osmose Inversa. O melhor desempenho foi obtido com a dosagem de 50 mg.L-1 do coagulante cloreto férrico e a de 0,3 mg.L-1 de floculante comercial, que apresentou uma redução de 98% na turbidez com relação ao efluente de alimentação. No PSM de Ultrafiltração a remoção de cor não foi satisfatória por ainda apresentar coloração. No PSM de Osmose Inversa com o módulo plano o objetivo da remoção de cor foi atingido com sucesso na análise visual, porém, a vazão de permeado mostrou-se muito baixa inviabilizando o processo. No PSM de Osmose Inversa em módulo espiral a cor foi removida com sucesso, a turbidez ficou abaixo de 1 NTU, a DQO ficou abaixo do limite de detecção do equipamento e a vazão de permeado foi satisfatória. Assim, o estudo aponta como resultado a aplicação CF combinado à OI no tratamento eficaz deste efluente. / The textile industry uses large volumes of water in their processes, especially in the dyeing step, which are also used large quantities of coloring agents and textile auxiliaries. The presence of these products in the effluent generates a harmful effect and clearly visible to the environment because they cause changes in the parameters of the receiving body of water. This paper presents the post-treatment effluent from a textile industry, in order to recycle it as process water for dyeing. A combination of physico-chemical process were carried out applying coagulation / floculation (CF) and Ultrafiltration (UF) membrane separation process (MSP) and reverse osmosis (RO). The parameters analyzed before and after treatments were: turbidity, electrical conductivity, chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC) and color. In CF stage two types of coagulants were tested, aluminum sulphate and ferric chloride at concentrations of 30, 50, 70 e 100 mg.L-1. Three concentrations of commercial floculants were evaluated: 0,2, 0,3 e 0,4 mg.L-1. The experiments were conducted at pH 7. MSP steps were conducted in plan Ultrafiltration module, and in the Reverse Osmosis membrane, plan and spiral modules were tested. The best performance was obtained with a dosage of 50 mg.L-1 of the coagulant ferric chloride and 0.3 mg.L-1 commercial flocculant, which showed a 98% reduction in turbidity in respect to the raw effluent. MSP Ultrafiltration color removal was not satisfactory because color was still present. In MSP Reverse Osmosis using the plan module the goal of color removal was successfully achieved in the visual analysis, however, the membrane flow was extremely low compared with the UF permeate flow and prevented the process. The color in MSP Reverse Osmosis spiral module has been successfully removed, the turbidity was below 1 NTU, the COD was below the detection limit of the the equipment and the permeate flow was satisfactory. In this way, the study showed the best application for this effluent is CF combined with RO.

Dans cette étude, nous proposons une étude théorique et numérique de l'influence des vibrations de hautes fréquences et de faibles amplitudes sur la séparation thermo-gravitationnelle des constituants d'un mélange binaire saturant un milieu poreux. La cellule considérée est horizontale, de grand rapport d'aspect et placée dans le champ de pesanteur. La formulation mathématique est obtenue en utilisant le formalisme des équations moyennées. Les conditions aux limites imposées au niveau des parois horizontales diffèrent de celles du problème de Rayleigh Bénard. On considère respectivement le cas où un flux constant est imposé sur ces parois puis le cas où un flux thermique constant est imposé sur la paroi inférieure alors qu'une température constante est imposée sur la paroi supérieure. Dans les deux configurations, onmet en évidence de solutions stables monocellulairesconduisant à la séparation des constituants du mélange et ce pour une large gamme des paramètres adimensionnels régissant le problème. Les résultats analytiques et de simulations numériques directes sont en très bon accord. Dans les deux cas, une étude de stabilité linéaire de la solution d'équilibre et de la solution monocellulaireest réalisée par méthode spectrale. / In this study, the influence of vertical vibrations on species thermo-gravitational separation of a binary fluid, saturating a porous medium, is presented. The cell is horizontal of large aspect ratio and situated in the gravity field. A formulation using time average equations is used. Two configurations have been considered and compared. In the first one, a constant heat flux is imposed on the horizontal walls and in the second case, a constant heat flux is imposed on the bottom wall while a constant temperature is imposed on the top wall. For each configuration, stable unicellular solutions leading to species separation are obtained, depending on the dimensionless parameters of the problem. The analytical results are in good agreement with those obtained by direct numerical simulations. In both cases, a linear stability analysis of the equilibrium solution and the unicellular one is presented using a spectral method.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NorbertoAM.pdf: 1190502 bytes, checksum: 15fc3890db7720ac4fcdf9c75747130a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-15 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / This work aims to use a different hydrodynamic condition applied to a new design of mixer-settler on treating wastewater produced by petroleum industry, called MDIF (Misturador-Decantador ? Invers?o de Fases/ Mixer-Settler based on Phase Inversion MSPI). The use of this different hydrodynamic behaviour is possible due to vertical disposition of the device and the principle of Phase Inversion that controls the MDIF, providing the generation (creation) of a cascade of drops, into an organic layer, that works as micro-decanters, thus making possible the formation of a bed of non-coalesced drops, called Bed Formation . The use of this new hydrodynamics condition allows to increase the residence time of the oil carrier drops, into an organic layer, and the device can treat a greater volume of wastewater. In view of to get this condition it is necessary to operate at high throughput (58,6 m3.m-2.h-1). By results, the condition of Bed Formation is the best one to be used when MSPI operates with throughput up to 58,6 m3.m-2.h-1. The results using the condition of Bed Formation show that increasing the height of the bed of non-coalesced drops and/or decreasing the volumetric ratio (O/A) an increase of the separation efficiency is detected / Este trabalho objetiva utilizar uma diferente condi??o hidrodin?mica aplicada a um novo design de misturador-decantador aplicado ao tratamento de ?guas produzidas da ind?stria do petr?leo, que vem sendo denominado de MDIF (Misturador-Decantador ? Invers?o de Fases). A utiliza??o do regime hidrodin?mico de Leito Denso ? poss?vel devido a disposi??o vertical do aparelho e ao princ?pio de invers?o de fases que rege o MDIF, proporcionando a gera??o de uma cascata de gotas, na regi?o de leito org?nico, que funcionam como micro-decantadores, possibilitando assim a forma??o de um leito de gotas n?o-coalescidas, denominado de Leito Denso. A utiliza??o desta nova condi??o hidrodin?mica permite o aumento do tempo de resid?ncia da gota transportadora de ?leo, na regi?o de leito org?nico, e o trata um maior volume de ?gua produzida, visto que para se atingir esta condi??o ? necess?rio se operar a altas vaz?es (58,6 m3/m2h). A partir dos resultados obtidos, a condi??o de regime de leito denso mostra-se como a melhor condi??o a ser utilizada quando se opera o misturador-decantador ? invers?o de fases com vaz?es espec?ficas acima de 58,6 m3.m-2.h-1. Os resultados utilizando o regime de leito denso mostram que elevando-se a altura do leito de gotas n?o-coalescidas e/ou diminuindo a raz?o volum?trica org?nico/aquoso aumenta a efici?ncia de separa??o do aparelho

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In the present dissertation, the synthesis and characterization of cellulose acetate membranes as well as cellulose acetate and polystyrene blends, were studied. Recycled materials were used to produce the blends. Cellulose acetate (CA) was produced from sugarcane bagasse, and waste plastic cups were used as polystyrene (PS) source. Blends, produced with different CA/PS ratios, were characterized regarding the miscibility of their components. The techniques utilized for membrane characterization were Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and measurements of water diffusion through the membranes. The results confirmed the existence of miscibility microregions in the blends and indicated a region of transition when 30% PS was used, indicating a limit for a possible phase inversion between the matrix and the disperse phase. The membranes were also characterized regarding their properties of water flux, PEG rejection (utilizing an aqueous solution 1% w/v of polyethylene glycol, PEG, 45 kDa and 80 kDa) and ion diffusion by dialysis. The experiment of ion diffusion by dialysis showed that the coefficients of ion diffusion of both the pure CA and the CA/PS blends were comparable to previously reported values for commercial cellulose triacetate membrane. These results showed that the membrane produced from recycled materials, sugarcane bagasse and polystyrene cups, behaves likewise the commercial material. Regarding permeation driven by difference of pressure, 12% w/w membrane showed the best performance and rejected 27% PEG 80 kDa. These preliminary results showed that this membrane should be better evaluated in the range of application comprehending ultrafiltration or microfiltration processes. / Nesta dissertação estudou-se a síntese e caracterização de membranas de acetato de celulose e blendas de acetato de celulose com poliestireno. Foram utilizados materiais reciclados, sendo o acetato de celulose (AC) obtido pela reciclagem do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, e o poliestireno (PS) de copos plásticos descartados. As blendas, produzidas com diferentes proporções de AC/PS, foram caracterizadas quanto a miscibilidade dos seus componentes. As técnicas utilizadas foram a Espectrometria de Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourrier (FTIR), Calorimetria Diferencial Exploratória (DSC), Análise Termogravimétrica (TGA), Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura (MEV) e medidas de difusão de água através das membranas. Os resultados confirmaram a existência de microrregiões de miscibilidade nas blendas, e também evidenciaram uma região de transição na proporção de 30% de PS, indicando um limite para uma possível inversão de fases entre a matriz e a fase dispersa. As membranas também foram caracterizadas por fluxo de água, rejeição ao PEG (de diferentes massas molares) e difusão de íons por diálise, visando apontá-las para possíveis processos de separação. Os experimentos de difusão de íons por diálise mostraram que o coeficiente de difusão de íons, tanto das membranas de AC puro quanto das blendas AC/PS, foram comparáveis ao valor encontrado na literatura para uma membrana de triacetato de celulose comercial. Estes resultados demonstram que as membranas produzidas a partir de materiais reciclados, bagaço de cana-deaçúcar e copos de poliestireno, apresentaram performance comparável àquela produzida de um material comercial. Com relação ao experimento por diferença de pressão, a membrana de AC 12% mostrou a melhor performance e rejeitou 27 % do PEG 80 kDa. Estes resultados preliminares mostram que esta membrana pode ser indicada para uma melhor avaliação em uma faixa de aplicação que compreende os processos de ultrafiltração e microfiltração. / Mestre em Química