Orientador: João Sinezio de Carvalho Campos / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T01:48:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Liba_AdemirDonizeti_M.pdf: 4797015 bytes, checksum: 1351ff08893b1a29731246cf2e4cd3c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 / Resumo: A resina de poliéster insaturada (RPI) é um polímero termofixo de baixo peso molecular obtido por condensação, o processo inicia-se através da esterificação entre diálcoois e diácidos saturados e insaturados, com o aumento do peso molecular do polímero, a retirada da água, que é gerada como subproduto da reação, torna-se difícil e lança-se mão do uso do vácuo ou de um maior fluxo de gás inerte para finalização da reação. Quanto à produção em escala industrial, apesar de conhecerem-se métodos de produção contínua, esta na maioria das indústrias é conduzida em bateladas com tempo de duração em média de 20 horas, podendo variar de acordo com a escolha das matérias primas utilizadas. Para a obtenção do polímero dentro dos parâmetros especificados, se faz necessário o controle dos radicais carboxilas, medidos através do índice de acidez (IA) e do peso molecular médio numérico (Mn), sendo este último parâmetro obtido de maneira indireta através da viscosidade(n). Para a viscosidade pode-se utilizar a escala Gardner, ou o viscosímetro cone e placa. A marcha de execução destas técnicas envolve várias etapas, desde a retirada da amostra até a obtenção do resultado da medida, sendo que para a amostragem, dependendo do equipamento disponível, esta pode implicar na interrupção do processo produtivo. Neste trabalho apresenta-se uma alternativa para o controle da reação, através do infravermelho próximo (NIR), em substituição às técnicas convencionais, com a vantagem do acompanhamento e do controle ser passível de execução em tempo real e sem a necessidade da retirada de amostras. Utilizou-se como base para o trabalho, a utilização anterior do NIR em processos envolvendo outros polímeros, tais como o policloreto de vinila (PVC), o policarbonato, o poliuretano e outros. Para verificar-se a viabilidade da utilização do NIR em substituição as técnicas convencionais, os valores obtidos para o IA e a viscosidade através destas técnicas foram comparados estatisticamente aos valores obtidos pelo NIR, obtendo-se forte correlação, com confiabilidade estatística de 95%. Com os resultados obtidos concluiu-se que o NIR pode ser utilizado com vantagens para o controle do processo de obtenção da resina de poliéster insaturada / Abstract: The unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) is a thermosetting polymer of low molecular weight obtained by condensation, the process begins through a esterification, between glycols and a mix of saturated and unsaturated acids, when the molecular weight of the polymer increase, the retreat of the water, generated as by-product of the reaction, if it turns more difficult and are necessary to use a vacuum or a larger flow of inert gas for finalization of the reaction. The production in industrial scale, in spite of they know each other methods of continuous production, are made in a batch with 20 hours long, could vary in agreement with the choice of the raw materials. For the obtaining of the polymer in the specified parameters, are necessary the control of the acid number (AN) and of the molecular weight (Mn), being this last obtained parameter in an indirect way through the viscosity. For measures those properties, are used as tools for the measure of the acidity number by titrimetric methods, and for the viscosity are use the Gardner scale, or the cone and plate viscometer. These techniques involves several stages, from the take of the sample to the obtaining of the result of the measure, and for obtain the sampling, depending on the available equipment, this can implicate in the interruption of the productive process. In this work we propose an alternative for the control of the reaction, by near infrared spectrometer (NIR), in substitution to the conventional techniques, with the advantage of the attendance and of the control to be susceptible to execution in real time and without the need of take samples. It was used as base for the work, the previous work of NIR in processes involving other polymeric materials, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polycarbonate, the polyurethane and others. To verify the viability of the use of NIR in substitution of the conventional techniques, the values obtained for acid number and viscosity through these techniques were compared to the values obtained by NIR, being obtained strong correlation, with statistical reliability of 95%. With the obtained results it was ended that NIR can be used with advantages for the process control of unsaturated polyester resin / Mestrado / Ciencia e Tecnologia de Materiais / Mestre em Engenharia Química

Kemiska arbetsmiljörisker förekommer inom ett flertal branscher och behöver förebyggas för att skydda arbetstagare mot ohälsa, sjukdom och olycksfall. Det förebyggande arbetet görs genom att identifierade risker bedöms och kontrolleras med ändamålsenliga åtgärder, med målet att riskerna minskar eller helt försvinner. Att genomföra kemiska riskbedömningar är dock ofta både svårt och komplext med många olika aspekter att beakta och kräver både tid och kunskap. Som ett sätt att förenkla och effektivisera processen kring kemisk riskbedömning önskar Skanska, ett företag inom bygg- och anläggningsbranschen, se över om det är möjligt att återanvända kemiska riskbedömningar. Syftet med detta examensarbete blev därmed att utreda möjligheten i återanvändning av redan genomförda kemiska riskbedömningar där de kemiska produkterna ska användas igen. Utredningen har fokuserat på fördelar, hinder eller svårigheter och förutsättningar för återanvändning. Europeiskt och svenskt regelverk och vetenskaplig litteratur har genomlysts och data har samlats in från intervjuer med olika nyckelpersoner på tre arbetsplatser inom Skanska samt utifrån riskbedömningar av några utsedda produkter. Resultatet har därefter jämförts med svenskt regelverk, för att därigenom dra slutsatser om möjligheten i återanvändning av kemiska riskbedömningar. Examensarbetet har resulterat i slutsatsen att återanvändning av kemiska riskbedömningar bör vara möjlig, under förutsättning att de mallar eller checklistor som används som stöd uppfyller de krav som finns för kemisk riskbedömning. Det behöver säkerställas genom ändamålsenliga rutiner av personal med rätt kompetens om kemiska arbetsmiljörisker. Det behöver också stämmas av att exempelvis arbetssätt, omgivning och tillgången av åtgärder är likvärdiga på den arbetsplats som först genomfört riskbedömningen, och den arbetsplats som därefter återanvänder riskbedömningen, eller att dessa faktorer kan bli likvärdiga genom vidtagna åtgärder. Några risker eller hinder för återanvändning har identifierats. En av de mest framträdande riskerna är att kemiska arbetsmiljörisker förbises i samband med återanvändningen och därigenom också de åtgärder som behöver vidtas. Orsaker till detta kan vara bristande kunskap och engagemang eller möjligen fusk och slarv. I situationer där arbete ska ske med farligare kemiska produkter kan det vara svårare med återanvändning av riskbedömningar. Några fördelar med återanvändning bedöms vara förkortad tidsåtgång för kemiska riskbedömningar, en effektivare hantering, samt ett ökat stöd och lärande om kemiska arbetsmiljörisker genom att man lär av varandra och tidigare riskbedömningar. Möjligen kan återanvändning också bidra till att fler riskbedömningar genomförs, för att därigenom trygga yrkesarbetarnas säkerhet och hälsa. / Chemical risks in the work environment occur in several industries, and need to be prevented to protect workers from ill-health, illness and accidents. By performing risk assessments and taking appropriate measures, it is possible to reach the goal to reduce or even eliminate chemical risks. However, performing chemical risk assessments is often a quite difficult and complex issue with several different aspects to consider, requiring both time and knowledge. As a way to simplify and streamline the process of chemical risk assessment, Skanska, a company within the construction industry, wants to investigate whether it is possible to reuse chemical risk assessments. The purpose of this thesis was thus to investigate the possibility of reusing already performed chemical risk assessments in situations where the chemical products will be used again. The investigation has focused on the advantages, obstacles or difficulties and prerequisites for reuse. European and Swedish regulations and scientific literature have been reviewed and data have been collected from interviews with managers, safety representatives and employees at three workplaces at Skanska and from performed risk assessments of some selected products. Thereafter, the results have been compared with Swedish regulations, in order to draw conclusions about the possibility of reusing chemical risk assessments. The conclusion is that it should be possible to reuse chemical risk assessments, provided that the templates or checklists used as a support meet the requirements for chemical risk assessments. This needs to be ensured through appropriate routines by personnel with the right expertise about chemical risks in the work environment. It must also be ensured that some factors, as way of working, the work environment and measures taken, need to be similar for the workplace first performing the risk assessment, and the workplace that will reuse the same risk assessment, or at least that these factors can become similar after measures taken. Some risks or obstacles of reusing chemical risk assessments have been identified. One of the most prominent risks is that chemical hazards will be missed and thereby also the measures that need to be taken. This may be due to lack of knowledge and commitment or possibly cheating or carelessness. In situations where more hazardous chemical products are being used, it may be more difficult to reuse risk assessments. Some benefits of reusing risk assessments may be less time required for chemical risk assessments, more efficient management and increased support and learning about chemical hazards by learning from each other and previous risk assessments. Possibly, reuse can also contribute to more risk assessments being carried out, thereby ensuring the safety and health of professional workers.