Diploma thesis studies the effect of temperature (75 and 105 °C) and the effect of 3 kinds of liquids (silicone and hydraulic oil and coolant) at room temperature and at 105 °C on change of the structure of 3 species butadiene-acrylonitrile (NBR) seals (o-ring and two types of bolts). The seals are inspected by the thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and infrared spectroscopy, the influence of 105 °C on the o-rings is also evaluated in terms of changes in tensile properties. The greatest changes in the composition and structure are observed on o-rings particularly due to temperature of 105 °C, there was a significant reduction in dilatability and an increase in stiffness and glass transition temperature. The root cause is the surface and centre additive decomposition and oxidation. The bolts have suffered from decomposition of the protective surface layer and the additives in the centre, structural change was minor. Exposure to 75 °C has resulted in a gradual loss of low molecular weight substances. Liquids at room temperature didn‘t affect the structure of the seals, at 105 °C it caused a loss of weight due to decomposition of the protective surface layer and release of additives and the products of their decomposition. Results showed that the common use of the NBR seals at 105 °C is unsuitable, at 75 °C it leads to gradual changes, loss in mechanical and sealing properties.

Le butadiène est une molécule d’intérêt industriel qui peut être produite par le procédé dit Ostromislensky, avec l’éthanol en tant que matière première. Cette étude a pour objectif de développer un modèle cinétique pour expliquer la transformation d’un mélange éthanol/acétaldéhyde en butadiène, dans le cadre de la seconde étape de ce procédé. Le modèle cinétique est basé sur un schéma réactionnel et un modèle de réacteur. Le schéma proposé comprend la voie de Gorin Jones, communément acceptée dans la littérature, et une toute nouvelle voie impliquant un intermédiaire buténone. Les étapes clés ont été étudiées spécifiquement via des tests dédiés. Le schéma décrit aussi les étapes amenant aux principaux produits secondaires. Il a été validé à partir d’une base de données expérimentale, générée en amont de l’étude sur une unité de type gaz/solide, lit fixe, isobare (3 bara) et isotherme, avec un catalyseur Ta2O5 SiO2. L’influence des conditions opératoires sur l’effluent a été observée pour trois ratios éthanol/acétaldéhyde et sur des gammes de PPH (1,1 à 8,1 g·gcata 1·h-1) et de températures (320 à 370 °C). Le réacteur (piston dispersif sans limitations diffusionnelles) intégrant des lois cinétiques d’ordre, a été modélisé à l’état permanent via un solveur LSODE. Les paramètres cinétiques ont été estimés via un optimiseur Levenberg Marquardt à partir de la base de données expérimentale. Le modèle cinétique obtenu, basé sur un schéma réactionnel inédit, est en capacité de représenter et de prédire les débits des composés principaux et les tendances et ordre de grandeurs des débits des composés minoritaires selon les effets de PPH, de charge et de température, excepté dans certaines conditions opératoires limites isolées / Butadiene is a molecule of industrial interest that can be produced by the so-called Ostromislensky process, with ethanol as raw material. This study aims to develop a kinetic model to explain the transformation of an ethanol/acetaldehyde mixture into butadiene, as part of the second step of this process. The kinetic model is based on a reaction scheme and a reactor model. The proposed scheme includes the commonly accepted Gorin Jones pathway and a new pathway involving a butenone intermediate. The key steps were specifically studied via dedicated experiments. The scheme describes also steps leading to by products. It was validated from an experimental database, generated upstream of the study on a gas / solid type unit, fixed bed, isobaric (3 bara) and isothermal, with a Ta2O5 SiO2 catalyst. The influence of the operating conditions on the effluent was observed for three ethanol/acetaldehyde ratios and over ranges of PPH (1.1 to 8.1 g·gcata 1·h-1) and temperatures (320 to 370 °C). The reactor (plug flow without diffusional limitations) integrating kinetic laws of order, was modeled in the permanent state via a solver LSODE. Kinetic parameters were estimated via a Levenberg Marquardt optimizer from the experimental database. The kinetic model obtained, based on a brand new reaction scheme, is able to represent and predict the flow rates of the main compounds and the trends and orders of magnitude of the flow rates of the minority compounds according to the effects of PPH, charge and temperature, except under certain isolated operating conditions

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[pt] O Acrilonitrila-Butadieno-Estireno (ABS) é um polímero de grande uso industrial, sendo empregado em inúmeros produtos. Muitas de suas aplicações necessitam de uma elevada resistência a combustão seja pela presença de cargas elétricas (Efeito Joule) ou a exposição a ambientes de altas temperaturas. No entanto, o ABS, de modo semelhante a maioria dos polímeros, não é tão resistente a combustão, sendo necessário o emprego de aditivos Retardantes de Chamas (RC). A introdução desses aditivos pode, entretanto, acarretar alteração nas propriedades mecânicas, de forma que é necessário se comparar o comportamento do material com e sem aditivos. Particularmente importante é o comportamento a longo prazo, como a fluência. Assim, nesse trabalho foi avaliado o comportamento a fluência do ABS sem aditivo e de três sistemas ABS/RC. Foi usado um sistema empregando um aditivo comercial à base de bromo (ABS − Br), que serviu como base de comparação e dois sistemas recentemente desenvolvidos, empregando bio-retardantes, a saber: ácido tânico (TA) e polifosfato de amônio (APP). Os resultados dos ensaios mostraram que o aditivo comercial não acarretou variação da vida em fluência em relação ao ABS sem aditivo. Por outro lado, os resultados indicaram que a vida em fluência foi reduzida quando o aditivo APP foi incorporado e que aumentou quando o TA foi adicionado. Os dados experimentais dos ensaios de fluência foram usados para avaliar o comportamento viscoelástico dos quatro grupos de materiais. O ABS teve seu comportamento adequadamente representado pelo modelo de Burgers, assim como a ABS com aditivo à base de bromo. O modelo que melhor descreveu o comportamento do ABS com APP foi o modelo modificado de Burgers (Streched Burgers). Nem todas as amostras do ABS com TA apresentaram fluência no intervalo de tempo usado e o modelo que melhor descreveu o comportamento foi o do sólido linear padrão. / [en] Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) is a polymer of great industrial use, being used in numerous products. Many of its applications require a high resistance to combustion, either due to the presence of electrical charges (Joule Effect) or exposure to high temperature environments. However, ABS, like most polymers, is not as resistant to combustion, requiring the use of Flame Retardant (RC) additives. The introduction of these additives can, however, lead to changes in the mechanical properties, so it is necessary to compare the behavior of the material with and without additives. Particularly important is long-term behavior such as fluency. Thus, in this work, the creep behavior of ABS without additive and of three ABS/RC systems was evaluated. A system employing a commercial bromine-based additive (ABS − Br) was used, which served as a basis for comparison and two recently developed systems employing bio-retardants, namely: tannic acid (TA) and ammonium polyphosphate (APP) . The test results showed that the commercial additive did not cause a change in creep life compared to ABS without additive. On the other hand, the results indicated that the creep life was reduced when the APP additive was incorporated and that it increased when the TA was added. Experimental data from creep tests were used to evaluate the viscoelastic behavior of the four groups of materials. ABS had its behavior adequately represented by the Burgers model, as well as ABS with bromine-based additive. The model that best described the behavior of ABS with APP was the modified Burgers model (Streched Burgers). Not all ABS samples with TA showed fluence in the time interval used and the model that best described the behavior was the standard linear solid.

This dissertation documents the building of computational propellant/ingredient models toward predicting AP/HTPB/Al cookoff events. Two computer codes were used to complete this work; a steady-state code and a transient ignition code Numerous levels of verification resulted in a robust set of codes to which several propellant/ingredient models were applied. To validate the final cookoff predictions, several levels of validation were completed, including the comparison of model predictions to experimental data for: AP steady-state combustion, fine-AP/HTPB steady-state combustion, AP laser ignition, fine-AP/HTPB laser ignition, AP/HTPB/Al ignition, and AP/HTPB/Al cookoff. A previous AP steady-state model was updated, and then a new AP steady-state model was developed, to predict steady-state combustion. Burning rate, temperature sensitivity, surface temperature, melt-layer thickness, surface species at low pressure and high initial temperature, final flame temperature, final species fractions, and laser-augmented burning rate were all predicted accurately by the new model. AP ignition predictions gave accurate times to ignition for the limited experimental data available. A previous fine-AP/HTPB steady-state model was improved to predict a melt layer consistent with observation and avoid numerical divergence in the ignition code. The current fine-AP/HTPB model predicts burning rate, surface temperature, final flame temperature, and final species fractions for several different propellant formulations with decent success. Results indicate that the modeled condensed-phase decomposition should be exothermic, instead of endothermic, as currently formulated. Changing the model in this way would allow for accurate predictions of temperature sensitivity, laser-augmented burning rate, and surface temperature trends. AP/HTPB ignition predictions bounded the data across a wide range of heat fluxes. The AP/HTPB/Al model was based upon the kinetics of the AP/HTPB model, with the inclusion of aluminum being inert in both the solid and gas phases. AP/HTPB/Al ignition predictions bound the data for all but one source. AP/HTPB/Al cookoff predictions were accurate when compared to the limited data, being slightly low (shorter time) in general. Comparisons of AP/HTPB/Al ignition and cookoff data showed that the experimental data might be igniting earlier than expected.

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Les suies et les hydrocarbures polyaromatiques, qui sont émis à l’échappement des moteurs Diesel, constituent une part importante de la pollution urbaine. Depuis plusieurs années, de nombreuses recherches ont permis de progresser dans le domaine de la cinétique de la combustion des hydrocarbures qui est maintenant relativement bien connue. Il reste néanmoins des zones d’ombre concernant la formation des composés aromatiques (benzène, toluène,…) et des hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques (HAP) dont la formation provient d’espèces composées de deux à six atomes de carbone et qui mènent directement ou indirectement à la formation des suies.L’allène, le propyne, le butadiène et le cyclopentène sont des produits intermédiaires importants de la combustion dans les moteurs. Dans ce contexte, ce travail de thèse a permis de mieux comprendre les voies réactionnelles importantes dans la formation du benzène et du toluène. Le chapitre I de ce mémoire présente une revue bibliographique des travaux antérieurs sur l’oxydation du méthane, de l’allène, de propyne, de 1,3-butadiène et du cyclopentène. Le chapitre II présente une description détaillée du montage expérimental utilisé durant cette étude afin d’étudier la structure de la flamme laminaire de prémélange. Les chapitres III, IV et V présentent les résultats expérimentaux obtenus en flamme laminaire de prémélange, ainsi qu’une comparaison avec des simulations effectuées à l’aide de mécanismes réactionnels élaborés durant ce travail de thèse / Soots and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which are present in the exhaust gas of diesel engines, represent a large part of the urban pollution. Many efforts have then been focused on reducing the emissions of these compounds. The formation of soot precursors and PAH in combustion involves small unsaturadted hydrocarbons the chemistry of which is still very uncertain. Allene, propyne, 1,3-butadiene and cyclopentene are intermediate products in the combustion in cars engines. This work has led to a better understanding of several important paths in the formation of benzene and toluene. The chapter I of this report presents a bibliographic review of former work on the oxidation of methane, allene, propyne, 1,3-butadiene and cyclopentene. Chapter II gives a detailed description of the experimental set up used during this work to study the structure of the premixed flat laminar flames. Chapters III, IV and V present our experimental results obtained in laminar premixed flat flames and also the comparison with simulations

Neste trabalho, estudos da copolimerização em emulsão de estireno e butadieno foram realizados em duas etapas. A primeira etapa consistiu na obtenção de um modelo matemático que representasse os processos em batelada e em semicontínuo através das principais variáveis do processo. Na segunda etapa, o efeito de diversas variáveis importantes ao processo foi avaliado, dentre elas: o tempo de adição dos reagentes, o tipo de alimentação empregado e a temperatura da reação. O modelo matemático se baseia em um trabalho previamente publicado que foi adaptado para simular o processo de copolimerização de estireno e butadieno em emulsão. Foram simulados processos em batelada e em semicontínuo. Em conjunto com os resultados experimentais, foi realizada a estimação de parâmetros não obtidos na literatura utilizando o método de Marquardt. As características do processo e as propriedades do polímero, tais como, conversão, diâmetro de partícula, taxa de polimerização e pressão interna do reator também foram obtidas, fornecendo condições para otimização e avaliação do processo de polimerização em batelada e em semicontínuo. Adicionalmente, também foi proposto um modelo de equilíbrio líquido-vapor dos monômeros. Os ensaios experimentais foram realizados em reator encamisado semicontínuo de mistura com 3 litros, nos quais foram utilizados persulfato de sódio como iniciador, lauril sulfato de sódio como emulsificante e tercdodecil mercaptana como agente de transferência de cadeia. Foram estudados os efeitos da temperatura, do tipo e do tempo de alimentação utilizada. A velocidade de polimerização, os diâmetros médios de partículas, o teor de monômero residual, o teor de insolúveis e o teor de resíduos foram avaliados. A cromatografia gasosa foi aplicada com sucesso em análises de látex e monômeros com finalidades diversas, destacando-se a obtenção de coeficientes de atividade necessários ao modelo de equilíbrio líquido-vapor, análise da concentração de monômeros ao longo da reação e análise da concentração de monômero residual. / In this work, studies of the styrene butadiene emulsion copolymerization had been performed in two stages. The first stage composed of a mathematical model that represented the batch and semi continuous process. In the second stage, the effects of diverse process variables were evaluated, among them: the time of addition of the reagents, feeding type and temperature reaction. The mathematical model was based on previously published work that it was adapted to simulate the styrene butadiene emulsion copolymerization process. Batch and semi continuous processes were simulated. In assembly with the experimental results, Marquardt method was applied to estimate some parameters that wasn’t found in literature. The variable process and the properties of polymer, such as, conversion, particle diameter, rate of polymerization and pressure of the reactor had been also simulated to batch and semicontinous process. A liquid-vapor balance of monomers model was proposed. The experimental stage had been carried through in a semi continuous stirring jacket tank reactor with 3 liters. Sodium persulfate as initiating, sodium lauryl sulfate as surfactant and Tert dodecyl mercaptan as chain transference agent had been used. The effect of temperature, type and time feeding had been studied. Polymerization rate, particles diameter, residual monomer had been evaluated. The gaseous chromatography was successfully applied in analyses of latex with diverse purposes: activity coefficient estimation, adjustment of liquid-vapor model, analysis of residual monomer of the reaction and volatiles organic components concentration in final latex.

Esta pesquisa objetiva avaliar o emprego de agregados graúdos reciclados (produzidos a partir do entulho de construção e demolição) e o emprego do látex estireno-butadieno (polímero sintético) nas propriedades de concretos estruturais de média resistência. Todos os estudos são conduzidos comparando-se as propriedades de concretos com agregados naturais sem adição de látex, e de concretos com agregados graúdos reciclados com e sem adição de látex. Na primeira fase da pesquisa, são avaliadas propriedades físicas e mecânicas destes concretos. São analisados três traços (com diferentes consumos de cimento) modificados com quatro percentagens de látex e submetidos a quatro formas de cura. Os resultados da primeira fase formam a base para a segunda fase da pesquisa, na qual apenas um dos traços contendo uma determinada porcentagem de látex e sob uma única forma de cura é submetido a ensaios em célula de corrosão acelerada e aderência aço-concreto. Como resultado principal, tem-se que o emprego conjunto de agregados graúdos reciclados e látex estireno-butadieno fornece concretos com resistência mecânica equivalente aos concretos contendo agregados naturais e com desempenho em ambientes agressivos e aderência aço-concreto também semelhantes. Conclui-se, portanto, pela viabilidade do emprego destes concretos como concreto estrutural armado no que tange às propriedades avaliadas. / This research aims at evaluating the use of coarse recycled aggregates (produced from construction and demolition debris) and the use of styrene-butadiene latex (synthetic polymer) in the concrete constitution of medium resistance concrete structures. All studies are carried out comparing the concrete properties with natural aggregates without latex, and concrete with coarse recycled aggregates with or without latex. In the first stage of the research, physical and mechanical properties of these concretes are evaluated (with different cement contents) modified with four percent of latex and submitted to four cure condition. The results of the first stage produce the base for the second stage of the research, where only one of the features containing a determinate percentage of latex and under a sole form of cure condition it is submitted to tests in accelerated corrosive cell and steel-concrete adherence. As a main result, it is believed that the joint usage of coarse recycled aggregates and styrene-butadiene latex provides mechanical resistant concrete equivalent to concrete containing natural aggregates with a similar performance in aggressive environments and with steel-concrete adherence. Due to the its employment feasibility, one can conclude that this concrete is structurally armed in as far as its properties were evaluated.