De nombreux capteurs d'ammoniac existent, mais la prise en compte de l'effet de l'humidité sur la mesure capteur est rarement assurée, y compris chez les fabricants. L'objectif de cette thèse est de proposer un transducteur conductimétrique capable de mesurer le taux d'ammoniac de façon sélective, avec une précision suffisante, pour une application au contrôle de la qualité de l'air dans un environnement à taux d'humidité variable. Le moyen employé pour atteindre cet objectif est l'utilisation de résistors à base de phtalocyanines de cobalt, sous forme de films minces, comme matériaux semi-conducteurs. L'étude porte sur la mise en forme de ces films minces réalisés par évaporation sous vide, évaporation de solvant et électrodéposition. Des bancs de mesures automatisés ont été mis en place pour effectuer les mesures électriques sous argon et pour étudierles réponses à l'ammoniac sec ou humide en appliquant des cycles exposition / repos. A partir de ces cycles de 1 min et 4 min, des réponses relatives sont calculées pour obtenir des valeurs proportionnelles aux concentrations d'ammoniac. Les effets de l'humidité seule et de l'ozone ont également été étudiés. Des tests sur la sensibilité croisée ammoniac / humidité ont été réalisés sur quatre résistors différents, dans des gammes de concentration allant de 25 à 90 ppm et dans des gammes d'humidité allant de 0 à 80% d'HR, à température ambiante. Deux d'entre eux, un résistor de phtalocyanine de cobalt (PcCo) et un résistor hybride de phtalocyanine de cobalt sulfonée /polypyrrole (s-PcCo/PPy), ont donné des résultats particulièrement intéressants.PcCo permet de discriminer des concentrations de 25, 45 et 90 ppm d'ammoniac dans une gammede 20 à 60% d'HR, avec une réponse relative de 40% à 45 ppm. De plus, mêmes si les RRs à 80%d'HR divergent légèrement, la discrimination est toujours possible entre les différentesconcentrations de NH3.s-PcCo / PPy est moins sensible à l'ammoniac, mais son étude a permis de démontrer que l'ajout dephtalocyanine dans une matrice polypyrrole augmente la sensibilité de ce matériau. Il donne uneréponse relative de 3,3% à 45 ppm. Cependant, la gamme d'humidité couverte est plus large, allant de 20 à 80% d'HR.Cette étude a donc permis de comparer des matériaux et d'estimer leur potentiel pour des applications au contrôle de la qualité de l'air avec différents taux d'humidité / Many ammonia sensors are available but the consideration of the humidity effect is scarcely insured even by manufacturers. The aim of this thesis is to propose a conductimetric transducer capable tomeasure ammonia selectively, with enough accuracy for air quality control, in a variable humidity environment. To reach this goal, we used thin film resistors made of cobalt phthalocyanines as semiconductor. This study deals with thin films processing made by vacuum evaporation, solventcast and electrodeposition. Automated workbenches were developed to perform electrical measurements under argon and to study the response of sensors to dry or humid ammonia by meansof 1 min / 4 min-long exposure / recovery cycles. From those cycles, relative responses are calculated to obtain values proportional to ammonia concentrations. The humidity and ozone effects are also studied independently as well. Ammonia / humidity cross sensitivity tests are made with four different resistors exposed to ammonia concentration in a 25-90 ppm range and in a 0-80%relative humidity range, under ambient temperature. Two of them, a cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc)resistor and a hybrid resistor made of sulfonated cobalt phthalocyanine / polypyrrole (s-CoPc/PPy)gave interesting results.CoPc allows to discriminate 25, 45 and 90 ppm ammonia concentrations under 20-60% RH range,with a relative response of 40% at 45 ppm. Moreover, even if the RRs at 80% RH shift slightly, it isstill possible to discriminate the different concentrations.s-CoPc / PPy is less sensitive to ammonia but its study allowed to show that adding phthalocyaninein a PPy matrix enhances the sensitivity of this material and gives a RR of 3.3% at 45 ppm.However, the covered humidity range is larger, from 20 to 80% RH. Thus, this study allows to compare molecular materials and estimate their potential for air quality control applications with different humidity levels

A despeito dos avanços instrumentais, as titulações continuam sendo largamente aplicadas em laboratórios de química analítica. Seu amplo uso está relacionado com a boa exatidão em aplicações bem estabelecidas e freqüente indicação como método de referência (p. ex., farmacopéias), equipamentos simples, comuns e de custo reduzido, consumo moderado de tempo e de reagentes. Entre as técnicas de titulação, destacam-se as potenciométricas (TP), empregadas universalmente para a quantificação de um ou mais componentes ácidos ou básicos em soluções aquosas ou não aquosas, possibilitando ainda determinar as constantes de dissociação de ácidos e de protonação de bases. Na análise de dados de TP são, via de regra, empregados os métodos clássicos (derivadas), porém, para sistemas compreendendo componentes multiprotonáveis, as inflexões das curvas de titulação deixam ser nítidas, especialmente em baixas concentrações. Nestas condições desfavoráveis, ainda assim podem-se obter resultados satisfatórios recorrendo a métodos de linearização das curvas ou analisando os dados por regressão não linear (RNL), facilmente implementáveis em computadores, hoje disseminados nos laboratórios. Outra técnica clássica para acompanhamento de titulações é a condutimétrica (TC), menos utilizada que a TP nos dias atuais, salvo para ácidos ou bases muito fracas, servindo para prover dados complementares em estudos de formação de complexos ou na caracterização de amostras ambientais. Tipicamente os pontos estequiométricos coincidem com a intersecção de segmentos de reta. Para amostras muito diluídas, com sistemas multipróticos ou com elevada concentração de eletrólitos em relação às espécies tituladas, a interpretação gráfica fica dificultada e a precisão decai. Pesquisas recentes mostraram que é possível aproveitar informações obtidas por TP para alimentar modelos de regressão não linear de TC e, assim, obter informações mais completas das amostras estudadas. No presente trabalho, avançou-se nesta linha criando programas computacionais para a análise simultânea de dados obtidos por TC e TP, empregando o método de RNL e minimizando os desvios (ou o quadrado dos desvios) dos dois conjuntos completos de dados para prover caracterização mais completa das amostras e melhoria na precisão dos resultados. Um programa de simulação de dados de TC e TP das mais diversas combinações e concentrações de sistemas ácido-base, com recursos para acrescentar erros aleatórios às variáveis simuladas, foi também desenvolvido. Permitiu verificar a validade e potencialidade do método da TPC-RNL e aperfeiçoar o programa de análise simultânea de dados. O programa de TPC-RNL foi aplicado inicialmente à re-avaliação de dados de titulações de água de chuva anteriormente coletadas e analisadas por outro colaborador do grupo. Como exemplo de aplicação original a amostras reais difíceis tanto para a TC como a TP isoladamente, determinou-se, por TPC, baixas concentrações de ácidos orgânicos de baixo peso molecular em amostras obtidas do produto de oxidação acelerada do biodiesel. Os resultados se mostraram compatíveis com os obtidos por outro pesquisador que recorreu à eletroforese capilar, sendo que o pH, a condutividade e a força iônica das amostras também foi reproduzida pelo programa Peak Master alimentado com as concentrações ajustadas por RNL / Despite all the advances in instrumental techniques, titrations are still widely applied in analytical chemistry laboratories. Its widespread use is associated with good accuracy, well established applications, simple, readily available and low cost equipment, moderate consumption of time and reagents and frequent indication as a reference method (eg., Pharmacopoeias). Potentiometric titrations (PT) outstands among other techniques, being universally used for the quantification of one or more basic or acidic components in aqueous or non aqueous samples and enabling further determination of the dissociation constants of acids and bases. Data analysis of PT with the glass electrode is typically done by finding the inflections of the curves with help of simple derivatives. However, PT curves of systems with multiprotonable components, specially at very low concentrations, fail to show sharp inflections. Under such unfavorable conditions, satisfactory results can still be obtained by using curve linearization methods or nonlinear regression (NLR) methods, now at the reach of every laboratory computer. Another classic technique for following titrations is conductivity (CT), less used routinely than PT nowadays except for very weak acids or bases, but still valuable as a complementary technique in equilibrium studies of complex formation or for the characterization of environmental samples. The stoichiometric points of simple CTs are found at the intersection of line segments. For very dilute samples or for multiprotic systems or with high concentrations of electrolytes compared to the species to be titrated, the graphical interpretation becomes difficult and the accuracy declines. Recent research has shown that it is possible to harness information obtained by PT to render non-linear regression models of CT solvable, thus extracting more complete information of the samples. This dissertation is devoted to the development and evaluation of software for the simultaneous analysis of data from CT and PT gathered together in the laboratory or by simulation, using the method of NLR with minimization of the weighted deviations (or their squares) of the two full data sets to provide more complete characterization of the samples and to improve the precision of the results. A simulation program for generating CT and PT curves for freely combined acid-base systems over a wide concentration range, with features to add random errors to the simulated variables was also developed. The simulator was used to evaluate the validity and potentiality of the PCTNLR method and improve the software of simultaneous data analysis. The program of PCT-NLR was applied firstly to the re-evaluation of data from titrations of rainwater collected and analyzed previously by another contributor to the group. As an original application example to real samples that are difficult for CT or PT separately, low concentrations of organic acids of low molecular weight were determined by PCT-NLR in samples from accelerated biodiesel oxidation tests. The results were consistent with those obtained by another researcher who used the capillary electrophoresis. The pH, ionic strength and conductivity of the samples were also reproduced by the program Peak Master using concentrations adjusted by NLR

A despeito dos avanços instrumentais, as titulações continuam sendo largamente aplicadas em laboratórios de química analítica. Seu amplo uso está relacionado com a boa exatidão em aplicações bem estabelecidas e freqüente indicação como método de referência (p. ex., farmacopéias), equipamentos simples, comuns e de custo reduzido, consumo moderado de tempo e de reagentes. Entre as técnicas de titulação, destacam-se as potenciométricas (TP), empregadas universalmente para a quantificação de um ou mais componentes ácidos ou básicos em soluções aquosas ou não aquosas, possibilitando ainda determinar as constantes de dissociação de ácidos e de protonação de bases. Na análise de dados de TP são, via de regra, empregados os métodos clássicos (derivadas), porém, para sistemas compreendendo componentes multiprotonáveis, as inflexões das curvas de titulação deixam ser nítidas, especialmente em baixas concentrações. Nestas condições desfavoráveis, ainda assim podem-se obter resultados satisfatórios recorrendo a métodos de linearização das curvas ou analisando os dados por regressão não linear (RNL), facilmente implementáveis em computadores, hoje disseminados nos laboratórios. Outra técnica clássica para acompanhamento de titulações é a condutimétrica (TC), menos utilizada que a TP nos dias atuais, salvo para ácidos ou bases muito fracas, servindo para prover dados complementares em estudos de formação de complexos ou na caracterização de amostras ambientais. Tipicamente os pontos estequiométricos coincidem com a intersecção de segmentos de reta. Para amostras muito diluídas, com sistemas multipróticos ou com elevada concentração de eletrólitos em relação às espécies tituladas, a interpretação gráfica fica dificultada e a precisão decai. Pesquisas recentes mostraram que é possível aproveitar informações obtidas por TP para alimentar modelos de regressão não linear de TC e, assim, obter informações mais completas das amostras estudadas. No presente trabalho, avançou-se nesta linha criando programas computacionais para a análise simultânea de dados obtidos por TC e TP, empregando o método de RNL e minimizando os desvios (ou o quadrado dos desvios) dos dois conjuntos completos de dados para prover caracterização mais completa das amostras e melhoria na precisão dos resultados. Um programa de simulação de dados de TC e TP das mais diversas combinações e concentrações de sistemas ácido-base, com recursos para acrescentar erros aleatórios às variáveis simuladas, foi também desenvolvido. Permitiu verificar a validade e potencialidade do método da TPC-RNL e aperfeiçoar o programa de análise simultânea de dados. O programa de TPC-RNL foi aplicado inicialmente à re-avaliação de dados de titulações de água de chuva anteriormente coletadas e analisadas por outro colaborador do grupo. Como exemplo de aplicação original a amostras reais difíceis tanto para a TC como a TP isoladamente, determinou-se, por TPC, baixas concentrações de ácidos orgânicos de baixo peso molecular em amostras obtidas do produto de oxidação acelerada do biodiesel. Os resultados se mostraram compatíveis com os obtidos por outro pesquisador que recorreu à eletroforese capilar, sendo que o pH, a condutividade e a força iônica das amostras também foi reproduzida pelo programa Peak Master alimentado com as concentrações ajustadas por RNL / Despite all the advances in instrumental techniques, titrations are still widely applied in analytical chemistry laboratories. Its widespread use is associated with good accuracy, well established applications, simple, readily available and low cost equipment, moderate consumption of time and reagents and frequent indication as a reference method (eg., Pharmacopoeias). Potentiometric titrations (PT) outstands among other techniques, being universally used for the quantification of one or more basic or acidic components in aqueous or non aqueous samples and enabling further determination of the dissociation constants of acids and bases. Data analysis of PT with the glass electrode is typically done by finding the inflections of the curves with help of simple derivatives. However, PT curves of systems with multiprotonable components, specially at very low concentrations, fail to show sharp inflections. Under such unfavorable conditions, satisfactory results can still be obtained by using curve linearization methods or nonlinear regression (NLR) methods, now at the reach of every laboratory computer. Another classic technique for following titrations is conductivity (CT), less used routinely than PT nowadays except for very weak acids or bases, but still valuable as a complementary technique in equilibrium studies of complex formation or for the characterization of environmental samples. The stoichiometric points of simple CTs are found at the intersection of line segments. For very dilute samples or for multiprotic systems or with high concentrations of electrolytes compared to the species to be titrated, the graphical interpretation becomes difficult and the accuracy declines. Recent research has shown that it is possible to harness information obtained by PT to render non-linear regression models of CT solvable, thus extracting more complete information of the samples. This dissertation is devoted to the development and evaluation of software for the simultaneous analysis of data from CT and PT gathered together in the laboratory or by simulation, using the method of NLR with minimization of the weighted deviations (or their squares) of the two full data sets to provide more complete characterization of the samples and to improve the precision of the results. A simulation program for generating CT and PT curves for freely combined acid-base systems over a wide concentration range, with features to add random errors to the simulated variables was also developed. The simulator was used to evaluate the validity and potentiality of the PCTNLR method and improve the software of simultaneous data analysis. The program of PCT-NLR was applied firstly to the re-evaluation of data from titrations of rainwater collected and analyzed previously by another contributor to the group. As an original application example to real samples that are difficult for CT or PT separately, low concentrations of organic acids of low molecular weight were determined by PCT-NLR in samples from accelerated biodiesel oxidation tests. The results were consistent with those obtained by another researcher who used the capillary electrophoresis. The pH, ionic strength and conductivity of the samples were also reproduced by the program Peak Master using concentrations adjusted by NLR

Ce travail porte sur l’étude expérimentale et numérique de l’écoulement des mousses humides dans un canal horizontal droit de section carrée avec ou sans singularités. Il est consacré tout particulièrement à déterminer les paramètres pertinents de l’écoulement dont la chute de pression longitudinale, les champs de vitesse de l’écoulement de mousse en proche parois, les épaisseurs de films liquides minces et épais en paroi et l’évolution de la contrainte pariétale pour une mousse humide dont la fraction gazeuse varie de 55 à 85% et la vitesse débitante de la mousse est 2, 4 puis 6 cm/s. Une fois ces paramètres déterminés en conduite horizontale droite, nous avons ensuite effectué des mesures sur différentes géométries représentant un élargissement brusque, une chicane verticale et écoulement de mousse autour d’un cylindre, dont le but est d’étudier la réorganisation de l’écoulement en vue de déterminer le comportement rhéologique des mousses en écoulement à l’aval et à l’amont des singularités. Finalement, une étude de simulation numérique (CFD) en utilisant les lois de comportement de type Bingham, pour fluides non newtoniens, a été effectuée afin de tester sa capacité de représenter des écoulements type mousse humide dans une conduite horizontale avec ou sans singularités. Nous avons vérifié tout d’abord l’évolution longitudinale de la pression statique qui est linéaire à l’amont comme à l’aval loin des zones influencées par les singularités. La chute de pression singulière reste à peu près constante pour une vitesse débitante donnée de la mousse. À partir de la technique de Vélocimétrie par Image de Particule (PIV), nous avons déterminé les composantes de vitesse au voisinage immédiat des singularités. Ces mesures nous ont permis de mettre en évidence l’existence de différents régimes d’écoulement, et de déterminer la réorganisation et le comportement rhéologique de l’écoulement de mousse autour des géométries étudiées. L’analyse des mesures d’épaisseur de films liquides, obtenues par la méthode conductimétrique, indique que la paroi reste mouillée par un film liquide suffisamment épais pour qu’on puisse appliquer la méthode électrochimique. Les signaux polarographiques obtenus avec la mousse présentent alors de fortes fluctuations. La comparaison de celles-ci avec les contraintes pariétales déduites à partir des mesures de la chute de pression montre bien une bonne concordance. L’étude numérique (CFD), effectuée pour une fraction volumique de gaz égale à 70% et qui s’écoule avec une vitesse débitante de 2 cm/s, montre que le modèle rhéologique de Bingham pourrait être bien adapté à ce genre de mousse humide évoluant en écoulement en bloc. / This work is an experimental and numerical study of aqueous foam flow inside a horizontal square duct, with and without flow disruption devices (fdd). It is especially devoted to determine the pertinent parameters of the flow: longitudinal pressure losses, velocity fields of foam flow near the walls, liquid film thickness (thick and thin), and the wall shear stress evolution, for an aqueous foam with a void fraction range between 55 and 85%, for a mean foam flow velocity of 2, 4 and 6 cm/s. Once they were determined, inside the horizontal channel, we carried out measurements over different geometries: half-sudden expansion, vertical fence and foam flow around a cylinder. The goal was to study the foam flow reorganization to well understand the rheological behavior of aqueous foam flow in the vicinities of different fdd. Finally, a numerical simulation (CFD), using the Bingham behavior model of non-Newtonian fluid, was undertaken to test its capacity to represent the aqueous foam flow inside the horizontal duct with flow disruption devices. First of all, we verified the static longitudinal pressure evolution, which varies linearly upstream and downstream far from the fdd. The singular pressure loss remains constant for a given mean foam velocity and a foam quality (void fraction). From the Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV) technique (2D), we determined the two velocity components in the immediate vicinities of the disruption devices. They allowed us to put into evidence the different foam flow regimes and to observe the foam flow reorganization and rheological behavior through the studied fdd. The slip-layer thickness analysis, obtained using the conductimetry method, shows that the wall presents a liquid film thick enough to apply an electrochemical technique (polarography). Thus, the polarographic signals, obtained for the foam flow, present important fluctuations. They were compared to the wall shear stress deducted from the measurement of pressure losses, showing a good similarity between them. The numerical study (CFD), carried out for aqueous foam flow with a void fraction of 70% and a mean foam flow velocity of 2 cm/s, shows that the Bingham rheological model can be adapted to this kind of aqueous foam flow which is flowing like a block.