Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-02-22Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:58:46Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 pereira_els_me_ilha.pdf: 891055 bytes, checksum: 1f192c5619aab2493cb699997dee266a (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Os efluentes de curtume caracterizam-se por possuírem elevadas concentrações de compostos tóxicos, tais como: cromo, amônia, sulfatos e compostos orgânicos de baixa biodegradabilidade, por isso o tratamento desses efluentes é extremamente difícil. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo comparar a eficiência de tratamento de efluentes de curtume de duas linhas experimentais, em escala piloto, compostas por: reator UASB simplificado em forma de “Y” seguido de um Biofiltro Aerado Submerso (BF) e somente um BF, operadas simultaneamente, recebendo o mesmo efluente pré-tratado físico-quimicamente, por meio de um decantador de coluna e um floculador de manta de lodo. As linhas experimentais foram montadas junto à estação de tratamento de efluentes do curtume Fuga Couros Jales Ltda., na cidade de Jales-SP. O monitoramento das linhas de tratamento foi dividido em 4 etapas operacionais distintas: 1aetapa, a partida do sistema experimental, 2a etapa, adição do coagulante sulfato de alumino ferroso, 3a etapa, aumento da taxa de aeração nos BFs e 4a etapa, aumento do TDH nos reatores. Em cada etapa, foram analisados os seguintes parâmetros: alcalinidade total, acidez volátil, cromo total, DBObruta, DQObruta, fósforo total, nitrato e nitrito, nitrogênio total e amoniacal, oxigênio dissolvido, pH, sólidos, sulfato, sulfeto e temperatura. A eficiência média de remoção de DQO e DBO, na linha 1, foi de 66% e 73%, respectivamente. Na linha 2, a eficiência média de remoção de DQO foi de 47% e de DBO foi de 49%. A baixa eficiência de remoção de DQO, nas duas linhas, é devido as elevadas concentrações de sulfato afluentes ao tratamento biológico, resultando numa baixa relação DQO/SO4 2-, cerca de 1,2. Apesar da eficiência de remoção de DBO, na linha 1, estar próxima da porcentagem mínima estipulada na legislação estadual, cerca de 80%, o efluente das duas... / The tanning effluents are characterized for its have high concentrations of toxicity compounds, such as: chromium, ammonia, sulfates and organic compound of low biodegradability, the treatment for those effluents is extremely hard. The present work has as objective compared the tanning effluents treatment efficiency of two lines experimental devices on pilot scale, composed for: line 1 - simplified UASB reactor on “Y” form following the Submerged Aerated Biofilter (BF) and line 2, only the BF reactor were operated simultaneously, receiving the same effluent pre-treated by physic-chemical devices, through a column settler and a sludge blanket flocculator. The experimental devices were installed in the tanning effluents treatment plant of the Fuga Couros Jales Ltd., at the Jales-SP city of. The treatment lines was monitoring on four different operational steps: 1st.step, start-up of the experimental system, 2nd step, addition of the coagulant ferrous aluminum sulfate in the pre-treatment devices, 3rd step, increase of the aeration rate in BFs and 4th step, increase the reactors HDT. On each step, the following parameters were analyzed: total alkalinity, volatile acidity, total chrome, BOD, COD, total phosphorous, nitrate and nitrite, total nitrogen and ammonia, dissolved oxygen, pH, solids, sulfate, sulfide and temperature. The COD and BOD removal efficiency average, in the line 1, was 66% and 73%, respectively. In the line 2, the removal efficiency average of the COD was 47% and the BOD was 49%. This low removal efficiency of COD, at two lines, is due the high sulfate inlet concentrations to the biological treatment, that resulting in a low COD/SO4 2- rate, about 1.2. In spite of the removal BOD efficiency, at line 1, reach the minimum state legislation requisite, about 80%, the effluent of the two treatment lines doesn't attempt the effluents discharges patterns, established by the environmental legislation.

O comportamento estrutural de veículos de transporte coletivo, quando submetido a eventos de impacto, é de grande relevância na engenharia automobilística, pois principalmente o ônibus, vem se tornando um dos meios de transporte de elevada importância, sendo que seu uso vem aumentando a cada ano. No entanto, as estruturas de ônibus que circulam nas estradas brasileiras não são capazes de resistir, sem causar danos aos passageiros, a eventos de impacto em acidentes, o que pode ser verificado em pesquisas divulgadas pela Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres (ANTT) em 2007, que mostra a evolução de acidentes e vítimas envolvendo ônibus, que cada ano aumentam consideravelmente. Neste contexto, pretende-se desenvolver um absorvedor de impacto que aumente a capacidade de absorção da energia de impacto e evite a invasão da região de sobrevivência dos passageiros, e desta forma diminuindo o número de vítimas em acidentes. Serão abordados neste trabalho eventos de impacto semi-frontal, justificado pela gravidade dos acidentes desse tipo nas estradas, sendo este o tipo de acidente que deixa um maior número de vítimas, pois geralmente parte da estrutura lateral do ônibus é removida, expondo os passageiros no período de impacto. Esse efeito é conhecido como “Efeito Abridor de Latas”. O modelo numérico deste trabalho será formado por elementos unifilares, sendo a estrutura do ônibus formada por vigas flexíveis e/ ou rígidas, unidas através de juntas não lineares rotacionais e translacionais. A rigidez de cada junta não linear é obtida a partir de métodos analíticos que descrevem o comportamento do tubo de parede fina quando submetido a impacto. / The structural behavior of transportation vehicles when subjected to events of impact is of great relevance in automotive engineering, mainly because the bus has become a highly important alternative means of transportation, and its use is increasing every year. However, the structures of the buses circulating on Brazilian roads are not able to withstand strong impact, without causing passengers’ injury in events where accidents occur, which can be shown in surveys released by the National Transport Agency (ANTT) in 2007, presenting that the great incidence of accidents with victims involving buses is increasing considerably every year. In this context, the development of an impact absorber that had the capability to increase the impact energy absorption and prevent the invasion of part of bus on the region where passengers are located (reducing the number of fatalities in accidents) are the objectives of this work. In this work, a semi-frontal impact will be presented and studied due to the severity of such accident, as the side of the bus structure is removed, exposing the passengers during the impact. This is the effect known as “Can opener effect”. The numerical model of this study will consist of a single-wire element, with a bus structure formed by flexible and/or rigid beams joined by nonlinear rotational and translational joints. The rigidity of each nonlinear joint is obtained by analytical methods describing the behavior of a thin-walled tube subjected to an impact force.

Esse trabalho identificou, testou e aprimorou modelos de propagação de vazão simplificados a fim de verificar as vantagens e desvantagens dos modelos. As soluções apresentadas por esses modelos foram testadas com um modelo hidrodinâmico completo, considerado nesse trabalho como resultados ideias. Os modelos hidrodinâmicos simplificados testados foram: Um modelo não linear de Onda Cinemática, o modelo Muskingum-Cunge linear, duas versões do modelo Muskingum-Cunge não linar, o modelo Muskingum-Cunge modificado por Todini e o modelo IPHS1. O modelo hidrodinâmico completo utilizado nesse trabalho foi o modelo HEC-RAS. Desenvolveu-se ainda uma metodologia para representar o efeito da planície de inundação. Essa metodologia foi implementada nos modelos hidrodinâmicos simplificados. Para avaliar o comportamento dos diferentes modelos de propagação disponíveis foram criados testes numéricos em que foram aplicados os diferentes modelos, com variação de características dos hidrogramas sintético de entrada, das características do leito do rio e da planície de inundação, e dos critérios de discretização temporal e espacial. A avaliação dos resultados foi feita através dos erros de conservação de volume, de vazão de pico e de tempo de ocorrência da vazão de pico. Além disso, também foram considerados, em alguns testes, os critérios de aplicabilidade de Ponce para onda cinemática e difusão além da formulação do Δx ideal proposto por Fread. Os resultados mostram que o modelo Muskingum-Cunge Todini, modificado para representar o efeito da planície de inundação, é muito promissor. Esse modelo apresentou resultados que se aproximaram muito dos resultados obtidos pelo HEC-RAS, enquanto os outros modelos hidrodinâmicos simplificados apresentaram resultados piores. Com relação aos critérios de aplicabilidade, recomenda-se o uso de um Δx três vezes menor do que o valor sugerido por Fread. Além disso, pode-se concluir que os modelos simplificados podem ser utilizados fora dos limites de aplicabilidade sugeridos por Ponce. / This work has identified, tested and improved simplified flood routing models to verify the advantages and disadvantages presented. The solutions provided by these models were tested by using a full hydrodynamic model considered in this work as an ideal result. The simplified hydrodynamic models used were: A variable parameter kinematics wave model, the Muskingum-Cunge flood routing model, the variable parameter Muskingum-Cunge flood routing model (three and four points scheme) the Muskingum-Cunge modified by Todini (MCT) and the model IPHS1. The full hydrodynamic model used was HEC-RAS. It was also proposed a procedure to represent the effect of the floodplain rivers. To evaluate the behavior of different flood routing models numerical tests were created and were applied to then. The characteristics of synthetic inflow hydrographs, the characteristics of riverbed and floodplain, and the criteria for temporal and spatial discretization were perturbed. The evaluation of the results was made through the errors of conservation of volume, peak flow and time of occurrence of peak flow. Moreover, it was also considered, in some tests, applicability criteria recommended by some authors for different models, such as models of kinematic flood wave and diffusive flood wave. The results show that the Muskingum Cunge Todini, modified to represent the effect of the floodplain flow is very promising. Finally, it is also shown that this model closely approaches the full Saint Venant equation solution (HEC-RAS). The others models were worse than HEC-RAS and MCT. About applicability criteria, it recommends the use of the Δx three times smaller than the value suggested by Fread. Moreover, the simplified hydrodynamic models can be used outside limits of applicability suggested by Ponce about kinematic and diffusive wave.

Esse trabalho identificou, testou e aprimorou modelos de propagação de vazão simplificados a fim de verificar as vantagens e desvantagens dos modelos. As soluções apresentadas por esses modelos foram testadas com um modelo hidrodinâmico completo, considerado nesse trabalho como resultados ideias. Os modelos hidrodinâmicos simplificados testados foram: Um modelo não linear de Onda Cinemática, o modelo Muskingum-Cunge linear, duas versões do modelo Muskingum-Cunge não linar, o modelo Muskingum-Cunge modificado por Todini e o modelo IPHS1. O modelo hidrodinâmico completo utilizado nesse trabalho foi o modelo HEC-RAS. Desenvolveu-se ainda uma metodologia para representar o efeito da planície de inundação. Essa metodologia foi implementada nos modelos hidrodinâmicos simplificados. Para avaliar o comportamento dos diferentes modelos de propagação disponíveis foram criados testes numéricos em que foram aplicados os diferentes modelos, com variação de características dos hidrogramas sintético de entrada, das características do leito do rio e da planície de inundação, e dos critérios de discretização temporal e espacial. A avaliação dos resultados foi feita através dos erros de conservação de volume, de vazão de pico e de tempo de ocorrência da vazão de pico. Além disso, também foram considerados, em alguns testes, os critérios de aplicabilidade de Ponce para onda cinemática e difusão além da formulação do Δx ideal proposto por Fread. Os resultados mostram que o modelo Muskingum-Cunge Todini, modificado para representar o efeito da planície de inundação, é muito promissor. Esse modelo apresentou resultados que se aproximaram muito dos resultados obtidos pelo HEC-RAS, enquanto os outros modelos hidrodinâmicos simplificados apresentaram resultados piores. Com relação aos critérios de aplicabilidade, recomenda-se o uso de um Δx três vezes menor do que o valor sugerido por Fread. Além disso, pode-se concluir que os modelos simplificados podem ser utilizados fora dos limites de aplicabilidade sugeridos por Ponce. / This work has identified, tested and improved simplified flood routing models to verify the advantages and disadvantages presented. The solutions provided by these models were tested by using a full hydrodynamic model considered in this work as an ideal result. The simplified hydrodynamic models used were: A variable parameter kinematics wave model, the Muskingum-Cunge flood routing model, the variable parameter Muskingum-Cunge flood routing model (three and four points scheme) the Muskingum-Cunge modified by Todini (MCT) and the model IPHS1. The full hydrodynamic model used was HEC-RAS. It was also proposed a procedure to represent the effect of the floodplain rivers. To evaluate the behavior of different flood routing models numerical tests were created and were applied to then. The characteristics of synthetic inflow hydrographs, the characteristics of riverbed and floodplain, and the criteria for temporal and spatial discretization were perturbed. The evaluation of the results was made through the errors of conservation of volume, peak flow and time of occurrence of peak flow. Moreover, it was also considered, in some tests, applicability criteria recommended by some authors for different models, such as models of kinematic flood wave and diffusive flood wave. The results show that the Muskingum Cunge Todini, modified to represent the effect of the floodplain flow is very promising. Finally, it is also shown that this model closely approaches the full Saint Venant equation solution (HEC-RAS). The others models were worse than HEC-RAS and MCT. About applicability criteria, it recommends the use of the Δx three times smaller than the value suggested by Fread. Moreover, the simplified hydrodynamic models can be used outside limits of applicability suggested by Ponce about kinematic and diffusive wave.

O comportamento estrutural de veículos de transporte coletivo, quando submetido a eventos de impacto, é de grande relevância na engenharia automobilística, pois principalmente o ônibus, vem se tornando um dos meios de transporte de elevada importância, sendo que seu uso vem aumentando a cada ano. No entanto, as estruturas de ônibus que circulam nas estradas brasileiras não são capazes de resistir, sem causar danos aos passageiros, a eventos de impacto em acidentes, o que pode ser verificado em pesquisas divulgadas pela Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres (ANTT) em 2007, que mostra a evolução de acidentes e vítimas envolvendo ônibus, que cada ano aumentam consideravelmente. Neste contexto, pretende-se desenvolver um absorvedor de impacto que aumente a capacidade de absorção da energia de impacto e evite a invasão da região de sobrevivência dos passageiros, e desta forma diminuindo o número de vítimas em acidentes. Serão abordados neste trabalho eventos de impacto semi-frontal, justificado pela gravidade dos acidentes desse tipo nas estradas, sendo este o tipo de acidente que deixa um maior número de vítimas, pois geralmente parte da estrutura lateral do ônibus é removida, expondo os passageiros no período de impacto. Esse efeito é conhecido como “Efeito Abridor de Latas”. O modelo numérico deste trabalho será formado por elementos unifilares, sendo a estrutura do ônibus formada por vigas flexíveis e/ ou rígidas, unidas através de juntas não lineares rotacionais e translacionais. A rigidez de cada junta não linear é obtida a partir de métodos analíticos que descrevem o comportamento do tubo de parede fina quando submetido a impacto. / The structural behavior of transportation vehicles when subjected to events of impact is of great relevance in automotive engineering, mainly because the bus has become a highly important alternative means of transportation, and its use is increasing every year. However, the structures of the buses circulating on Brazilian roads are not able to withstand strong impact, without causing passengers’ injury in events where accidents occur, which can be shown in surveys released by the National Transport Agency (ANTT) in 2007, presenting that the great incidence of accidents with victims involving buses is increasing considerably every year. In this context, the development of an impact absorber that had the capability to increase the impact energy absorption and prevent the invasion of part of bus on the region where passengers are located (reducing the number of fatalities in accidents) are the objectives of this work. In this work, a semi-frontal impact will be presented and studied due to the severity of such accident, as the side of the bus structure is removed, exposing the passengers during the impact. This is the effect known as “Can opener effect”. The numerical model of this study will consist of a single-wire element, with a bus structure formed by flexible and/or rigid beams joined by nonlinear rotational and translational joints. The rigidity of each nonlinear joint is obtained by analytical methods describing the behavior of a thin-walled tube subjected to an impact force.

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Le formage incrémental est un procédé innovant de mise en forme des tôles métalliques utilisant un outil rigide à bout hémisphérique piloté par une machine à Commandes Numériques. La tôle encastrée sur son contour est déformée localement suivant une trajectoire d'outil, définissant ainsi la forme finale de la pièce. Les avantages de ce procédé sont sa très grande flexibilité, son faible coût d'outillage, et sa capacité à raccourcir la chaîne de conception et de fabrication. Le respect de la demande de diminution des coûts, et des délais de développement a rendu la simulation numérique incontournable. De nombreux modèles robustes de simulation basés sur la méthode des éléments finis permettent de prédire la formabilité et la qualité de la géométrie d'une pièce. Les algorithmes classiques de la simulation garantissent des résultats de qualités mais les temps de calculs nécessaire sont encore très élevés. Dans ce contexte, une Approche Simplifiée a été développée afin de réduire les temps de calculs. Cette approche permet de se soustraire à l'intégration de l'outil et de son contact avec la tôle dans l'algorithme de simulation numérique, en les remplaçant par une imposition locale et évolutive de déplacement sur certains nœuds supposés être en contact avec l'outil. Un complément est proposé dans cette thèse pour diminuer la durée d'une séquence de simulation, en utilisant un élément coque triangulaire DKTRF (Discrete Kirchoff Triangle Rotation Free). Cet élément permet de tenir compte des effets de membrane et de flexion avec un nombre de degré de liberté restreint, car les termes en flexion sont définis en fonction des déplacements nodaux des éléments adjacents. L'intégration de cet élément associé à l'Approche Simplifiée pour un maillage régulier dans un problème élasto-plastique donne des résultats géométriques et comportementaux cohérents avec des temps de calculs considérablement réduit par rapport aux simulations numériques effectuées sous ABAQUS®. Les résultats obtenus à l'aide de la simulation numérique d'un cas-test sont par la suite comparés à des résultats expérimentaux, permettant ainsi de valider le modèle et d'étudier les influences des paramètres du procédé sur la pièce finale. Pour ce faire, une méthodologie d'essai expérimentale est développée afin de mieux estimer l'efficacité du procédé de formage incrémentale sur une machine à Commandes Numériques. La technique de mesure utilisée pour caractériser la géométrie (épaisseur et profil) de la pièce est la méthode de numérisation. Cet outil de mesure, retranscrit le plus fidèlement la géométrie de la pièce par l'intermédiaire de caméras et d'un logiciel de post-traitement. Particulièrement bien adapté pour l'évaluation du profil, la méthode d'acquisition reste cependant à optimiser notamment pour l'évaluation de l'épaisseur de la tôle / The incremental sheet forming (ISF) is an innovative process in sheet metal forming method by using a hemispherical rigid tool controlled by Computerized Numerical Control machine (CNC). The clamped sheet is locally deformed following a tool path, defining thus the final geometry of the part. The advantages of this method are its high flexibility, its low tooling cost, and its ability to shorten the design and manufacturing chain. The application of the reduction of the overall costs, and development time made the numerical simulation essential. Many robust simulation models based on the finite element method enable to predict the formability and the geometrical quality of the part. Classic algorithms of simulation ensure reliable quality results but necessary computation times (CPU) are still very long. In this context, a Simplified Approach has been developed to reduce the computation time. This approach allows avoiding the integration of the tool and its contact with the sheet into the numerical simulation, by replacing them with a local and progressive displacement imposition of certain nodes supposed to be in contact with the tool. A complementary solution is proposed within this thesis to reduce the CPU times of a simulation sequence, by using a shell element called DKTRF (Discrete Kirchhoff Triangle Rotation Free). This element takes account of the membrane and bending effects with restricted numbers of degrees of freedom, as the flexion terms are defined in accordance with the nodal translational displacements of the adjacent elements. The integration of this element combined with the Simplified Approach for a regular mesh in an elastoplastic problem gives consistent outcomes in geometric and behavioural, with significant diminution of CPU times in comparison with the industrial numerical simulation performed on ABAQUS©. Results obtained by means of numerical simulation of a study case are then compared with experimental results, thereby enabling to validate the model and to study the influences of process parameters on the final piece. To do this, an experimental test procedure is developed in order to evaluate the efficiency of incremental forming process on a Computerized Numerical Control machine (CNC). The measurement technique used to characterize the geometry (thickness and profile) of the piece is the scanning method. The measurement tool, transcribed accurately the geometry of the part via cameras and post-treatment software. Particularly well-suited for the assessment of the profile, the acquisition method remains to be optimize especially for assessing the thickness of the sheet

The world's energy demand has been rapidly increasing and is projected to continue growing for at least the next two decades. With increasing global energy demand and competition from renewable energy, the oil and gas industry is striving for more efficient petroleum production. Many technical breakthroughs have enabled the drilling industry to expand the exploration to more difficult drilling such as deepwater drilling and multilateral directional drilling. For example, managed pressure drilling (MPD) offers ceaseless operation with multiple manipulated variables (MV) and wired drill pipe (WDP) provides two-way, high-speed measurements from bottom hole and along-string sensors. These technologies have maximum benefit when applied in an automation system or as a real-time advisory tool. The objective of this study is to investigate the benefit of nonlinear model-based control and estimation algorithms with various types of models. This work presents a new simplified flow model (SFM) for bottomhole pressure (BHP) regulation in MPD operations. The SFM is embedded into model-based control and estimation algorithms that use model predictive control (MPC) and moving horizon estimation (MHE), respectively. This work also presents a new Hammerstein-Wiener nonlinear model predictive controller for BHP regulation. Hammerstein-Wiener models employ input and output static nonlinear blocks before and after linear dynamics blocks to simplify the controller design. The control performance of the new Hammerstein-Wiener nonlinear controller is superior to conventional PID controllers in a variety of drilling scenarios. Conventional controllers show severe limitations in MPD because of the interconnected multivariable and nonlinear nature of drilling operations. BHP control performance is evaluated in scenarios such as drilling, pipe connection, kick attenuation, and mud density displacement and the efficacy of the SFM and Hammerstein-Wiener models is tested in various control schemes applicable to both WDP and mud pulse systems. Trusted high-fidelity drilling simulators are used to simulate well conditions and are used to evaluate the performance of the controllers using the SFM and Hammerstein-Wiener models. The comparison between non-WDP (semi-closed loop) and WDP (full-closed loop) applications validates the accuracy of the SFM under the set of conditions tested and confirms comparability with model-based control and estimation algorithms. The SFM MPC maintains the BHP within ± 1 bar of the setpoint for each investigated scenario, including for pipe connection and mud density displacement procedures that experience a wider operation range than normal drilling.

The aim of diploma thesis is comparison prices for fruit trees found yield way and prices found simplified way. Comparison wil be made with selected fruit trees lokated in different areas in the distrikt Hodonín. In the three (four) lokations will be changed the age of trees and there will be monitored effect on price. The first part of thesis defines neceessary concepts and the basic knowledge about fruit trees. In the second part there is making valuation, comparison values in differrent lokations and there is making an assessment of individual methoods.

Procurement in public and non-public organisations has the potential to influence product development towards more environmentally preferable products. In 2003, public procurement in Sweden was 28% of GDP. Different types of approaches can contribute some knowledge and thereby facilitate the choice of environmentally preferable products. The thesis focuses on procurement in Swedish Defence. According to a decision by the Swedish government in 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) and Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) are required to take environmental consideration in all phases of the acquisition process. The importance of a life cycle perspective is stressed in several SAF and FMV environmental documents. The starting point of this thesis was that environmental consideration should be taken in the Swedish acquisition of defence materiel, considering the whole life cycle of products. The aim was to produce suggestions for how this can be done. In order to make this suggestion some Ecodesign tools were reviewed and evaluated and two methods for simplified Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) were compared. Suggestions of tools and methodology recommendations for environmentally preferable procurement in the Swedish defence are presented. For this purpose qualitative and/or simplified LCAs were suggested. The suggestions have been evaluated through interviews with actors in the process. When a simplified LCA is needed, the MECO assessment is recommended. Methodology recommendations for use of the MECO method in the Swedish Defence are presented. LCA is an appropriate tool for taking environmental consideration into the acquisition process, since it focuses on a product and includes its life cycle. If the environmental work lacks a life cycle perspective, there is a risk that the most significant aspects will not be considered. Four areas for use of LCA in the acquisition process were identified: Learning about environmental aspects of the product; fulfilling requirements from customers; setting environmental requirements; and choosing between alternatives. The actors interviewed were interested in using LCA methods, but there is a need for an initiative by one or several actors if the method is to be used regularly in the process. It is important that the results are communicated within the organisations involved in the procurement process. Environmental consideration should preferably be taken early in the acquisition process and environmental questions should be integrated into other activities of the organisations involved in the procurement process. Such work would be facilitated if there were greater cooperation between the procuring and environmental units, in this case at FMV, SAF and the Swedish Ministry of Defence. / QC 20100616