Water systems in buildings have been reported to contribute to pseudomonal infection transmission and have been associated with Legionnaires’ disease (LD) outbreaks, for they provide the perfect conditions for bacteria proliferation and biofilms formation. An overview of the problem has highlighted that the economic burden, the healthcare and mortality costs of both LD and pseudomonal infections are significant. Although critical to the safe delivery of water, pathogen control continues to remain a challenge as current hot water treatments are not always effective, are often energy intensive and require expensive maintenance. This thesis was set out to evaluate the potential use of electrochemical disinfection (ED) in controlling pathogens in hot water systems of buildings. In this project, we performed a fundamental systematic study on the effect of geometrical and operational parameters in a flask, to gather an understanding of the effect of each parameter on the rate of bacteria elimination, crucial for the design and optimization of electrolytic cells. ED prototypes were then installed in in the hot water systems of two different buildings operating at 60°C, the temperature recommended for Legionella control (HSE, 2013), and their efficacy was monitored long term. In one of the buildings, 2 to 4– log reductions in total bacteria counts was observed, while Pseudomonas species counts were reduced by 3 log. The apparent failure in the other building was due to the inadequate operation of the water system. In order to achieve the 2019 zero carbon targets for new non-domestic buildings set by the UK government, the energy demand associated with heating water needs to be addressed, but maintaining systems at such high temperatures renders difficult the use of greener technologies that could further reduce the CO2 impact of heating water. Given that ED generates disinfectants and that the Health and Safety Executive advises that if hot water is treated with biocides, water temperatures can be reduced, the efficacy of the prototype device was evaluated under laboratory conditions at temperatures between 30 and 45˚C. The prototype was found to be effective both on laboratory-grown biofilm and on planktonic Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, with 5-log reduction on bacteria counts.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第19735号 / 工博第4190号 / 新制||工||1646(附属図書館) / 32771 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科物質エネルギー化学専攻 / (主査)教授 陰山 洋, 教授 安部 武志, 教授 阿部 竜 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

A one-dimensional, physical model describing two-phase fluid flow is used to simulate the effect of boiling on silica precipitation in geothermal and epithermal precious metal systems. The extent to which decreasing temperature and fluid vaporization are responsible for quartz precipitation is dependent on three related factors - the temperature of the fluid entering the two-phase system, the change in fluid temperature with respect to distance of fluid travel, and the extent of fluid vaporization in regions of gradual temperature decline. Boiling contributes to significant quartz precipitation in systems with high-temperature basal fluids, and in deeper portions of systems in which extensive vaporization occurs. Temperature reduction is a dominant precipitation mechanism in near- surface regions where temperature reduction is rapid, and in systems with lower temperature fluids. Owing to the small difference in quartz solubility between the liquid and vapor phases at low temperatures, boiling does not contribute to significant quartz precipitation in low temperature, near-surface regions. Quartz precipitation is most intense in systems with high mass flux/permeability ratios and low initial fluid temperatures. Geothermal systems with high mass flux/permeability and moderately low initial fluid temperatures are most effective in producing epithermal systems with abundant gold. Numerical modeling indicates that sufficient copper can be partitioned from a "typical" calc-alkaline melt into an exsolving fluid to produce an economic porphyry copper deposit. Neither non-magmatic sources nor an additional hidden magma source are necessary to provide copper to the system and an elevated initial copper concentration in the melt is not necessary. Melts in shallow systems with initial water concentrations of at least 2.5 wt.% water and Cl/H₂O as low as 0.03 can produce economic deposits with volumes of 50 km³ or less, regardless of copper compatibility. In deeper systems deposits may be produced from melts of less than 30 km³ if copper behaves incompatibly prior to water saturation or if the initial melt is water-rich and requires only minor crystallization to achieve water saturation. If copper behaves compatibly prior to water saturation very large volumes of melt may be required. High salinity fluids may be produced directly from a crystallizing melt and immiscibility is not necessary to produce the high salinities observed in some systems. Depending on the temperature, pressure, initial water content, and the extent of crystallization of the melt, the bulk salinity of the aqueous fluids exsolved from a melt may vary from < 2.0 wt.% NaCl to saturation levels (84 wt.% NaCl at 700°C). Fluid evolution during the magmatic-hydrothermal transition and coincident molybdenite precipitation at Questa, New Mexico, has been traced using fluid inclusion microthermometry. The lack of cogenetic liquid- and vapor-rich inclusions, plus final homogenization of most saline, liquid-rich inclusions by halite dissolution indicate that high-salinity fluids were generated by a mechanism other than fluid immiscibility. Pressure fluctuations, responsible for the formation of a magmatic-hydrothermal breccia, are capable of producing the observed fluids and inclusion behavior. Solubility data indicate that the crystallizing aplite porphyry generated fluids with salinities as high as 57 wt.% NaCl equivalent. / Ph. D.

The thesis aims to lower the exhaust gas temperature on the coming EU6 Scania buses D7 and Otto gas and is carried out as a final part of the studies in the mechanical engineering program, KTH Stockholm. Euro 6, a new emission standard requirements for heavy duty trucks and buses, puts new demands on the amount of particulate matter and nitrogen oxides that can be emitted. This led to that Scania has developed and improved their after treatment systems. The new after treatment systems generates high exhaust temperatures, and Scania have expressed a desire to reduce these to create a safer environment around the bus.The thesis started with a thorough feasibility study, where the current exhaust systems and its components were studied. Solutions to lower exhaust temperatures were studied, both in the automotive industry and in other fields. The concepts that were developed would be analyzed through CFD simulations, why basic fluid mechanics were studied. Two different exhaust systems were to be analyzed, one with a gas engine and roof outlet and one with a diesel engine and ground outlet. A total of eight concepts were presented, in which five were determined to undergo CFD simulations.A competitor analysis was conducted in which three different diffusers from competing bus and truck manufacturers were CFD simulated.The results showed that the diffusers were superior to the other concepts. The diffuser designed in this project performed well in comparison to the diffusers from competing bus and trucks manufacturers, but it was considered to be expensive and difficult to manufacture. New diffuser designs were suggested, which are believed to have the same good qualities but cheaper to manufacture. The authors recommend Scania to perform field tests of the redesigned diffusers, and also try the ones designed by their competitors. Also, Scania should investigate how a venturi solution can be optimized. / Examensarbetet, vars mål är att sänka avgastemperaturen på Scanias bussar, är genomfört som en avslutande del av studierna på maskinkonstruktionsprogrammet, KTH Stockholm. EuroVI, en ny emissionskravsstandard för tunga fordon, ställer nya krav på hur mycket partiklar och kväveoxider som får släppas ut. Detta har resulterat i att Scania har utvecklat och förbättrat sina efterbehandlingssystem. De nya efterbehandlingssystemen ger upphov till höga avgastemperaturer, och Scania har uttryckt en önskan att sänka dessa för att skapa en säker miljö runt bussen.Examensarbetet började med en grundlig förstudie, där de aktuella avgassystemen och dess komponenter studerades. Lösningar för att sänka avgastemperaturer studerades, både inom fordonsindustrin och inom andra områden. Eftersom koncepten som togs fram skulle analyseras med CFD simuleringar, så studerades även grundläggande strömningsmekanik. Två olika avgassystem skulle analyseras, ett med en gasmotor och takutsläpp, och ett med en dieselmotor och markutsläpp. Totalt togs åtta koncept fram, varav fem ansågs intressanta för CFD simulering. Det gjordes även en konkurrentanalys, där tre olika diffusorer från konkurrerande buss- och lastbilstillverkare CFD simulerades.Resultaten visade att diffusorerna var överlägsna de andra koncepten. Diffusorn som utformats i detta projekt stod sig väl mot konkurrenternas diffusorer, men ansågs dock vara dyr och svår att tillverka. Nya designer togs fram, som anses ha samma temperatursänkande egenskaper men vara enklare att tillverka. Författarna till denna rapport rekommenderar Scania att gå vidare med fysiska tester av de förslagna diffusorerna, och att även testa konkurrenternas diffusorer. Scania bör även undersöka hur en venturilösning kan optimeras.

Bayer processing of bauxite employed for production of alumina yield a residue red-mud. The worldwide annual-rate of red-mud generation is approximately 120 million tons, and most of this is stockpiled. Red mud is rich in elements like aluminum, titanium and rare earths, in addition to the major iron-bearing constituents. The objective of this research is to explore such a strategy to extract Iron as fine particulate magnetite. Pyrometallurgical reduction experiments using carbon mixtures and a novel hydrometallurgical route are experimented. Reduction experiments performed with petroleum coke as a reductant resulted in incomplete reduction. The ‘optimal conditionsÂ’ for gaseous state reduction are determined to be: a processing temperature of 540oC ± 10oC, partial pressures CO (g) and CO2 (g) each of 0.070atm (bar) ± 0.001atm.(bar)/ inert diluent-gas: N2 (g), for a conversion-time of 30min. A mathematical-model was developed on the basis of unidirectional-diffusion of CO2 (g) within the CO2 (g)–CO (g)–N2 (g) gas-phase of the porous product-layer. Magnetic separation applied to the optimally reduced sample in: obtaining a magnetic portion with high iron and non-magnetic portion containing nonferrous (Al, Ti) is not successful. This finding was subsequently attributed to the nanometer length-scales crystallites of the predominant iron-containing phase, hydrated ferric-oxide(s) as determined by STEM micrographs. In addition, the presence of substitution for Fe3+ by Al3+ and Ti3+/4+ are determined with the help of MÖssbauer spectrograms. A hydrometallurgical route involving selective leaching and precipitation of iron in red-mud is tried. Red-mud is leached in oxalic acid at: 95˚C, 15 % Pulp density, 2.5 h leaching time, 1.5 pH. Kinetic studies yielded the leaching mechanism to be predominantly fluid film control. Ferric oxalate in the leach liquor is reduced to insoluble ferrous oxalate selectively using Iron powder. The ferrous oxalate formed is ~98 % pure. The precipitated ferrous oxalate is magnetically separated and reduced in Nitrogen atmosphere to form fine particulate magnetite. Additionally an economic feasibility study was conducted for the hydro and pyro alternatives to produce magnetite using Monte Carlo Simulations by imparting uncertainties in various input cost components. A traditional process was also compared to the proposed approaches for Total Capital Investment (TCI), Total Product Cost (TPC), Net Present Value (NPV) and sensitivity analysis. ~52 % reduction in Total product cost, 46 % reduction in Total Capital Investment was achieved for the hydrometallurgical process when compared to the traditional approach.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o tempo necessário para que carcaças de frango de diferentes pesos (1.200 g e 2.100g), que ao sair do tanque de resfriamento se encontravam com a temperatura acima de 7ºC, alcançassem 4°C e traçar o perfil microbiológico destas, realizado através do estudo de presença e multiplicação dos indicadores: microrganismos mesófilos aeróbios, coliformes totais, coliformes termotolerantes, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus coagulase positivo, Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp. a fim de auxiliar as medidas e os limites críticos de um plano APPCC para a indústria de carne de ave. A pesquisa foi realizada em um matadouro localizado no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. No total foram coletadas aleatoriamente 100 carcaças de frangos, 50 amostras para cada peso, com temperatura acima de 7°C, na esteira na saída dos tanques de resfriamento. Todas as carcaças foram colocadas em caixa plásticas e encaminhadas à câmara de resfriamento (tempo zero). De hora em hora foi realizada a aferição de temperatura no músculo peitoral profundo de 15 unidades amostrais de cada peso. As carcaças com peso de 1.200 g levaram de 2 a 4 horas para alcançarem a temperatura de 4ºC na musculatura profunda e as carcaças com peso médio de 2.100 g, chegaram a temperatura de 4ºC entre 5 e 8 horas de resfriamento. No momento da coleta das amostras e a cada hora, foram coletadas 5 unidades amostrais, de cada grupo, para análise microbiológica, totalizando 25 amostras para carcaças de frango de 1.200 g e 43 amostras para carcaças de frango de 2.100 g. A contagem de bactérias mesófilas aeróbias não apresentou declínio significativo (P> 0,05) ao longo do tempo de resfriamento, tanto em carcaças de 1.200 g quanto nas carcaças com peso de 2.100 g. A contagem de Staphylococcus coagulase positivo manteve-se, durante todo o experimento, para os dois tipos de amostras (1.200 e 2.100 g) dentro do limite estipulado pela legislação, todos os frangos analisados apresentaram resultados menores que 2,0 log10 UFC/g. Não houve o crescimento de Clostridium perfringens em nenhuma das análises realizadas, tanto em carcaças de frango com 1.200 g quanto naquelas com 2.100g. Para coliformes totais, a queda da temperatura foi significativa no declínio da contagem microbiana somente para carcaças de 2.100g. Já para coliformes termotolerantes e E. coli foi possível identificar declínio na contagem bacteriana ao longo do tempo de resfriamento para carcaças de 1.200g e para carcaças de 2.100g (P 0,05). Foi observada a presença de Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp. em temperaturas de refrigeração. Para carcaças de 1.200g, foi isolado Salmonella spp. em uma amostra que se encontrava na temperatura de 4,6°C e, em uma amostra, para carcaças de 2.100g, que se encontrava na temperatura de 7,2°C. Listeria spp. apenas foi detectada em carcaças de 2.100g, sendo uma amostra com temperatura de 6,2°C e em 04 amostras com temperatura de 4,6°. Verificou-se correlação inversa entre temperatura da carcaça e presença do microrganismo, isto é, a detecção de Listeria spp. ocorreu quando houve a queda da temperatura, isolando-a em temperaturas de refrigeração. / The present work aimed to evaluating the time necessary for broiler meat of different weights (1.200g e 2.100g, that after chiller had the temperature over 7°C), to be raised 4°C in temperature and to perform a microbiological profile through the study of the presence of indicators (mesophilic aerobes pathogens, total coliform, thermotolerant coliform, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus coagulase positive, Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp.) and their multiplication, in order to help measuring critical limits in a HACCP plan to be applied to a broiler meat industry. The research was performed in a slaughterhouse located in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. One hundred broiler carcasses were collected, being 50 samples of each weight (1.200g e 2.100g), which showed temperatures above 7°C, at the end of the chiller. All carcasses were put in plastic boxes and placed in a freezing chamber (time zero). The temperature was then measured every hour in the profound pectoral muscle of 15 samples of each weight. The carcasses weighting 1.200g took 2 to 4 hours to raise 4°C in the profound musculature while the carcasses weighting 2.100g raised 4°C in 5 to 8 hours of freezing. The counting of mesophilic microorganisms did not show any significant reduction (P>0,05) during the freezing period, for both carcasses with 1.200g and the ones with 2.100g. The counting of coagulase positive Staphylococcus maintained, during the whole experiment, within the legislation limits, with all samples showing results below 2,0 log10 UFC/g. The study did not show any growth of Clostridium perfringens in all the samples collected. Regarding total coliforms, the temperature reduction was significantly connected to the reduction of bacterial counting in carcasses with 2.100g. On the other hand, in terms of thermotolerant coliform and E. coli, it was possible to detect a reduction of bacterial counting during the freezing time in carcasses of 1.200g as well as 2.100g (P 0,05). The presence of Salmonella spp. and Listeria spp. in refrigeration temperatures were also observed. In carcasses with 1.200g, Salmonella spp. was isolated in one sample in the temperature of 4,6°C and also in carcasses with 2.100g, in one sample that was in the temperature of 7,2°C. Listeria spp. was only detected in carcasses with 2.100g in one sample with the temperature 6,2°C and in four samples with temperature 4,6°C. A negative correlation between carcass temperature and microorganism presence was detected, that is, the detection of Listeria spp. occurred at refrigeration temperatures, when the temperature was reduced.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o tempo necessário para que carcaças de frango de diferentes pesos (1.200 g e 2.100g), que ao sair do tanque de resfriamento se encontravam com a temperatura acima de 7ºC, alcançassem 4°C e traçar o perfil microbiológico destas, realizado através do estudo de presença e multiplicação dos indicadores: microrganismos mesófilos aeróbios, coliformes totais, coliformes termotolerantes, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus coagulase positivo, Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp. a fim de auxiliar as medidas e os limites críticos de um plano APPCC para a indústria de carne de ave. A pesquisa foi realizada em um matadouro localizado no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. No total foram coletadas aleatoriamente 100 carcaças de frangos, 50 amostras para cada peso, com temperatura acima de 7°C, na esteira na saída dos tanques de resfriamento. Todas as carcaças foram colocadas em caixa plásticas e encaminhadas à câmara de resfriamento (tempo zero). De hora em hora foi realizada a aferição de temperatura no músculo peitoral profundo de 15 unidades amostrais de cada peso. As carcaças com peso de 1.200 g levaram de 2 a 4 horas para alcançarem a temperatura de 4ºC na musculatura profunda e as carcaças com peso médio de 2.100 g, chegaram a temperatura de 4ºC entre 5 e 8 horas de resfriamento. No momento da coleta das amostras e a cada hora, foram coletadas 5 unidades amostrais, de cada grupo, para análise microbiológica, totalizando 25 amostras para carcaças de frango de 1.200 g e 43 amostras para carcaças de frango de 2.100 g. A contagem de bactérias mesófilas aeróbias não apresentou declínio significativo (P> 0,05) ao longo do tempo de resfriamento, tanto em carcaças de 1.200 g quanto nas carcaças com peso de 2.100 g. A contagem de Staphylococcus coagulase positivo manteve-se, durante todo o experimento, para os dois tipos de amostras (1.200 e 2.100 g) dentro do limite estipulado pela legislação, todos os frangos analisados apresentaram resultados menores que 2,0 log10 UFC/g. Não houve o crescimento de Clostridium perfringens em nenhuma das análises realizadas, tanto em carcaças de frango com 1.200 g quanto naquelas com 2.100g. Para coliformes totais, a queda da temperatura foi significativa no declínio da contagem microbiana somente para carcaças de 2.100g. Já para coliformes termotolerantes e E. coli foi possível identificar declínio na contagem bacteriana ao longo do tempo de resfriamento para carcaças de 1.200g e para carcaças de 2.100g (P 0,05). Foi observada a presença de Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp. em temperaturas de refrigeração. Para carcaças de 1.200g, foi isolado Salmonella spp. em uma amostra que se encontrava na temperatura de 4,6°C e, em uma amostra, para carcaças de 2.100g, que se encontrava na temperatura de 7,2°C. Listeria spp. apenas foi detectada em carcaças de 2.100g, sendo uma amostra com temperatura de 6,2°C e em 04 amostras com temperatura de 4,6°. Verificou-se correlação inversa entre temperatura da carcaça e presença do microrganismo, isto é, a detecção de Listeria spp. ocorreu quando houve a queda da temperatura, isolando-a em temperaturas de refrigeração. / The present work aimed to evaluating the time necessary for broiler meat of different weights (1.200g e 2.100g, that after chiller had the temperature over 7°C), to be raised 4°C in temperature and to perform a microbiological profile through the study of the presence of indicators (mesophilic aerobes pathogens, total coliform, thermotolerant coliform, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus coagulase positive, Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp.) and their multiplication, in order to help measuring critical limits in a HACCP plan to be applied to a broiler meat industry. The research was performed in a slaughterhouse located in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. One hundred broiler carcasses were collected, being 50 samples of each weight (1.200g e 2.100g), which showed temperatures above 7°C, at the end of the chiller. All carcasses were put in plastic boxes and placed in a freezing chamber (time zero). The temperature was then measured every hour in the profound pectoral muscle of 15 samples of each weight. The carcasses weighting 1.200g took 2 to 4 hours to raise 4°C in the profound musculature while the carcasses weighting 2.100g raised 4°C in 5 to 8 hours of freezing. The counting of mesophilic microorganisms did not show any significant reduction (P>0,05) during the freezing period, for both carcasses with 1.200g and the ones with 2.100g. The counting of coagulase positive Staphylococcus maintained, during the whole experiment, within the legislation limits, with all samples showing results below 2,0 log10 UFC/g. The study did not show any growth of Clostridium perfringens in all the samples collected. Regarding total coliforms, the temperature reduction was significantly connected to the reduction of bacterial counting in carcasses with 2.100g. On the other hand, in terms of thermotolerant coliform and E. coli, it was possible to detect a reduction of bacterial counting during the freezing time in carcasses of 1.200g as well as 2.100g (P 0,05). The presence of Salmonella spp. and Listeria spp. in refrigeration temperatures were also observed. In carcasses with 1.200g, Salmonella spp. was isolated in one sample in the temperature of 4,6°C and also in carcasses with 2.100g, in one sample that was in the temperature of 7,2°C. Listeria spp. was only detected in carcasses with 2.100g in one sample with the temperature 6,2°C and in four samples with temperature 4,6°C. A negative correlation between carcass temperature and microorganism presence was detected, that is, the detection of Listeria spp. occurred at refrigeration temperatures, when the temperature was reduced.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o tempo necessário para que carcaças de frango de diferentes pesos (1.200 g e 2.100g), que ao sair do tanque de resfriamento se encontravam com a temperatura acima de 7ºC, alcançassem 4°C e traçar o perfil microbiológico destas, realizado através do estudo de presença e multiplicação dos indicadores: microrganismos mesófilos aeróbios, coliformes totais, coliformes termotolerantes, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus coagulase positivo, Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp. a fim de auxiliar as medidas e os limites críticos de um plano APPCC para a indústria de carne de ave. A pesquisa foi realizada em um matadouro localizado no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. No total foram coletadas aleatoriamente 100 carcaças de frangos, 50 amostras para cada peso, com temperatura acima de 7°C, na esteira na saída dos tanques de resfriamento. Todas as carcaças foram colocadas em caixa plásticas e encaminhadas à câmara de resfriamento (tempo zero). De hora em hora foi realizada a aferição de temperatura no músculo peitoral profundo de 15 unidades amostrais de cada peso. As carcaças com peso de 1.200 g levaram de 2 a 4 horas para alcançarem a temperatura de 4ºC na musculatura profunda e as carcaças com peso médio de 2.100 g, chegaram a temperatura de 4ºC entre 5 e 8 horas de resfriamento. No momento da coleta das amostras e a cada hora, foram coletadas 5 unidades amostrais, de cada grupo, para análise microbiológica, totalizando 25 amostras para carcaças de frango de 1.200 g e 43 amostras para carcaças de frango de 2.100 g. A contagem de bactérias mesófilas aeróbias não apresentou declínio significativo (P> 0,05) ao longo do tempo de resfriamento, tanto em carcaças de 1.200 g quanto nas carcaças com peso de 2.100 g. A contagem de Staphylococcus coagulase positivo manteve-se, durante todo o experimento, para os dois tipos de amostras (1.200 e 2.100 g) dentro do limite estipulado pela legislação, todos os frangos analisados apresentaram resultados menores que 2,0 log10 UFC/g. Não houve o crescimento de Clostridium perfringens em nenhuma das análises realizadas, tanto em carcaças de frango com 1.200 g quanto naquelas com 2.100g. Para coliformes totais, a queda da temperatura foi significativa no declínio da contagem microbiana somente para carcaças de 2.100g. Já para coliformes termotolerantes e E. coli foi possível identificar declínio na contagem bacteriana ao longo do tempo de resfriamento para carcaças de 1.200g e para carcaças de 2.100g (P 0,05). Foi observada a presença de Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp. em temperaturas de refrigeração. Para carcaças de 1.200g, foi isolado Salmonella spp. em uma amostra que se encontrava na temperatura de 4,6°C e, em uma amostra, para carcaças de 2.100g, que se encontrava na temperatura de 7,2°C. Listeria spp. apenas foi detectada em carcaças de 2.100g, sendo uma amostra com temperatura de 6,2°C e em 04 amostras com temperatura de 4,6°. Verificou-se correlação inversa entre temperatura da carcaça e presença do microrganismo, isto é, a detecção de Listeria spp. ocorreu quando houve a queda da temperatura, isolando-a em temperaturas de refrigeração. / The present work aimed to evaluating the time necessary for broiler meat of different weights (1.200g e 2.100g, that after chiller had the temperature over 7°C), to be raised 4°C in temperature and to perform a microbiological profile through the study of the presence of indicators (mesophilic aerobes pathogens, total coliform, thermotolerant coliform, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus coagulase positive, Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp. e Listeria spp.) and their multiplication, in order to help measuring critical limits in a HACCP plan to be applied to a broiler meat industry. The research was performed in a slaughterhouse located in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. One hundred broiler carcasses were collected, being 50 samples of each weight (1.200g e 2.100g), which showed temperatures above 7°C, at the end of the chiller. All carcasses were put in plastic boxes and placed in a freezing chamber (time zero). The temperature was then measured every hour in the profound pectoral muscle of 15 samples of each weight. The carcasses weighting 1.200g took 2 to 4 hours to raise 4°C in the profound musculature while the carcasses weighting 2.100g raised 4°C in 5 to 8 hours of freezing. The counting of mesophilic microorganisms did not show any significant reduction (P>0,05) during the freezing period, for both carcasses with 1.200g and the ones with 2.100g. The counting of coagulase positive Staphylococcus maintained, during the whole experiment, within the legislation limits, with all samples showing results below 2,0 log10 UFC/g. The study did not show any growth of Clostridium perfringens in all the samples collected. Regarding total coliforms, the temperature reduction was significantly connected to the reduction of bacterial counting in carcasses with 2.100g. On the other hand, in terms of thermotolerant coliform and E. coli, it was possible to detect a reduction of bacterial counting during the freezing time in carcasses of 1.200g as well as 2.100g (P 0,05). The presence of Salmonella spp. and Listeria spp. in refrigeration temperatures were also observed. In carcasses with 1.200g, Salmonella spp. was isolated in one sample in the temperature of 4,6°C and also in carcasses with 2.100g, in one sample that was in the temperature of 7,2°C. Listeria spp. was only detected in carcasses with 2.100g in one sample with the temperature 6,2°C and in four samples with temperature 4,6°C. A negative correlation between carcass temperature and microorganism presence was detected, that is, the detection of Listeria spp. occurred at refrigeration temperatures, when the temperature was reduced.

Concrete is one of the most used building materials in the world because of its good properties. However, cement which is one of the main components in concrete, produces a high amount of heat during the hydration process. The generated heat leads to temperature rise inside the structure. This temperature rise becomes an issue for massive concrete structures, such as hydropower plants and dams, since natural cooling is no longer sufficient. In combination with restrained boundary conditions, increasing temperatures result in tensile stresses causing thermal cracking of the structure. Reducing thermal cracking in a restrained massive concrete structure can be done by lowering or controlling the temperature rise. Several methods of cooling can be used to achieve this. These methods may be divided in pre-cooling and post-cooling methods. To pre-cool concrete the cement content can be reduced by replacing it with mineral additions such as limestone, fly ash, silica fume and ground granulated blast furnace slag. Another method is to increase the size of the aggregates or to pre-cool the aggregates. Ice can also be used to reduce the temperature at casting the concrete and reduce the amount of water that is needed in the mix. The main post-cooling method is cooling pipes, with cold water circulating in the pipes to cool the structure. This master thesis project focuses on comparing the possible methods to reduce the temperature in massive concrete structures. Simulations with the computer program HACON were performed to analyse the effect of these methods. The results from this study showed that cooling pipes gave the best reduction of the maximum temperature and the maximum temperature gradient by 42 % and 76 %, respectively. However, if cooling pipes were to be avoided, the best result of the studied mineral additions was with a replacement of 30 % fly ash resulting in almost the same reduction in maximum temperature but less than one third of the reduction in the gradient. The reduction obtained with fly ash was not as efficient as cooling pipes; therefore appropriate combinations of different pre-cooling methods were also studied. The results of the combination of fly ash, ice, and larger aggregates showed even better reduction of the maximum temperature reduction compared to cooling pipes. The results also showed that the obtained temperature reductions were almost independent from the thickness of the structure. This conclusion is however only valid for massive structures, where cases with 1.5 and 3.0 m were analysed. Further study may be on finding suitable combination of pre-cooling methods to avoid the use of cooling pipes, as well as analysing the cost for the different pre-cooling methods. / Betong är ett av de mest använda byggmaterialen i världen, tack vare dess goda egenskaper. Cement, som är en av huvudkomponenterna i betong, genererar en stor värmeutveckling under hydratationen. Värmeutveckling som genereras leder till temperaturhöjningar i strukturen. Denna temperaturhöjning blir således ett problem för massiva betong- konstruktioner, såsom vattenkraftverk och dammar, på grund av att den naturliga avkylningen inte längre är tillräcklig för att avlägsna värmen. I kombination med yttre och inre tvång resulterar högre temperaturer i dragspänningar som orsakar sprickor i strukturen. Minskningen av sprickbildning i en fastgjuten massiv betongstruktur kan ske genom att minska eller reglera temperaturhöjningen. För att göra det kan flera kylmetoder användas. Dessa metoder kan delas in i förberedande kylning och efterkylning. Med förberedande kylning kan cementhalten i betong reduceras genom ersättning med mineraltillsatser såsom kalksten, flygaska, silikastoft eller markgranulerad masugnsslagg. En annan metod är att öka ballastens storlek eller att kyla ballasten. Is kan användas både för att minska temperaturen vid gjutning av betong och reducera mängden vatten som behövs i blandningen. Den vanligaste efterkylningsmetoden är användning av kylrör med cirkulerande kallt vatten för att kyla strukturen, dvs. utan att ändra mängden värme som produceras av cementhydratationen. Denna uppsats ämnar jämföra olika metoder för att reducera temperaturen i massiva betongkonstruktioner. Simuleringar har genomförts med datorprogrammet HACON i syfte att analysera inverkan av olika metoder. Resultaten från studien visade att kylrör gav den bästa minskningen av den maximala temperaturen och den maximala reduktionen av temperaturgradienten med 42 % respektive 76 %. Om kylrör ska undvikas erhålls det bästa resultatet vid användning av 30 % flygaska, vilket resulterade i en snarlik minskning i maximal temperatur med mindre än en tredjedel av reduktionen av gradienten. Då reduceringen med flygaska inte var lika effektiv som med kylrör har lämpliga kombinationer av olika förberedande kylmetoder studerats. Resultatet av kombinationen med flygaska, is och större ballast visade en ännu effektivare minskning av den maximala temperaturreduceringen jämfört med kylrör. Vidare visade resultaten även att de erhållna temperaturreduceringarna nästan var oberoende av konstruktionens tjocklek. Denna slutsats kan endast tillämpas för massiva konstruktioner, där fall med en 1.5 och 3.0 m tjock vägg analyserades. Fortsatta studier kan vara att hitta fler lämpliga kombinationer av förberedande kylmetoder för att undvika användning av kylrör, liksom att analysera kostnaden för de olika förberedande kylmetoderna.

In the construction industry, concrete is the most common material, because of its good properties such as compressive strength and endurance. Concrete is a composition of several different materials where one of the main components is cement. When the hydration process starts, large amount of heat is generated. This leads to temperature rise within the structure. The heat development that takes place can become critical for massive structures such as dams and power plants, where natural cooling is not sufficient. This in combination with internal and external restraint resulting in tensions causing cracks in the structure. By controlling the temperature development, one can reduce the risk of cracking in massive structures. The controlling is divided into pre-cooling and post-cooling. Reduction of the risk for thermal cracking can be done in different ways. Parts of the cement in the concrete can be replaced by a pozzolan material such as silica fume, blast furnace slag or fly ash. Another method is to increase the size of the aggregates which makes it possible to reduce the cement content with remained strength. Cooling the aggregates or use of ice can also be used as a pre-cooling methods. The most common post-cooling method is the installation of cooling pipes. Pipes are installed between the reinforcement bars, in which one then pump through with cold water. This thesis aims at practicing the methods examined by Lagundžija &amp; Thiam (2017). Focusing on those results that proved to be most effective, i.e. the combination of fly ash, ice and large aggregates. The results retrieved during the tests shows a significant increase in the compressive strength when using a combination of fly ash, ice and large aggregates. This gives us the opportunity to reduce the initial cement content. Reducing the cement content is the most effective factor regarding the heat development. When replacing amounts of the water with ice, it can be seen that the initial casting temperature was reduced. Further studies can be done to find the right amount of reduction of the cement that can be done while maintaining the required compressive strength. / Inom byggbranschen är betong det mest förekommande materialet, detta tack vare dess goda egenskaper, som till exempel tryckhållfasthet och uthållighet. Betongen utgörs av flera olika beståndsdelar där den centrala komponenten är cement. När cementets hydratationsprocess startar utvecklas en markant värmeutveckling. Detta leder till temperaturhöjningar inuti den nygjutna konstruktionen. Värmeutvecklingen kan bli kritisk för grövre konstruktioner, som till exempel dammar och kraftverk, där naturlig avkylning inte är tillräcklig. Detta i kombination med att inre och yttre tvång resulterar i dragspänningar som orsakar sprickor i konstruktionen. Genom att styra temperaturutvecklingen kan man minska risken för sprickbildning i massiva konstruktioner. Styrningen delas in i förberedande kylning och efterkylning. Reduktion av risken för termisk sprickbildning kan ske på olika sätt. Delar av cementen i betongen kan ersättas med ett puzzolant material som till exempel silikatstoft, masugnsslagg eller flygaska. En annan metod är att öka ballaststorleken vilket gör det möjligt att minska cementhalten med kvarvarande hållfasthet. Man kan även kyla ballasten alternativt blanda in is i mixen för att sänka den initiala temperaturen. Den mest förekommande efterkylningsmetoden är installation av kylrör. Det monteras in rör mellan armeringsjärnen, vilket man sedan pumpar kallt vatten igenom. Denna uppsats syftar på att praktiskt tillämpa de metoder som undersöktes av Lagundžija &amp; Thiam (2017). Fokus på de resultat som visade sig vara mest effektiva, dvs kombinationen av flygaska, is och grov ballast. Resultaten som uppnåddes under de tester som utfördes visar en markant ökning i tryckhållfastheten vid användning av kombinationen med flygaska, is och grov ballast. Detta ger oss utrymmet att reducera den initiala cementhalten som används. Att minska cementinnehållet är den faktor som ger störst effekt gällande värmeutvecklingen. Fortsatta studier kan göras för att hitta rätt mängd reduktion av cementet som kan göras samtidigt som anvisad tryckhållfasthet bibehålls.