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Análise computacional dos campos de velocidade e temperatura do ambiente interno da usina termelétrica Santana - Amapá
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2008-08-07) OLIVEIRA FILHO, Álvaro Henriques de; SAID, Mounsif; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8493361134195157
The numerical simulation of the airflow in internal environments is in the present time the most appropriate method for analysis of thermal comfort indoors. The airflow in these environments is configured as a complex one, therefore, in general, it is a combination of free-shear flow (jet) and of wall-shear flow, moreover, these are governed by inertia and buoyancy forces, characterizing a situation of mixing convection. The combination of these mechanisms creates an airflow with complex characteristics, as recirculation zones, vortices, detachment and re-attachment of boundary layer amongst others. Therefore, the precision of the solution will be directly connected, mainly, with the ability of the adopted turbulence model to reproduce the turbulent characteristics of the airflow and thermal transfers. The main objective of the present work was the computational simulation of the internal thermal environment of the enclosure which shelters the generators and the Wärtzilä engines of the thermo-electric power plant of Santana in the state of Amapá (Brazil). The mathematical formulation based on the solution of the general equations of conservation includes an analysis of the principal models of turbulence applied to the airflow inside the enclosure, as well as the heat transfer processes associated. The finite-volume numerical method is used in the discretization of the conservation equations, through the Fluent-Airpak software, for the analysis of the distribution of air velocity and temperature fields. The correct use of the software was tested and validated by successfully simulating problems solved by other authors. The numerical results of the airflow in the enclosure were compared with the experimental data and presented a good agreement, by considering the complexity of the simulated problem and the limitations and difficulties found during measurements. Moreover, simulations are presented of strategies for improvement of the thermal environment, based on the actual reality and on the results of the numerical simulations. Finally, simulations of a prototype solution are presented with the reduction of the internal temperature in the enclosure. This solution allows an increase of the exposure time inside the enclosure, from 20 up to 30%, and improves the thermal comfort of the thermo-electric power plant.
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Análise experimental do comportamento fluidodinâmico e da secagem de sementes de linhaça (Linum usitatissimum L.) em leito de jorro
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-09-30) SANTANA, Elza Brandão; PINTO, Cláudio Roberto Orofino; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4833991906165550; COSTA, Cristiane Maria Leal; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0581730621014796
Flaxseed is the seed of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum L.) is polymorphic native flax, and is considered one of the six plants currently recognized by the National Cancer Institute of the United States (U.S. National Cancer Institute - NCI) for their properties specific anti-cancer. Part of this recognition should be the remarkable characteristic of being the richest source of lignin precursors (vegetable steroid action analogous to the mammalian estrogen) in the human diet. The variety used in this work was the "Linseed" brown and objective of this study was to analyze the fluid-dynamics of spouted bed. The fluid-dynamics was defined by the measurements of the bed pressure drop as a function of the flow rate for different seeds loads, so getting information to determine parameters related to the process, such as: minimum spouting velocity, maximum pressure drop, stable spout pressure drop and minimum spouted pressure drop. These values were compared with the values obtained by empirical equations found in the literature. It was also studied the drying of raw material, through a full factorial design 22 with com three central point and the statistical analysis of the results were realized and the effects of independent variables spouting air temperature (Tg) and time (t) on the responses humidity ratio (Xr, adim.), germination (G, %) and germination speed index (GSI, t-1) were evaluated. The optimal operational point was determined as function of the entrance variables applying the concept of global desirability. The kinetics of drying was performed at temperatures of 45, 55 and 65 °C, and the Midilli et al. model showed the best fitting to the experimental data. For the fluid-dynamic parameters showed that the correlation of Gorshtein and Mukhlenov (1965) showed the lowest deviations for minimum spouted pressure drop and pressure drop in the steady spouted, Abdelrazek (1969) showed the smallest deviation to the minimum spouting velocity and Pallai and Németh (1969) described adequately the maximum pressure drop. It was observed that the mass of seeds processed and air-spouted temperature exerted a significant influence on fluid-dynamic. Based on the statistical analysis of experimental noticed that all variable Tg e t are statistically significant for the responses: humidity ratio, germination and germination speed index, proposing models representative of these parameters with the presence of curvature, obtaining the coefficient of determination (R2) greater than 99 %.
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Contribuição à análise do transporte pneumático em fase diluída
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-10) GOMES, Luiz Moreira; MESQUITA, André Luiz Amarante; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1331279630816662
This thesis is a contribution to the dilute-phase pneumatic conveying analysis. The survey of the key parameters of a pneumatic transport of bulk solids which are: the minimum conveying air velocity and pressure drop in horizontal and vertical pipelines. Therefore, an analysis of the main correlations available in the literature is made focused on the prediction of such critical velocities, and so proposes the use the most reliable correlations. In this way, an equation to predict the pickup velocity of the particles at the bottom of a horizontal pipeline was also developed. Then was analyzed the behavior of the pressure drop due to the solids and system properties using two computer programs, one of them does not consider the pressure drop in the acceleration zone in its formulation (algorithm). So, it is possible to understand what is the contribution of the acceleration zone in the total pressure drop of system and which is the range of application of each program. It is also done through mathematical modeling, the sensitivity analysis of the initial porosity of the bulk solids in the pressure drop along the pipeline as a function of parameters such as: solids mass flowrate, pipeline length, particles density and pipeline diameter.
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Transporte pneumático fluidizado: estudos de casos aplicados à indústria do alumínio primário
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-08) VASCONCELOS, Paulo Douglas Santos; MESQUITA, André Luiz Amarante; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1331279630816662
This work is a contribution to science and applied technology developed to fluidized bed and fluidized motion conveying used in the powder handling of the industrial processes. In the case of fluidized bed it is proposed an empirical equation to predict the minimum fluidization velocity for the fluoride alumina, crust powder and others powders used in the industrial processes with good results compared with the experiments and the equations available in the literature. It was also studied the constitutive equations to predict the behavior of the angle of repose and interparticles friction as a function of the superficial velocity of fluidization. In a second step it is proposed an equation to predict the capacity of the Air Pneumatic Fluidized Conveyor with good results compared with the experiments for fluoride alumina. The Air Fluidized Conveyor is a contribution to applied technology reducing the consumption of energy, it operates even in upward direction, and so, decreasing the rate kWh/ton in the powder handling of the industrial processes.