Qualidade de dados fluviométricos obtidos através de perfilamento acústico

Acoustic Doppler current profilers are currently the main option for flow measurement and hydrodynamic monitoring of streams, replacing traditional methods. The spread of such equipment is mainly due to their operational advantages ranging from speed measurement to the greatest detail and amount of information generated about the hydrodynamics of hydrometric sections. As in the use of traditional methods and equipments, the use of acoustic Doppler profilers should be guided by the pursuit of data quality, since these are the basis for project and management of water resources constructions and systems. In this sense, the paper presents an analysis of measurement uncertainties of a hydrometric campaign held in Sapucaí River (Piranguinho-MG), using two different Doppler profilers - a Rio Grande ADCP 1200 kHz and a Qmetrix Qliner. 10 measurements were performed with each equipment consecutively, following the literature quality protocols, and later, a Type A uncertainty analysis (statistical analysis of several independent observations of the input under the same conditions). The measurements of the ADCP and Qliner presented, respectively, standard uncertainties of 0.679% and 0.508% compared with the averages. These results are satisfactory and acceptable when compared to references in the literature, indicating that the use of Doppler profilers is valid for expansion and upgrade of streamflow measurement networks and generation of hydrological data.

Energetic, ecologic and fluid-dynamic analysis of a fluidized bed gasifier operating with sugar cane bagasse

This work aims to study the thermodynamic, ecological and fluid-dynamic aspects of a circulating fluidized bed gasifier using sugar cane bagasse as biomass, in order to estimate a model of its normal operation. In the initial stage was analysed the composition of biomass selected (sugar cane bagasse) and its lower heating value (LHV) was calculated. The energy balance of the gasifier was done, being the volumetric flow of air, synthesis gas and biomass estimated. Also the power produced by this gasifier was theoretically estimated. Then the circulating fluidized bed gasifier was designed for operation with approximately 100 kg/h of processed biomass. Cross-sectional area of the reactor, feeder size, diameter of the exit zone of the gases and minimum height of the expanded bed were selected. Some bed gasifier hydrodynamic factors were also studied. The minimum fluidization velocity, fluidization terminal velocity, and average fluidizing velocity were calculated, in order to understand the fluid-dynamic behaviour of gasification of this fuel. It was obtained a theoretical model that can support a possible prototype of circulating fluidized bed gasifier biomass. Finally, there were studied the ecological aspects of the gasifier, through an overall methodology. Ecological efficiencies were estimated for two scenarios: first considering the carbon cycle and thereafter disregarding the carbon cycle. In both cases, it can be proved the ecological viability of the project. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Multiplicity and transverse momentum dependence of two- and four-particle correlations in pPb and PbPb collisions

Measurements of two- and four-particle angular correlations for charged particles emitted in pPb collisions are presented over a wide range in pseudorapidity and full azimuth. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 31nb-1, were collected during the 2013 LHC pPb run at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV by the CMS experiment. The results are compared to 2.76 TeV semi-peripheral PbPb collision data, collected during the 2011 PbPb run, covering a similar range of particle multiplicities. The observed correlations are characterized by the near-side (|δφ|≈0) associated pair yields and the azimuthal anisotropy Fourier harmonics (vn). The second-order (v2) and third-order (v3) anisotropy harmonics are extracted using the two-particle azimuthal correlation technique. A four-particle correlation method is also applied to obtain the value of v2 and further explore the multi-particle nature of the correlations. Both associated pair yields and anisotropy harmonics are studied as a function of particle multiplicity and transverse momentum. The associated pair yields, the four-particle v2, and the v3 become apparent at about the same multiplicity. A remarkable similarity in the v3 signal as a function of multiplicity is observed between the pPb and PbPb systems. Predictions based on the color glass condensate and hydrodynamic models are compared to the experimental results. © 2013 CERN.

Stability and collapse of fermions in a binary dipolar boson-fermion 164Dy-161Dy mixture

We suggest a time-dependent mean-field hydrodynamic model for a binary dipolar boson-fermion mixture to study the stability and collapse of fermions in the 164Dy-161Dy mixture. The condition of stability of the dipolar mixture is illustrated in terms of phase diagrams. A collapse is induced in a disk-shaped stable binary mixture by jumping the interspecies contact interaction from repulsive to attractive by the Feshbach resonance technique. The subsequent dynamics is studied by solving the time-dependent mean-field model including three-body loss due to molecule formation in boson-fermion and boson-boson channels. Collapse and fragmentation in the fermions after subsequent explosions are illustrated. The anisotropic dipolar interaction leads to anisotropic fermionic density distribution during collapse. This study is carried out in three-dimensional space using realistic values of dipolar and contact interactions. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Software de rastreamento de embarcações e plataforma eletrônica para ensaios hidrodinâmicos em túnel de vento

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEIS

Estudo do escoamento ao redor de cilindros elípticos

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEIS

Estudo experimental do escoamento sobre placas planas munidas de protuberâncias quadradas e onduladas

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEIS

Aplicação da transformada integral e da transformação conforme na solução de uma classe de problemas difusivo-convectivos em domínios de geometrias não-convencionais

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Análise do fenômeno de cavitação em bomba centrífuga

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Análise numérica de condensadores do tipo arame-sobre-tubo usados em refrigeradores domésticos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Efeito da redução do diâmetro interno sobre o desempenho de um reator aeróbio de leito fluidizado no tratamento de esgoto sanitário

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Simulação numérica de escoamentos gás-sólido em leito fluidizado borbulhante utilizando a teoria cinética dos escoamentos granulares

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estabelecimento de um índice de sensibilidade ambiental ao óleo em ambientes fluviais, com o suporte da ferramenta MORPH

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Distribuição dos foraminíferos recentes associados à vegetação na faixa estuarina do Rio Itapanhaú, Bertioga, São Paulo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Proposta de um sistema automatizado para controle de nível freático em sub-irrigação

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Irrigação e Drenagem) - FCA