Interazione fra buche sovrapposte: studio delle risonanze

Si considera nell'approssimazione di Born-Oppenheimer una molecola pluriatomica, di cui due livelli elettronici presentano la configurazione di una buca stabile sovrapposta a una instabile. Si dimostra che, con un errore inversamente proporzionale alla massa dei nuclei, le risonanze coincidono con autovalori di due specifici operatori scalari autoaggiunti.

Caratterizzazione di membrane metalliche e ionomeriche per applicazioni energetiche

The work of this thesis has been focused on the characterization of metallic membranes for the hydrogen purification from steam reforming process and also of perfluorosulphonic acid ionomeric (PFSI) membranes suitable as electrolytes in fuel cell applications. The experimental study of metallic membranes was divided in three sections: synthesis of palladium and silver palladium coatings on porous ceramic support via electroless deposition (ELD), solubility and diffusivity analysis of hydrogen in palladium based alloys (temperature range between 200 and 400 °C up to 12 bar of pressure) and permeation experiments of pure hydrogen and mixtures containing, besides hydrogen, also nitrogen and methane at high temperatures (up to 600 °C) and pressures (up to 10 bar). Sequential deposition of palladium and silver on to porous alumina tubes by ELD technique was carried out using two different procedures: a stirred batch and a continuous flux method. Pure palladium as well as Pd-Ag membranes were produced: the Pd-Ag membranes’ composition is calculated to be close to 77% Pd and 23% Ag by weight which was the target value that correspond to the best performance of the palladium-based alloys. One of the membranes produced showed an infinite selectivity through hydrogen and relatively high permeability value and is suitable for the potential use as a hydrogen separator. The hydrogen sorption in silver palladium alloys was carried out in a gravimetric system on films produced by ELD technique. In the temperature range inspected, up to 400°C, there is still a lack in literature. The experimental data were analyzed with rigorous equations allowing to calculate the enthalpy and entropy values of the Sieverts’ constant; the results were in very good agreement with the extrapolation made with literature data obtained a lower temperature (up to 150 °C). The information obtained in this study would be directly usable in the modeling of hydrogen permeation in Pd-based systems. Pure and mixed gas permeation tests were performed on Pd-based hydrogen selective membranes at operative conditions close to steam-reforming ones. Two membranes (one produced in this work and another produced by NGK Insulators Japan) showed a virtually infinite selectivity and good permeability. Mixture data revealed the existence of non negligible resistances to hydrogen transport in the gas phase. Even if the decrease of the driving force due to polarization concentration phenomena occurs, in principle, in all membrane-based separation systems endowed with high perm-selectivity, an extensive experimental analysis lack, at the moment, in the palladium-based membrane process in literature. Moreover a new procedure has been introduced for the proper comparison of the mass transport resistance in the gas phase and in the membrane. Another object of study was the water vapor sorption and permeation in PFSI membranes with short and long side chains was also studied; moreover the permeation of gases (i.e. He, N2 and O2) in dry and humid conditions was considered. The water vapor sorption showed strong interactions between the hydrophilic groups and the water as revealed from the hysteresis in the sorption-desorption isotherms and thermo gravimetric analysis. The data obtained were used in the modeling of water vapor permeation, that was described as diffusion-reaction of water molecules, and in the humid gases permeation experiments. In the dry gas experiments the permeability and diffusivity was found to increase with temperature and with the equivalent weight (EW) of the membrane. A linear correlation was drawn between the dry gas permeability and the opposite of the equivalent weight of PFSI membranes, based on which the permeability of pure PTFE is retrieved in the limit of high EW. In the other hand O2 ,N2 and He permeability values was found to increase significantly, and in a similar fashion, with water activity. A model that considers the PFSI membrane as a composite matrix with a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic phase was considered allowing to estimate the variation of gas permeability with relative humidity on the basis of the permeability in the dry PFSI membrane and in pure liquid water.

Studio di un sistema ibrido per propulsione di barche a vela da competizione

Studio di un sistema ibrido per propulsione di imbarcazione a vela da competizione. Si è utilizzato un motore elettrico da immersione alimentato da due motori a scoppio Diesel costituenti APU. Studio di schemi impiantistici e studio di affidabilità degli stessi.

Semantic Enrichment of Scientific Documents with Semantic Lenses – Developing methodologies, tools and prototypes for their concrete use

Con questa dissertazione di tesi miro ad illustrare i risultati della mia ricerca nel campo del Semantic Publishing, consistenti nello sviluppo di un insieme di metodologie, strumenti e prototipi, uniti allo studio di un caso d‟uso concreto, finalizzati all‟applicazione ed alla focalizzazione di Lenti Semantiche (Semantic Lenses).

Constraints meet concurrency

We investigate the benefits that emerge when the fields of constraint programming and concurrency meet. On one hand, constraints can be use in concurrency theory to increase the conciseness and the expressive power of concurrent languages from a pragmatic point of view. On the other hand, problems modeled by using constraints can be solved faster and more efficiently using a concurrent system. We explore both directions providing two separate lines of contribution. Firstly we study the expressive power of a concurrent language, namely Constraint Handling Rules, that supports constraints as a primitive construct. We show what features of this language make it Turing powerful. Then we propose a framework to solve constraint problems that is intended to be deployed on a concurrent system. For the development of this framework we used the concurrent language Jolie following the Service Oriented paradigm. Based on this experience, we also propose an extension to Service Oriented Languages to overcome some of their limitations and to improve the development of concurrent applications.

Riduzione del rumore nelle misure di deformazione tramite correlazione digitale di immagini

L'elaborato si propone di esplorare e mettere a punto metodi di filtraggio del rumore nelle misure di deformazione tramite correlazione digitale di immagini. Tali strategie vengono perseguite inizialmente tramite filtraggio delle immmagini in ingresso, successivamente tramite filtraggio nel dominio delle frequenze spaziali delle distribuzioni di deformazione ed infine tramite filtraggio nel dominio temporale di immagini e distribuzioni di deformazione.

Controllo diretto di coppia e flusso per macchina asincrona pentafase

Descrizione del controllo diretto di coppia e flusso per macchina asincrona pentafase e definizione dei modelli Simulink DTC1 eDTC2, con relative simulazioni di una prova a regime ed una prova in transitorio.

Stakeholder approach: Rendicontazione della responsabilita sociale di impresa attraverso il bilancio sociale

In questa tesi viene ripercorsa la storia e l'evoluzione della teoria degli stakeholder, della responsabilità sociale di impresa e del bilancio sociale. Focalizzando l'attenzione su quest'ultimo, è stato riportato il bilancio sociale provvisorio di Conapi Soc. Coop. Agricola, ideato ed elaborato con la cooperativa e redatto secondo lo standard nazionale GBS.