Protección catódica en estructuras sumergidas. Aplicación al proyecto de boyas y tuberías de un terminal portuario de descarga de crudo.

Este proyecto tiene por objeto el diseño de la protección catódica contra la corrosión de las boyas y las tuberías sumergidas en agua de mar de un terminal portuario de descarga de crudo. La protección catódica consiste en la igualación de los potenciales de las áreas anódicas y catódicas del material por el flujo de electrones suministrado. En el proyecto se han empleado los métodos de ánodos de sacrificio y de corriente impresa para analizar la protección catódica más adecuada de cada componente. Para los cálculos de los ánodos necesarios para la protección catódica se utilizó el procedimiento de la masa, seleccionando así el método, ánodos de sacrificio o corriente impresa, y los ánodos más apropiados para la protección catódica de las boyas y de las tuberías. ABSTRACT The aim of this project was to design the cathodic protection against corrosion of a crude oil unloading port terminal’s buoys and under sea water pipelines. The cathodic protection consists in the equating of anodic and cathodic material areas by the electrons flow supplied. In this project, sacrificial anodes and impressed current methods were used for analyze the most suitable cathodic protection for each component. For the cathodic protection required anodes calculations, the weight procedure was used, thereby selecting the method, sacrificial anodes or impressed current, and the most appropriate anodes, for the cathodic protection of the buoys and pipelines

Desenvolvimento de um sistema de qualificação de TCA em solução aquosa por voltametria

A garantia da qualidade de produtos alimentares constitui um requisito fundamental no setor alimentar pelo que, na última década se tem assistido à intensificação do desenvolvimento e otimização de processos de controlo. O setor vinícola, em particular, tem essa permanente preocupação em relação à presença de contaminantes que possam conferir ao vinho outras características organoléticas consideradas como defeitos, nomeadamente, o 2,4,6-tricloroanisol (TCA). A presença de TCA no vinho, atribuída à migração a partir de rolhas de cortiça contaminadas com TCA, tem sido apontada como responsável pela ocorrência do referido defeito organolético do vinho, conhecido como “cheiro/gosto a mofo” ou “gosto a rolha”, o qual tem levado a perdas económicas bastante elevadas no setor vinícola mundial. O limite humano para a sua deteção sensorial é inferior a 5 ng/L, pelo que uma concentração reduzida de TCA no vinho é facilmente detetada pelo consumidor. Por este motivo, é de grande relevância para a indústria corticeira, nomeadamente para a indústria de produção de rolhas de cortiça para o engarrafamento de vinho, conseguir identificar a presença deste composto na rolha antes da sua utilização ou ainda nas pranchas de cortiça usadas na produção de rolhas, de modo a poderem ser implementadas medidas corretivas que permitam eliminar ou reduzir o teor de TCA nas mesmas, evitando assim a contaminação futura do vinho engarrafado. Diversas técnicas são utilizadas para detetar a presença do TCA no vinho ou em rolhas, sendo de especial relevância as baseadas em cromatografia gasosa com deteção por espectrometria de massa. Contudo, estas técnicas analíticas capazes de detetar e quantificar níveis de TCA da ordem dos ng/L, são em geral dispendiosas, requerendo equipamentos analíticos caros e pessoal técnico altamente qualificado, não sendo portáteis e por isso dificilmente aplicáveis in-situ, necessitando de um pré-tratamento das amostras complexo com a finalidade de extrair o TCA e concentrá-lo para posterior quantificação. Assim, este procedimento de deteção de TCA, tido como método de referência, não é uma solução economicamente viável para grande parte das pequenas e médias empresas corticeiras, sendo apenas aplicável a um reduzido número de amostras, o que limita a real deteção de contaminações de TCA na cortiça e nas rolhas fabricadas. Neste trabalho, utilizou-se a técnica de voltametria cíclica para detetar TCA na água de cozedura de pranchas de cortiça utilizadas para a produção de rolhas para engarrafamento de vinho. As análises foram realizadas à temperatura ambiente, em menos de 15 minutos, com reduzido uso de solventes orgânicos e sem qualquer pré-tratamento da amostra. A técnica proposta apresenta limites de deteção de 0,31 0,01 ng/L e de quantificação de 0,95 0,05 ng/L inferiores ao limiar de deteção humano. Ensaios realizados em soluções não contaminadas com TCA permitiram quantificar uma concentração de TCA da ordem do referido limite de quantificação (1,0 0,2 ng/L), o que confirma o desempenho satisfatório da metodologia proposta. Por outro lado, o método apresentou uma repetibilidade satisfatória (valores inferiores a 3%) quando aplicado a amostras reais de água de cozedura das pranchas de cortiça obtidas no processo industrial de produção de rolhas. Verificou-se ainda que os teores de TCA nas amostras aquosas determinados pela técnica proposta são concordantes com os obtidos por GC-MS (coeficiente de correlação igual a 0,98), o que confirma a precisão satisfatória da metodologia proposta. Assim, uma vez que esta nova abordagem é um método rápido, de baixo custo, portátil e de fácil utilização, pode ser visto como uma ferramenta alternativa e útil para aplicações industriais in-situ, permitindo a deteção de TCA numa fase inicial da produção de rolhas de cortiça. Esta técnica pode contribuir para a implementação mais eficaz de procedimentos de segregação da cortiça contaminada com o intuito de reduzir ou evitar futuras contaminações de vinho engarrafado com TCA.

Comparação entre técnicas de nitretação em cátodo oco e gaiola catódica na deposição de TiN

The plasma nitriding has been used in industrial and technological applications for large-scale show an improvement in the mechanical, tribological, among others. In order to solve problems arising in the conventional nitriding, for example, rings constraint (edge effect) techniques have been developed with different cathodes. In this work, we studied surfaces of commercially pure titanium (Grade II), modified by plasma nitriding treatment through different settings cathodes (hollow cathode, cathodic cage with a cage and cathodic cage with two cages) varying the temperature 350, 400 and 430oC, with the goal of obtaining a surface optimization for technological applications, evaluating which treatment generally showed better results under the substrate. The samples were characterized by the techniques of testing for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Raman spectroscopy, microhardness, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and a macroscopic analysis. Thus, we were able to evaluate the processing properties, such as roughness, topography, the presence of interstitial elements, hardness, homogeneity, uniformity and thickness of the nitrided layer. It was observed that all samples were exposed to nitriding modified relative to the control sample (no treatment) thus having increased surface hardness, the presence of TiN observed by XRD as per both Raman and a significant change in the roughness of the treated samples . It was found that treatment in hollow cathode, despite having the lowest value of microhardness between treated samples, was presented the lowest surface roughness, although this configuration samples suffer greater physical aggressiveness of treatment

Análise por meio de espectroscopia de emissão óptica das espécies ativas em nitretação iônica e gaiola catódica

Plasma process like ionic nitriding and cathodic cage plasma nitriding are utilized in order to become hard surface of steels. The ionic nitriding is already accepted in the industry while cathodic cage plasma nitriding process is in industrial implementation stage. Those process depend of plasma parameters like electronic and ionic temperature (Te, Ti), species density (ne, ni) and of distribution function of these species. In the present work, the plasma used to those two processes has been observed through Optical Emission Spectroscopy OES technique in order to identify presents species in the treatment ambient and relatively quantify them. So plasma of typical mixtures like N2 H2 has been monitored through in order to study evolution of those species during the process. Moreover, it has been realized a systematic study about leaks, also thought OES, that accomplish the evolution of contaminant species arising because there is flux of atmosphere to inside nitriding chamber and in what conditions the species are sufficiently reduced. Finally, to describe the physic mechanism that acts on both coating techniques ionic nitriding and cathodic cage plasma nitriding

Avaliação do desempenho do aço D6 tratado termicamente e netretado em plasma com gaiola catódica visando aplicação industrial

In this research there was an evaluation of the best conditions of nitriding in plasma within a cathodic cage at an atmosphere of 80% N2-20%H2 in samples of tool manganese steel AISI D6, cold working, treated thermally in the following conditions: tension relief, treated thermally to temperature of maximum heat, temperate heat and temperate and temperate heat. A pressure of 2.5mbar and temperatures of 400 and 300ºC com treatment time of two and three hours were used to evaluate its performance as cutting tool (punch) of bicycle backs. Hardness, micro-structural aspects (layer thickness, interface, grain size etc), and crystal phases on the surface were appraised. When treated to tension relief, thermally treated to maximum heat temperature, temperature and temperate heat, the samples presented hardness levels of 243HV, 231HV, 832HV, and 653HV, respectively. The best nitrification conditions were: four hours and 300ºC for heat samples. A superficial hardness of 1000HV and a 108µm thickness for the nitrided layer were found in these samples

Avaliação do desempenho do aço AISI D2 tratado termicamente e nitretado em plasma com gaiola catódica visando aplicação industrial

In the research, steel samples tool AISI D2, treated thermally, in the conditions: relief of tension, when maximum, seasoned and seasoned was treated thermally in the temperature of revenimento and revenida had been nitrited in plasma with cathodic cage, in atmosphere of 80%N2:20%H2. One used pressure of 2,5 mbar, 400 and 480°C temperatures with treatment time of 3 and 4 hours, with the objective to evaluate its performance in pipes cut tool. It was compared that the performance of the same steel when only thermally treated, both with tension relief. It was evaluated its hardness. Microstructural aspects (the layer thickness, interface, graisn size, etc) and crystalline phases on the surface. Besides, it was verified accomplishment possibility of nitriding simultaneous to annealing treatment. The tempering samples had presented hardness levels of 600 HV, while in nitrited samples these values had been 1100 HV

Nitretação em plasma com gaiola catódica: investigação do mecanismo e estudo comparativo com a nitretação em plasma de tensão contínua

The ionic plasma nitriding is one of the most important plasma assisted treatment technique for surface modification, but it presents some inherent problems mainly in nitriding pieces with complex geometries. In the last four years has appeared a plasma nitriding technique, named ASPN (Active Screen Plasma Nitriding) in which the samples and the workload are surrounded by a metal screen on which the cathodic potential is applied. This new technique makes possible to obtain a perfect uniform nitrided layer apart from the shape of the samples. The present work is based on the development of a new nitriding plasma technique named CCPN (Cathodic Cage Plasma Nitriding) Patent PI 0603213-3 derived from ASPN, but utilizes the hollow cathode effect to increase the nitriding process efficiency. That technique has shown great improvement on the treatment of several types of steels under different process conditions, producing thicker and harder layers when compared with both, ASPN and ionic plasma nitriding, besides eliminating problems associated with the later technique. The best obtained results are due to the hollow cathode effect on the cage holes. Moreover, characteristic problems of ionic plasma nitriding are eliminated due to the fact that the luminescent discharge acts on the cage wall instead of on the samples surface, which remains under a floating potential. In this work the enhancement of the cathodic cage nitriding layers proprieties, under several conditions for some types of steels was investigated, besides the mechanism for nitrides deposition on glass substrate, concluding that the CCPN is both a diffusion and a deposition process at the same time

Influência dos parâmetros de processo na deposição de nitreto de titânio por plasma em gaiola catódica

Titanium nitride films were grown on glass using the Cathodic Cage Plasma Deposition technique in order to verify the influence of process parameters in optical and structural properties of the films. The plasma atmosphere used was a mixture of Ar, N2 and H2, setting the Ar and N2 gas flows at 4 and 3 sccm, respectively and H2 gas flow varied from 0, 1 to 2 sccm. The deposition process was monitored by Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) to investigate the influence of the active species in plasma. It was observed that increasing the H2 gas flow into the plasma the luminescent intensities associated to the species changed. In this case, the luminescence of N2 (391,4nm) species was not proportional to the increasing of the H2 gas into the reactor. Other parameters investigated were diameter and number of holes in the cage. The analysis by Grazing Incidence X-Ray Diffraction (GIXRD) confirmed that the obtained films are composed by TiN and they may have variations in the nitrogen amount into the crystal and in the crystallite size. The optical microscopy images provided information about the homogeneity of the films. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) results revealed some microstructural characteristics and surface roughness. The thickness was measured by ellipsometry. The optical properties such as transmittance and reflectance (they were measured by spectrophotometry) are very sensitive to changes in the crystal lattice of the material, chemical composition and film thicknesses. Therefore, such properties are appropriate tools for verification of this process control. In general, films obtained at 0 sccm of H2 gas flow present a higher transmittance. It can be attributed to the smaller crystalline size due to a higher amount of nitrogen in the TiN lattice. The films obtained at 1 and 2 sccm of H2 gas flow have a golden appearance and XRD pattern showed peaks characteristics of TiN with higher intensity and smaller FWHM (Full Width at Half Maximum) parameter. It suggests that the hydrogen presence in the plasma makes the films more stoichiometric and becomes it more crystalline. It was observed that with higher number of holes in the lid of the cage, close to the region between the lid and the sample and the smaller diameter of the hole, the deposited film is thicker, which is justified by the most probability of plasma species reach effectively the sample and it promotes the growth of the film

Estudo da viabilidade técnica para obtenção de superfície duplex em aço inoxidável martensítico AISI 410 através do processo de deposição a plasma por gaiola catódica

The technique of plasma nitriding by the cathode cage mainly stands out for its ability to produce uniform layers, even on parts with complex geometries. In this study, it was investigated the efficiency of this technique for obtaining duplex surface, when used, simultaneously, to nitriding treatment and thin film deposition at temperatures below 500°C. For this, were used samples of AISI 41 0 Martensitic Stainless Steel and performed plasma treatment, combining nitriding and deposition of thin films of Ti and/or TiN in a plasma atmosphere containing N2-H2. It was used a cathodic cage of titanium pure grade II, cylindrical with 70 mm diameter and 34 mm height. Samples were treated at temperature 420ºC for 2 and 12 hours in different working pressures. Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with micro-analysis by Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and analysis of Vickers Microhardness were used to investigate coating properties such as homogeneity and surface topography, chemical composition, layer thickness, crystalline phase, roughness and surface microhardness. The results showed there is a direct proportionality between the presence of H2 in plasma atmosphere and the quantity of titanium in surface chemical composition. It was also observed that the plasma treatment at lowpressure is more effective in formation of TiN thin film

A voltametria cíclica e de varrimento linear unidirecional: suas potencialidades na caraterização de processos de corrosão

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Nitretação em plasma com gaiola catódica: caracterização e avaliação do desempenho da camada nitretada em facas de corte

Nowadays, in the plastic industry are used mills that accomplish the recycling of residues generated in the production of its components. These mills contain cut sheets that suffer accelerated wear, once they are submitted constantly to the tribologic efforts, decreasing its useful life. To reduce this problem, it s used noble steels or takes place superficial treatments. The ionic nitriding process presents some limitations related to the uniformity of the layer in pieces with complex geometry, committing its application in pieces as knives, head offices, engagements, etc. However, the new technique of nitriding in cathodic cage eliminates some problems, as the restrictions rings, inherent to the conventional ionic nitriding. In present work, was studied the use viabilization of steels less noble, as SAE 1020, SAE 4320 and SAE 4340, nitreded by two different techniques, to substitute the AISI 01 steels, usually used in the cut knifes fabrication, seeking to reduce the costs and at the sane time to increase the useful life of these knifes. The steel most viable was the SAE 4340, nitrided in cathodic cage, because it presented uniformity in thickness and in the hardness of the layer, besides of increased 58% in the average its useful life

Deposición de carbono en las superficies de películas delgadas de Fe sumergidas en tolueno en condiciones ambientales

Las nanoestructuras han sido muy estudiadas debido a su importancia en aplicaciones tecnológicas y biomédicas, como por ejemplo el recubrimiento de los sensores y biosensores. Estas necesitan ser recubiertas para su protección y/o funcionalización. Un estudio sobre las superficies de nanopartículas magnéticas y esféricas (MNPs) de Fe y Ni reveló que el tolueno actúa como catalizador de reacciones de condensación de los componentes aromáticos formando estructuras gigantes, policíclicas e irregulares, creando así una especie de recubrimiento de carbono. También se ha estudiado la posibilidad de formar recubrimientos con carbono en películas de hierro y permalloy (FeNi) en tiempos largos de tratamiento de 1 año. En el presente trabajo, debido a los resultados anteriores para las películas delgadas de hierro, se ha estudiado el desarrollo del proceso de deposición del grafeno defectuoso a temperatura ambiente, sobre las superficies de las películas delgadas de hierro en periodos de entre unos días hasta medio año aproximadamente. Se ha hecho un estudio en función del tiempo de inmersión en tolueno de las propiedades estructurales y magnéticas de las películas de hierro depositadas sobre vidrio. Las películas de hierro han sido preparadas por el método de pulverización catódica y después sumergidas en tolueno. Las técnicas utilizadas para la caracterización estructural han sido, la difracción de Rayos-X, los estudios de microscopia electrónica de barrido (SEM) y la perfilómetría. La caracterización magnética se ha hecho con un magnetómetro de Kerr (MOKE) y un magnetómetro vibrante (VSM). Las muestras cristalizaban en el sistema cúbico FCC del grupo espacial Fm-3m, con parámetro de celda de 3.5922Ǻ. El tamaño de dominio coherente para los índices de Miller (110) ha ido aumentando a lo largo del tratamiento. Para el índice de Miller (211) el tamaño de dominio coherente ha disminuido. Este comportamiento se explica tendiendo en cuenta el modelo propuesto en la literatura científica del proceso de formación de las estructuras de grafeno defectuoso. El análisis de las imágenes de SEM y los correspondientes datos de la emisión de Rayos-X han confirmado la presencia del carbono en la superficie. La cantidad del carbono en la superficie de las películas de hierro aumenta con el incremento del tiempo de inmersión en tolueno. Ha sido posible detectar la presencia del carbono en la superficie después de 9 días de inmersión (por lo tanto, el proceso de las estructuras policíclicas e irregulares es relativamente rápido). La deposición del carbono no resulta en una formación de estructura uniforme, así que cuanto más largo es el tratamiento, más complicadas son las estructuras. Como resultado del tratamiento superficial durante aproximadamente medio año, se observa un aumento de rugosidad de un micrómetro aproximadamente. La diferencia entre las medidas de MOKE y VSM para el campo coercitivo y la remanencia, se explica teniendo en cuenta el proceso de oxidación de la superficie y la interacción de algunas partes de la película de hierro con el tolueno, que pueden causar la relajación de las tensiones. La imanación de saturación obtenida para las películas después del tiempo de tratamiento de 135 días es de 192 emu por gramo. La disminución de la imanación de saturación es debida a la oxidación de las películas por el contacto con la atmósfera y el tolueno. En un cálculo aproximado se ha llegado a la conclusión que dicha capa tiene un espesor de 50 nm, repartida en dos capas de 25 nm. De todo lo anterior y de la base de análisis de las propiedades estructurales y magnéticas de las películas delgadas de hierro sumergidas en tolueno para hacer el tratamiento superficial a temperatura ambiente, se concluye, que las estructuras policíclicas e irregulares de grafeno defectuoso se forman relativamente rápido. El tratamiento con el tolueno no causa muchos cambios en la estructura y en las propiedades magnéticas, se trata de procesos superficiales. La modificación in situ de películas de hierro en tolueno, puede ser candidato a método de protección y funcionalización de los sensores magnéticos.

Charge and spin transport in graphene devices

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