286 research outputs found
Observing the optical modes of parametric instability
Parametric instability (PI) is a phenomenon that results from resonant interactions between optical and acoustic modes of a laser cavity. This is problematic in gravitational wave interferometers where the high intracavity power and low mechanical loss mirror suspension systems create an environment where three-mode PI will occur without intervention. We demonstrate a technique for real-time imaging of the amplitude and phase of the optical modes of PI yielding, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the first ever images of this phenomenon which could form part of active control strategies for future detectors.Mitchell Schiworski, Vladimir Bossilkov, Carl Blair, Daniel Brown, Aaron Jones, David Ottaway, and Chunnong Zha
Hydrophone design utilising Spectral-Shifts from Strain-Optic Interactions
Alternative technologies for the production of hydrophones using optical sensing are reviewed with respect to performance and manufacturability. Sensor designs utilising spectral shifts as a result of strain-optic interactions are uncommon, and we believe they merit further investigation as geophysical sensors due to good sensitivity and relative ease of manufacture Specifically, a Long Period Fibre Grating placed onto a mandrel appears to be as promising candidate as a future compact hydrophone sensor. A mathematical model has been created for a compliant mandrel coupled with a Long Period Fibre Grating inscribed into plastic fibre. The modelling results indicate that such a sensor should provide a sensor of minimal size, with desirable sensitivity characteristics. Compared to the Rayleigh based optical fibre sensors being evaluated in geophysical applications currently the modelled sensor is predicted to have significantly greater sensitivity, with the mandrel acting as a mechanical amplifier. The main limitation of the spectral shift method is the number of sensors that can be multiplexed on a single fibre. However, a combination of time-domain and wavelength domain multiplexing could significantly increase the number of sensors per fibre to usable numbers for geophysical applications
On the flexibility of an eco-industrial park (EIP) for managing industrial water
In a recent paper, a generic model, based on a multiobjective optimization procedure, for water supply system for a single company and for an eco-industrial park was proposed and illustrated by a park involving three companies A, B and C. The best configuration was identified by simultaneously minimizing the fresh water flow rate, the regenerated water flow rate and the number of connections in the eco-industrial park. The question is now to know what the maximal increase/decrease in pollutant flow rates is, so that the eco-industrial park remains feasible, economically profitable and environmentally friendly. A preliminary study shows that the park can accept an increase of pollutant flow rates of 29% in company A, 12% in company B and only 1% in company C; beyond these limits the industrial symbiosis becomes not feasible. The proposed configuration is not flexible with a very limited number of connections. Indeed, the solution implemented for conferring some flexibility to this network is to increase the number of connections within the park. However, connections have a cost, so the increase of their number needs to remain moderate. The number of connections is augmented until the symbiosis becomes unfeasible, or until the gain for each company to participate to the park becomes lower than a given threshold. Several cases are studied by increasing the pollutant flow rates under two different scenarios: 1) in only one company, 2) in two or three companies simultaneously
Preventing transient parametric instabilities in high power gravitational wave detectors using thermal transient compensation
Industrial water management by multiobjective optimization: from individual to collective solution through eco-industrial parks.
Industrial water networks are designed in the first part by a multiobjective optimization strategy, where fresh water, regenerated water flow rates as well as the number of network connections (integer variables) are minimized. The problem is formulated as a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming problem (MILP) and solved by the ε-constraint method. The linearization of the problem is based on the necessary conditions of optimality defined by Savelski and Bagajewicz (2000). The approach is validated on a published example involving only one contaminant. In the second part the MILP strategy is implemented for designing an Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) involving three companies. Three scenarios are considered: EIP without regeneration unit, EIP where each company owns its regeneration unit and EIP where the three companies share regeneration unit(s). Three possible regeneration units can be chosen, and the MILP is solved under two kinds of conditions: limited or unlimited number of connections, same or different gains for each company. All these cases are compared according to the global equivalent cost expressed in fresh water and taking also into account the network complexity through the number of connections. The best EIP solution for the three companies can be determined
Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network
Gravitational waves from coalescing neutron stars encode information about nuclear matter at extreme densities, inaccessible by laboratory experiments. The late inspiral is influenced by the presence of tides, which depend on the neutron star equation of state. Neutron star mergers are expected to often produce rapidly rotating remnant neutron stars that emit gravitational waves. These will provide clues to the extremely hot post-merger environment. This signature of nuclear matter in gravitational waves contains most information in the 2-4 kHz frequency band, which is outside of the most sensitive band of current detectors. We present the design concept and science case for a Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory (NEMO): a gravitational-wave interferometer optimised to study nuclear physics with merging neutron stars. The concept uses high-circulating laser power, quantum squeezing, and a detector topology specifically designed to achieve the high-frequency sensitivity necessary to probe nuclear matter using gravitational waves. Above 1 kHz, the proposed strain sensitivity is comparable to full third-generation detectors at a fraction of the cost. Such sensitivity changes expected event rates for detection of post-merger remnants from approximately one per few decades with two A+ detectors to a few per year and potentially allow for the first gravitational-wave observations of supernovae, isolated neutron stars, and other exotica
Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network
Gravitational waves from coalescing neutron stars encode information about nuclear matter at extreme densities, inaccessible by laboratory experiments. The late inspiral is influenced by the presence of tides, which depend on the neutron star equation of state. Neutron star mergers are expected to often produce rapidly rotating remnant neutron stars that emit gravitational waves. These will provide clues to the extremely hot post-merger environment. This signature of nuclear matter in gravitational waves contains most information in the 2-4 kHz frequency band, which is outside of the most sensitive band of current detectors. We present the design concept and science case for a Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory (NEMO): a gravitational-wave interferometer optimised to study nuclear physics with merging neutron stars. The concept uses high-circulating laser power, quantum squeezing, and a detector topology specifically designed to achieve the high-frequency sensitivity necessary to probe nuclear matter using gravitational waves. Above 1 kHz, the proposed strain sensitivity is comparable to full third-generation detectors at a fraction of the cost. Such sensitivity changes expected event rates for detection of post-merger remnants from approximately one per few decades with two A+ detectors to a few per year and potentially allow for the first gravitational-wave observations of supernovae, isolated neutron stars, and other exotica.No Full Tex
A Joint Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT Analysis of Gravitational-Wave Candidates from the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run
Authors: - C. Fletcher, J. Wood, R. Hamburg, P. Veres, C. M. Hui, E. Bissaldi, M. S. Briggs, E. Burns, W. H. Cleveland, M. M. Giles, A. Goldstein, B. A. Hristov, D. Kocevski, S. Lesage, B. Mailyan, C. Malacaria, S. Poolakkil, A. von Kienlin, and C. A. Wilson-Hodge, Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Team, M. Crnogorcevic, J. DeLaunay, A. Tohuvavohu, R. Caputo, S. B. Cenko, S. Laha, and T. Parsotan, R. Abbott, H. Abe, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, N. Adhikari, R. X. Adhikari, V. K. Adkins, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, D. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, T. Akutsu, S. Albanesi, R. A. Alfaidi, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, C. Anand, S. Anand, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Ando, T. Andrade, N. Andres, M. Andres-Carcasona, T. Andric, S. V. Angelova, S. Ansoldi, J. M. Antelis, S. Antier, T. Apostolatos, E. Z. Appavuravther, S. Appert, S. K. Apple, K. Arai, A. Araya, M. C. Araya, J. S. Areeda, M. Arene, N. Aritomi, N. Arnaud, M. Arogeti, S. M. Aronson, K. G. Arun, H. Asada, Y. Asali, G. Ashton, Y. Aso, M. Assiduo, S. Assis de Souza Melo, S. M. Aston, P. Astone, F. Aubin, K. AultONeal, C. Austin, S. Babak, F. Badaracco, M. K. M. Bader, C. Badger, S. Bae, Y. Bae, A. M. Baer, S. Bagnasco, Y. Bai, J. Baird, R. Bajpai, T. Baka, M. Ball, G. Ballardin, S. W. Ballmer, A. Balsamo, G. Baltus, S. Banagiri, B. Banerjee, D. Bankar, J. C. Barayoga, C. Barbieri, B. C. Barish, D. Barker, P. Barneo, F. Barone, B. Barr, L. Barsotti, M. Barsuglia, D. Barta, J. Bartlett, M. A. Barton, I. Bartos, S. Basak, R. Bassiri, A. Basti, M. Bawaj, J. C. Bayley, M. Bazzan, B. R. Becher, B. Becsy, V. M. Bedakihale, F. Beirnaert, M. Bejger, I. Belahcene, V. Benedetto, D. Beniwal, M. G. Benjamin, T. F. Bennett, J. D. Bentley, M. BenYaala, S. Bera, M. Berbel, F. Bergamin, B. K. Berger, S. Bernuzzi, C. P. L. Berry, D. Bersanetti, A. Bertolini, J. Betzwieser, D. Beveridge, R. Bhandare, A. V. Bhandari, U. Bhardwaj, R. Bhatt, D. Bhattacharjee, S. Bhaumik, A. Bianchi, I. A. Bilenko, G. Billingsley, S. Bini, R. Birney, O. Birnholtz, S. Biscans, M. Bischi, S. Biscoveanu, A. Bisht, B. Biswas, M. Bitossi, M.-A. Bizouard, J. K. Blackburn, C. D. Blair, D. G. Blair, R. M. Blair, F. Bobba, N. Bode, M. Boer, G. Bogaert, M. Boldrini, G. N. Bolingbroke, L. D. Bonavena, F. Bondu, E. Bonilla, R. Bonnand, P. Booker, B. A. Boom, R. Bork, V. Boschi, N. Bose, S. Bose, V. Bossilkov, V. Boudart, Y. Bouffanais, A. Bozzi, C. Bradaschia, P. R. Brady, A. Bramley, A. Branch, M. Branchesi, J. E. Brau, M. Breschi, T. Briant, J. H. Briggs, A. Brillet, M. Brinkmann, P. Brockill, A. F. Brooks, J. Brooks, D. D. Brown, S. Brunett, G. Bruno, R. Bruntz, J. Bryant, F. Bucci, T. Bulik, H. J. Bulten, A. Buonanno, K. Burtnyk, R. Buscicchio, D. Buskulic, C. Buy, R. L. Byer, G. S. Cabourn Davies, G. Cabras, R. Cabrita, L. Cadonati, M. Caesar, G. Cagnoli, C. Cahillane, J. Calderon Bustillo, J. D. Callaghan, T. A. Callister, E. Calloni, J. Cameron, J. B. Camp, M. Canepa, S. Canevarolo, M. Cannavacciuolo, K. C. Cannon, H. Cao, Z. Cao, E. Capocasa, E. Capote, G. Carapella, F. Carbognani, M. Carlassara, J. B. Carlin, M. F. Carney, M. Carpinelli, G. Carrillo, G. Carullo, T. L. Carver, J. Casanueva Diaz, C. Casentini, G. Castaldi, S. Caudill, M. Cavaglia, F. Cavalier, R. Cavalieri, G. Cella, P. Cerda-Duran, E. Cesarini, W. Chaibi, S. Chalathadka Subrahmanya, E. Champion, C.-H. Chan, C. Chan, C. L. Chan, K. Chan, M. Chan, K. Chandra, I. P. Chang, P. Chanial, S. Chao, C. Chapman-Bird, P. Charlton, E. A. Chase, E. Chassande-Mottin, C. Chatterjee, Debarati Chatterjee, Deep Chatterjee, M. Chaturvedi, S. Chaty, C. Chen, D. Chen, H. Y. Chen, J. Chen, K. Chen, X. Chen, Y.-B. Chen, Y.-R. Chen, Z. Chen, H. Cheng, C. K. Cheong, H. Y. Cheung, H. Y. Chia, F. Chiadini, C-Y. Chiang, G. Chiarini, R. Chierici, A. Chincarini, M. L. Chiofalo, A. Chiummo, R. K. Choudhary, S. Choudhary, N. Christensen, Q. Chu, Y-K. Chu, S. S. Y. Chua, K. W. Chung, G. Ciani, P. Ciecielag, M. Cieslar, M. Cifaldi, A. A. Ciobanu, R. Ciolfi, F. Cipriano, F. Clara, J. A. Clark, P. Clearwater, S. Clesse, F. Cleva, E. Coccia, E. Codazzo, P.-F. Cohadon, D. E. Cohen, M. Colleoni, C. G. Collette, A. Colombo, M. Colpi, C. M. Compton, M. Constancio Jr., L. Conti, S. J. Cooper, P. Corban, T. R. Corbitt, I. Cordero-Carrion, S. Corezzi, K. R. Corley, N. J. Cornish, D. Corre, A. Corsi, S. Cortese, C. A. Costa, R. Cotesta, R. Cottingham, M. W. Coughlin, J.-P. Coulon, S. T. Countryman, B. Cousins, P. Couvares, D. M. Coward, M. J. Cowart, D. C. Coyne, R. Coyne, J. D. E. Creighton, T. D. Creighton, A. W. Criswell, M. Croquette, S. G. Crowder, J. R. Cudell, T. J. Cullen, A. Cumming, R. Cummings, L. Cunningham, E. Cuoco, M. Cury lo, P. Dabadie, T. Dal Canton, S. Dall’Osso, G. Dalya, A. Dana, B. D’Angelo, S. Danilishin, S. D’Antonio, K. Danzmann, C. Darsow-Fromm, A. Dasgupta, L. E. H. Datrier, Sayak Datta, Sayantani Datta, V. Dattilo, I. Dave, M. Davier, D. Davis, M. C. Davis, E. J. Daw, R. Dean, D. DeBra, M. Deenadayalan, J. Degallaix, M. De Laurentis, S. Deleglise, V. Del Favero, F. De Lillo, N. De Lillo, D. Dell’Aquila, W. Del Pozzo, L. M. DeMarchi, F. De Matteis, V. D’Emilio, N. Demos, T. Dent, A. Depasse, R. De Pietri, R. De Rosa, C. De Rossi, R. DeSalvo, R. De Simone, S. Dhurandhar, M. C. D´ıaz, N. A. Didio, T. Dietrich, L. Di Fiore, C. Di Fronzo, C. Di Giorgio, F. Di Giovanni, M. Di Giovanni, T. Di Girolamo, A. Di Lieto, A. Di Michele, B. Ding, S. Di Pace, I. Di Palma, F. Di Renzo, A. K. Divakarla, A. Dmitriev, Z. Doctor, L. Donahue, L. D’Onofrio, F. Donovan, K. L. Dooley, S. Doravari, M. Drago, J. C. Driggers, Y. Drori, J.-G. Ducoin, P. Dupej, U. Dupletsa, O. Durante, D. D’Urso, P.-A. Duverne, S. E. Dwyer, C. Eassa, P. J. Easter, M. Ebersold, T. Eckhardt, G. Eddolls, B. Edelman, T. B. Edo, O. Edy, A. Effler, S. Eguchi, J. Eichholz, S. S. Eikenberry, M. Eisenmann, R. A. Eisenstein, A. Ejlli, E. Engelby, Y. Enomoto, L. Errico, R. C. Essick, H. Estelles, D. Estevez, Z. Etienne, T. Etzel, M. Evans, T. M. Evans, T. Evstafyeva, B. E. Ewing, F. Fabrizi, F. Faedi, V. Fafone, H. Fair, S. Fairhurst, P. C. Fan, A. M. Farah, S. Farinon, B. Farr, W. M. Farr, E. J. Fauchon-Jones, G. Favaro, M. Favata, M. Fays, M. Fazio, J. Feicht, M. M. Fejer, E. Fenyvesi, D. L. Ferguson, A. Fernandez-Galiana, I. Ferrante, T. A. Ferreira, F. Fidecaro, P. Figura, A. Fiori, I. Fiori, M. Fishbach, R. P. Fisher, R. Fittipaldi, V. Fiumara, R. Flaminio, E. Floden, H. K. Fong, J. A. Font, B. Fornal, P. W. F. Forsyth, A. Franke, S. Frasca, F. Frasconi, J. P. Freed, Z. Frei, A. Freise, O. Freitas, R. Frey, P. Fritschel, V. V. Frolov, G. G. Fronze, Y. Fujii, Y. Fujikawa, Y. Fujimoto, P. Fulda, M. Fyffe, H. A. Gabbard, W. E. Gabella, B. U. Gadre, J. R. Gair, J. Gais, S. Galaudage, R. Gamba, D. Ganapathy, A. Ganguly, D. Gao, S. G. Gaonkar, B. Garaventa, C. Garcıa Nunez, C. Garcıa-Quiros, F. Garufi, B. Gateley, V. Gayathri, G.-G. Ge, G. Gemme, A. Gennai, J. George, O. Gerberding, L. Gergely, P. Gewecke, S. Ghonge, Abhirup Ghosh, Archisman Ghosh, Shaon Ghosh, Shrobana Ghosh, Tathagata Ghosh, B. Giacomazzo, L. Giacoppo, J. A. Giaime, K. D. Giardina, D. R. Gibson, C. Gier, M. Giesler, P. Giri, F. Gissi, S. Gkaitatzis, J. Glanzer, A. E. Gleckl, P. Godwin, E. Goetz, R. Goetz, N. Gohlke, J. Golomb, B. Goncharov, G. Gonzalez, M. Gosselin, R. Gouaty, D. W. Gould, S. Goyal, B. Grace, A. Grado, V. Graham, M. Granata, V. Granata, A. Grant, S. Gras, P. Grassia, C. Gray, R. Gray, G. Greco, A. C. Green, R. Green, A. M. Gretarsson, E. M. Gretarsson, D. Griffith, W. L. Griffiths, H. L. Griggs, G. Grignani, A. Grimaldi, E. Grimes, S. J. Grimm, H. Grote, S. Grunewald, P. Gruning, A. S. Gruson, D. Guerra, G. M. Guidi, A. R. Guimaraes, G. Guixe, H. K. Gulati, A. M. Gunny, H.-K. Guo, Y. Guo, Anchal Gupta, Anuradha Gupta, I. M. Gupta, P. Gupta, S. K. Gupta, R. Gustafson, F. Guzman, S. Ha, I. P. W. Hadiputrawan, L. Haegel, S. Haino, O. Halim, E. D. Hall, E. Z. Hamilton, G. Hammond, W.-B. Han, M. Haney, J. Hanks, C. Hanna, M. D. Hannam, O. Hannuksela, H. Hansen, T. J. Hansen, J. Hanson, T. Harder, K. Haris, J. Harms, G. M. Harry, I. W. Harry, D. Hartwig, K. Hasegawa, B. Haskell, C.-J. Haster, J. S. Hathaway, K. Hattori, K. Haughian, H. Hayakawa, K. Hayama, F. J. Hayes, J. Healy, A. Heidmann, A. Heidt, M. C. Heintze, J. Heinze, J. Heinzel, H. Heitmann, F. Hellman, P. Hello, A. F. Helmling-Cornell, G. Hemming, M. Hendry, I. S. Heng, E. Hennes, J. Hennig, M. H. Hennig, C. Henshaw, A. G. Hernandez, F. Hernandez Vivanco, M. Heurs, A. L. Hewitt, S. Higginbotham, S. Hild, P. Hill, Y. Himemoto, A. S. Hines, N. Hirata, C. Hirose, T-C. Ho, S. Hochheim, D. Hofman, J. N. Hohmann, D. G. Holcomb, N. A. Holland, I. J. Hollows, Z. J. Holmes, K. Holt, D. E. Holz, Q. Hong, J. Hough, S. Hourihane, E. J. Howell, C. G. Hoy, D. Hoyland, A. Hreibi, B-H. Hsieh, H-F. Hsieh, C. Hsiung, Y. Hsu, H-Y. Huang, P. Huang, Y-C. Huang, Y.-J. 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Wright, C. Wu, D. S. Wu, H. Wu, D. M. Wysocki, L. Xiao, T. Yamada, H. Yamamoto, K. Yamamoto, T. Yamamoto, K. Yamashita, R. Yamazaki, F. W. Yang, K. Z. Yang, L. Yang, Y.-C. Yang, Y. Yang, Yang Yang, M. J. Yap, D. W. Yeeles, S.-W. Yeh, A. B. Yelikar, M. Ying, J. Yokoyama, T. Yokozawa, J. Yoo, T. Yoshioka, Hang Yu, Haocun Yu, H. Yuzurihara, A. Zadrozny, M. Zanolin, S. Zeidler, T. Zelenova, J.-P. Zendri, M. Zevin, M. Zhan, H. Zhang, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, R. Zhang, T. Zhang, Y. Zhang, C. Zhao, G. Zhao, Y. Zhao, Yue Zhao, R. Zhou, Z. Zhou, X. J. Zhu, Z.-H. Zhu, A. B. Zimmerman, M. E. Zucker, and J. Zweizig The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA CollaborationWe present Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) and Swift Burst Alert Telescope (Swift-BAT) searches for gamma-ray/X-ray counterparts to gravitational wave (GW) candidate events identified during the third observing run of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. Using Fermi-GB
Estudo da viabilidade ambiental da reutilização das areias descartadas de fundição
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental.A gestão dos resíduos sólidos industriais se tornou um questão ambiental global. Devido à falta de espaço e as altas taxas cobradas para o aterramento, práticas de reutilização destes resíduos como subprodutos ou matérias primas alternativas se tornam cada vez mais atrativas. A areia descartada de fundição (ADF) é o resíduo excedente do processo de fundição e representa um dos maiores volumes de resíduos sólidos industriais produzidos no mundo. Sua reutilização como substituto parcial das areias virgens contribui para a redução de emissões gasosas, o consumo de material virgem e resulta em ganhos econômicos. Esta dissertação teve o objetivo de analisar a viabilidade técnica e ambiental das possibilidades de reaproveitamento das areias descartadas de fundição existentes. Examinar amostras de ADF com relação a sua segurança ambiental. E comparar os caminhos adotados pelos países mais avançados na reutilização das areias descartadas de fundição com os caminhos tomados no Brasil, para a partir daí, identificar caminhos prioritários para que as pesquisas consigam dar apoio às novas políticas e às já existentes. Sendo assim, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa exploratória a partir de uma exaustiva revisão bibliográfica dos artigos técnico-científicos desde os anos 80 até o ano de 2012. Para a parte experimental, foram obtidas três amostras de areias verdes. A escolha das amostras se deu por (a) areias verdes serem o tipo de areias utilizadas e mais propícias ao reaproveitamento; (b) utilizam o sistema de machos cold box, o mais frequentemente utilizado. Foram desenvolvidas análises físicas como granulometria, análises químicas dos compostos orgânicos e metais em amostras de areias verdes. Bem como, ensaios de ecotoxicidade com Daphnia magna e Vibrio fischeri. A granulometria das amostras foi bastante semelhante, com a fração de maior volume na faixa de 80 a 500 m. As concentrações de hidrocarbonetos totais, hidrocarbonetos aromáticos policíclicos, compostos fenólicos e elementos traços de maneira geral se encontraram abaixo dos limites máximos permitidos, revelando também um baixo potencial de lixiviação por parte das areias. E apesar de uma das amostras ter apresentado toxicidade para V. fischeri, nenhuma delas apresentou toxicidade para D. magna. Como conclusão, os resultados indicam que as amostras são ambientalmente seguras para serem reutilizadas tanto em aplicações de construção civil como agrícolas. Entretanto, mais estudos precisam ser realizados, como por exemplo, bioensaios de toxicidade crônica. Quanto à pesquisa exploratória, entendeu-se que barreiras como o baixo valor unitário da areia virgem; a falta de acesso às informações por parte da opinião pública; a falta de mercado organizado que conecte as fontes produtoras aos usuários e de políticas públicas eficazes foram diagnosticadas como as principais causas do baixo porcentual de areias reutilizadas e não por questões de viabilidade técnica ou ambiental. Ainda, com relação à legislação brasileira, de maneira geral, entende-se que as agências reguladoras deveriam se focar mais na definição e classificação dos riscos ambientais e para a saúde humana que um resíduo pode oferecer, do que legislar sobre cada possibilidade de aplicação para cada resíduo, pois isto torna o caminho a percorrer para a total reutilização das areias lento e gradual.The management of industrial solid waste has become a global environmental issue. Due to a lack of land fill space and increasing disposal costs, beneficial use of byproducts or alternative materials is becoming more attractive. Spent foundry sand (SFS) is the excess waste sand from metalcasting processes and represents a major industrial solid waste volume generated in the world. Its beneficial use as a partial substitute for virgin sands reduces greenhouse gas emissions, preserves natural resources by decreasing the demand for virgin materials and results in economic gains. The feasibility of using SFSs in geotechnical and civil engineering applications is imminent, with numerous studies pointing its successful use. This thesis had the objective to analyze the technical and environmental feasibility of the existing beneficial reuse applications to spent foundry sand. Also, examine the environmental security of SFS samples and compare the pathway adopted by the most advanced countries in beneficial reuse of SFS and the options adopted by Brazil, to identifying scientific priorities to make the research useful to support new and existing environmental regulations. Hence, it was developed an exploratory research from an exhaustive biography review of technic-scientific papers since 80th to beginning of 2012. To the experimental part, it was obtained three sample of green sands. The choice of the samples was made because (a) green samples are the type of samples more used and more suitable to the beneficial reuse; (b) use core system cold box, the most frequent system used. Green sand samples were analyzed to determine their particle size and concentration of organic compounds and metals, as well as their ecotoxicity via assays with Daphnia magna and Vibrio fischeri. The particle size of the samples were very similar, with the higher volume fraction ranging from 80 to 500 um. Concentrations of total hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phenolic compounds and trace elements were generally found below regulated levels and also revealed a low leaching potential. Although one of the samples was toxic to V. fischeri, none of them were toxic to D. magna. In conclusion, the results indicate the samples are environmental safe to be beneficial reuse in civil construction and agricultural applications. However, more studies need to be made before starting beneficial reuse them, as an example, ecotoxicity chronic assays. Related to the exploratory research, it was understood that barriers such as the low unit value of virgin sands, lack of access to information by the public, and lack of organized markets that connect users to the generators and effective public policies were diagnosed as causes of the low percentage of sands being beneficially used and not by technical feasibility or environmental issues. Thus, regarding the Brazilian legislation, overall, it was understood by this work that the regulatory agencies should focus more on the definition and classification of the human health and environmental risks imposed by wastes, than to legislate every potential waste application, since this makes progress towards the total beneficial use of SFSs slow and gradual
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