Detta examensarbete undersöker hur Quartzene® som tillsatsmaterial påverkar hållfastheten hos betong. Arbetet sker i samarbete med företaget Svenska Aerogel AB som också äger patent på Quartzene®. Ämnet har vissa likheter med andra tillsatsmaterial som används i Sverige. Quartzene® har dock ett kartlagt innehåll vilket är en fördel jämfört med de andra tillsatsmaterialen som måste analyseras innan användning.Syftet är att prova hur Quartzene® i olika doser och diverse sammansättningar påverkar hållfastheten hos betong. Litteraturstudier har legat till grund för de praktiska provningarna och analyserna av givna resultat.

Svenska Aerogel AB has developed the material Quartzene® which is of the typeprecipitated silica and contains calcium - magnesium silicate ((Ca, Mg) SiO3). Thematerial is used for molecular filtration of contaminated air. Qartzene?, which is inpellet form, is porous and has a high internal surface which is a requirement for themolecular filtration. With the use of various impregnations, filtration can affect thedesired outcome.

Svenska Aerogel AB has developed the material Quartzene® which is of the typeprecipitated silica and contains calcium - magnesium silicate ((Ca, Mg) SiO3). Thematerial is used for molecular filtration of contaminated air. Qartzene?, which is inpellet form, is porous and has a high internal surface which is a requirement for themolecular filtration. With the use of various impregnations, filtration can affect thedesired outcome.

A substation must be properly protected against lightning and other external effects to the equipment in the station or staff, for that we use relay protection. They should also protect against internal errors which may occur as ground faults. There are different types of protection relays, but most common are overcurrent-, distance-, residual current- and differential protection.The purpose of this thesis was to deepen our knowledge of relay protection and to use the theoretical knowledge we got from the university studies in the work process. In the process we discovered which parameters were the most essential and calculated these for all relay protections on the substation. We also carry out a comparison between two brands of relay protection, ABB and Alstom.During our work we will test and simulate the over-current relays in a program called NEPLAN, the program will also calculate the fault currents.