Room: Poster Area
Date: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Time: 13:45 - 14:45 CEST
Session code 4DV.6
Biomass pre-treatment, combustion and production of intermediates
Densified Fuel Derived from Rice Biomass And Municipal Solid Waste as a Vector for Energy Transition in the Southern Region of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Short Introductive summary
This work is part of a research project funded by the Santa Catarina Research and Innovation Foundation (FAPESC/2021TR1505), Brazil, led by the Federal University of Santa Catarina in partnership with the Santa Catarina Carbon Industry Beneficent Association and the Federal University of Paraíba. The project has been running since 2021 in the southern region of the state of Santa Catarina to develop a densified fuel derived from biomass and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), with the aim of offering an alternative and partly renewable fuel to the energy and industrial sectors, reducing the amount of waste destined for landfill by utilising non-recyclable fractions or those with a recycling process that is not currently accessible (tailings), and in energy recovery. Rice biomass is the biomass applied in this work. Energy efficiency gains and a reduction in pollutant emissions can be achieved by replacing coal with the alternative fuel. With this in mind, we hope to contribute to advances in biomass energy participation and MSW management in Brazil, as has been happening in other countries.
Presenter
Elaine VIRMOND
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Energy and Sustainability, NUDAPE, BRAZIL
Presenter's biography
Doctor in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. Worked for Embrapa Agroenergy, the energy section of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa and is currently a Professor at UFSC, Energy and Sustainability Department.
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Co-authors:
A.G. Machado, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Postgraduate Programme in Energy and Sustainability, Araranguá, BRAZIL
E.S. Watzko, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Energy and Sustainability, Araranguá, BRAZIL
Session reference: 4DV.6.22