Caio Glauco Sanchez

Compósito de resina de poliéster insaturado com bagaço de cana-de-açúcar: influência do tratamento das fibras nas propriedades

The aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of the sugar cane bagasse NaOH treatment in the mechanical and dynamic-mechanical properties, in the thermal stability, density and water absorption, when used in unsaturated polyester resin/sugar cane bagasse composite. The sugar cane bagasse was submitted to the chemical treatment with alkaline solution of NaOH. The treatment improves the impact and flexural elasticity modulus when compared with resin without fibers, in addition to the adhesion of the fibers with the matrices, but does not improve significantly the tensile elasticity modulus. The surfaces of the impact fracture were analyzed by SEM.

Preliminary tests with a sugarcane bagasse fueled fluidized-bed air gasifier

This paper discusses the performance characteristics of a 280 kWth fluidized bed gasifier fueled with bagasse pellets. The gasifier was designed by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and built by TERMOQUIP Energia Alternativa Ltda, based in Campinas, Brazil. Preliminary tests were performed in 1996 to determine the reactor performance as part of the gasification pilot plant test programme. A series of parameters, such as the lower heating value, heat losses, cold and hot gas thermal efficiency and gas yield, were measured as a function of the gasification air factor.

A utilização da gaseificação de pneus usados em leito fluidizado para a produção de energéticos

The growth of the big cities, industrialization and goods consumptions, have forced the civilization to live with more intensive environmental degradation process, threatening both the nature and energy resources, besides the bigger production of gas, liquid and solid wastes. Any energy planning aims to minimize the wastes production as well as to stimulate both the waste and the sub-products re-utilization in the several industrial processes. In order to contribute to the solution of those problems, it is presented in this work, a proposal of a reactor which uses scrap tires to fuel oil using the gasification process.