Thiago Padovani Xavier

Construção e estudos de perfomance de um reator fotoquímico tipo CPC ("Compound Parabolic Concentrator")

A CPC (Compound Parabolic Concentrator) reactor was projected and constructed aiming to promote the degradation of the organic matter present in considerable volumes of aqueous effluents, under the action of solar radiation. The essays were done using a model effluent which consists of a mixture of fragments of a sodium salt of lignosulphonic acid possessing a mean molecular weigth of 52,000 Daltons, and a real effluent, from a chip board industry. The volume of effluent in each test was about 50 L. The tests involved heterogeneous (TiO2 P25 Degussa and formulations made from the association of TiO2 with a photosensitiser), and homogeneous (thermal and photochemical Fenton reactions) catalysis of the effluents. The results demonstrate the viability of application of this kind of reactor even when the load of organic pollutants is high.

Dynamic analysis of reaction kinetics of carton packaging pyrolysis

Abstract As reported in the literature, the post-consumption carton packaging has been recycled using different process. Pyrolysis can be a promising technology to be used for recovering the aluminum from polyethylene and generating products with high heating value. In this research paper, by using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), a kinetic study on pyrolysis reactions was performed. Furthermore, the activation energy of pyrolysis reaction was estimated using the methodology proposed by Ozawa (1965).