Nombre: PAULA ZIMERMANN SCHNEIDER LOPES
Tipo: MSc dissertation
Fecha de publicación: 31/03/2020
Supervisor:
Nombre |
Rol |
|---|---|
| TAISA SHIMOSAKAI DE LIRA | Advisor * |
Junta de examinadores:
| Nombre |
Rol |
|---|---|
| CLAUDIA RODRIGUES TELES | Internal Examiner * |
| LIDJA DAHIANE MENEZES SANTOS BORÉL | External Examiner * |
| TAISA SHIMOSAKAI DE LIRA | Advisor * |
| THIAGO PADOVANI XAVIER | Co advisor * |
Resumen: Thermoelectric plants powered by fossil fuels have been playing an important role in the
generation of energy. However, the supply of these fuels is expected to end in the future.
Because of that, its necessary to search for alternative sources of energy. Recently,
bioenergy has been standing out as an alternative to diversify energy sources. Among
several methods of using biomass, combustion for the generation of heat and electricity
is considered a good option for its energy recovery. However, several inherent properties
of biomass limit its wide application in energy generation, as they are associated with
operational problems. Among the technologies studied to mitigate these problems, the
blend of biofuels with fuels with low tendency to scale in a co-combustion process stands
out. Considering the environmental problem related to the disposal of plastics and agroindustrial
residues, the objective of this work was to investigate the kinetic and
thermodynamic characteristics of the combustion of coconut shell, low density
polyethylene and their blends. For this, thermogravimetric analyzes were done under
atmosphere of synthetic air at 100 mL/min. The samples were heated to 1173 K, at heating
rates of 10, 30 and 50 K/min.
