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Thermoeconomic and environmental optimization of sugar mills
(XXII Interamerican Congress of Chemical Engineering, CIIQ 2006 and V Argentinian Congress of Chemical Engineering, CAIQ 2006 - Innovation and Management for Sustainable Development, 2006) [Trabalho apresentado em evento] -
Ecological efficiency
(XXII Interamerican Congress of Chemical Engineering, CIIQ 2006 and V Argentinian Congress of Chemical Engineering, CAIQ 2006 - Innovation and Management for Sustainable Development, 2006) [Trabalho apresentado em evento] -
Hydrodynamic cavitation for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment: a review of recent developments and future perspectives
(Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2022) [Resenha]The hydrodynamic cavitation comes out as a promising route to lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment releasing huge amounts of energy and inducing physical and chemical transformations, which favor lignin–carbohydrate matrix ... -
Corrigendum to ‘Script for resilience analysis in energy systems: Python programming code and partial associated data of four cogeneration plants’ [Data in Brief 36 (2021) 106986] (Data in Brief (2021) 36, (S2352340921002705), (10.1016/j.dib.2021.106986))
(Data in Brief, 2022) [Errata]The authors would like to inform that a mistake in the simulation codes was found. As soon as it was detected, it was readily corrected. The authors regret that the simulation codes with this error are published by the ... -
Entropy: From thermodynamics to information processing
(Entropy, 2021) [Resenha]Entropy is a concept that emerged in the 19th century. It used to be associated with heat harnessed by a thermal machine to perform work during the Industrial Revolution. However, there was an unprecedented scientific ... -
Groundwater and the water-food-energy nexus: The grants for water resources use and its importance and necessity of integrated management
(Land Use Policy, 2021) [Artigo]According to the Brazilian National Water Resources Policy, water is a limited public good, and its management involves the participation of public authorities, users, and communities. This paper analyzes data on groundwater ... -
Script for resilience analysis in energy systems: Python programming code and partial associated data of four cogeneration plants
(Data in Brief, 2021) [Data paper]This article presents a script developed to evaluate resilience in energy systems. The files corresponding to the system description, simulation and metrics calculation are included in the dataset, as well as partial raw ... -
Development of metrics for resilience quantification in energy systems
(Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, PHM, 2019) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]The design of energy systems usually requires technical, economical and environmental analysis. However, the growth of systems failure due to unpredictable low-probability external events makes the consideration of resilience ... -
Technique-economical viability of repowering of small hydroelectric power plant considering the social insert and environmental preservation
(Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal, 2006) [Artigo]The increasing growth of electrical energy demand, associated with an increase in the costs of energy production and the care related to environmental and social questions lead the planning of the world energetic sector ... -
Optimization model for environmental impact of energy systems
(ECOS 2007 - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 2007) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]As a consequence of the population centralization during the last decades, result of an intense urbanization process, a lot of areas in the world have been suffering several problems. The social and environmental problems ... -
Studies on technical and economical feasibility of digesters anaerobic-aerobic-anox to sewage treatment, water reuse and use of biogas
(ECOS 2007 - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 2007) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]This paper evaluates technically and economically a miniSST (mini station of sewage treatment) by anaerobic-aerobic-anoxious process, associated to the utilization of biogas produced and utilization of treated sewage to ... -
Statistical approaches for the optimization of parameters for biotechnological production of xylitol
(D-Xylitol: Fermentative Production, Application and Commercialization, 2012) [Capítulo de livro]Statistics is a fundamental tool in the analysis of any process data where there is variability. There are many ways to approach the problem of optimization and design of a process, which can be handled quickly using a ... -
Internalization of CO2 emission cost in cogeneration systems
(ECOS 2009 - 22nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 2009) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]Greenhouse effect is a subject that nowadays concerns the world population. Some governments are adopting environmental taxes for minimizing the consequence of thermal generation pollutants, whose objective is to internalize ... -
Technical and economical analysis of biomass integrated Gasifier/combined heat and power
(ECOS 2009 - 22nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 2009) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]The actual shortage of fossil fuels has required humanity to employ the rational use of primary energy and as a result new plants in more advanced technological versions have been set up. Technologies of wood gasification ... -
A preliminary physical-chemical analysis of steam reforming of biogas from a small wastewater treatment system of a University Campus
(AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings, 2008) [Trabalho apresentado em evento] -
The organic Rankine cycle: A promising technology for electricity generation and thermal pollution mitigation
(Energy, 2022) [Artigo]Waste heat emissions derived from cooling systems of the thermal power plant often discharged into rivers, lakes and seas, have been the direct cause of environmental problems for marine life. To control these wastewater ... -
A conceptual review of sustainable electrical power generation from biogas
(Energy Science and Engineering, 2022) [Resenha]High-energy demand with rapid industrialization and mechanization combined with environmental pollution due to the burning of fossil fuels has driven a shift toward renewable energy. Biogas derived from biomass is a potential ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of biomedical waste plasma gasification
(Energy, 2022) [Artigo]Plasma gasification technology is one of the environmentally correct techniques that can be applied in the processing of biomedical waste (BW). This work aims to present thermodynamic studies with a simulation of the plasma ... -
A detailed experimental and numerical assessment of the QAV – 1/anhydrous ethanol blends in their lower flammability limits
(Fuel, 2022) [Artigo]Anhydrous ethanol is an attractive alternative to be used as a substitute or additive in petroleum-based fuels aiming to ensure environmental sustainability. In Brazil, ethanol has been used as an alternative fuel in both ... -
Theoretical assessment of energy recovery from Beekeeping waste (Slumgum)
(Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022) [Artigo]An evaluation of the energy potential of organic waste called “slumgum,” generated in the bee-wax industry, is developed. The main objective is to determine whether this waste can be used as fuel to generate the steam ...