Utilização do coque verde de petróleo da Petrobras em substituição parcial ao carvão mineral das misturas injetadas em altos fornos

The Petrobras produced green petroleum coke (GPC) is a carbon rich fuel, virtually ash-free, with low sulfur content, and is a fuel suitable to replace metallurgical coke in blast furnaces. The GPC was tested in a pulverized coal injection simulator built in the Volta Redonda research center. It presented a low burning efficiency due to low volatile material content and high substitution rate by the carbon content. The tests were carried out in blast furnaces with ≤ 50% Petrobras GPC in the coal blends. The injected coal/CVP mixtures produced no negative side effects in the blast furnace grinding systems, pneumatic conveying, or operating process. The mixture burning process inside the blast furnace showed a decrease in fuel consumption, with a significant reduction in metallurgical coke consumption. The industrial-scale tests of the GPC mixtures did not reach the 70% maximum for lack of the GPC feedstock, which is necessary to continue with standard coal mixtures.

Alterações hidrogeomorfológicas devido à dinâmica de uso da terra na Bacia Hidrográfica do Ribeirão Santa Gertrudes (SP)

Agricultural and mining activities are directly related to changes in natural landscapes. From the perspective of anthropogenic geomorphology supported by general systems theory, this research has developed, in order to identify and analyze changes in the land use, mainly from agriculture and the exploitation of clay, and its implications in the hydro-geomorphological characteristics in the Santa Gertrudes Stream watershed (SP). This area is within the context of the Ceramic Pole Santa Gertrudes (SP), which besides its importance as a supplier of raw material, is characterized as the largest center of international reference in ceramic tiles on the American continent. For this purpose, we made land use and geomorphology maps of two scenarios, corresponding to the years 1962 and 2006, which allowed the identification of changes caused by human activities on the landforms of the area, such as the increase in area of parcels intended for mining activity, which went from 3.1% to occupy 19% of the catchment area of the respective period and that, among other changes, gave rise to new forms of relief as, for example, in levels of pit mining abrupt and smooth. The results indicate that the main features of representative of human changes in relief are represented for opening of large clay mining pits and agricultural activities, which intensified the denudation and sedimentation processes in the Santa Gertrudes Stream watershed.

Aspectos técnicos e econômicos da poda e do controle químico de Brevipalpus phoenicis no manejo da leprose dos citros

The objective of this study was to evaluate different citrus leprosis management tactics during seven seasons, based in pruning and acaricide applications, considering technical and economic aspects of each tactic. The trial was conducted from October 2003 to August 2010 in an orange plantation of Pera cv. located in the municipality of Reginópolis-SP, Brazil. The plants of citrus used were12 years old and grafted onto Cleopatra tangerine. The experimental design used was randomized blocks, in a factorial scheme, made up of factors type of pruning (A), with six levels: (1) drastic pruning, (2) intermediate pruning without leprosis lesions, (3) intermediate pruning with leprosis lesions (4) light pruning, (5) without pruning and (6) replant; acaricide applications factor (B), with three levels: (1) without acaricides applications, (2) with lime sulfur applications and (3) spirodiclofen or cyhexatin applied in rotation; pruning factor to remove leprosis symptomatic branches (C), with two levels: (1) with pruning for removal, (2) without removal pruning. The combination of factors, with respective levels (6 x 3 x 2), resulted in 36 treatments that were repeated four times, with each parcel being made up of three plants in a row. After seven years, it was observed that the types of the pruning and remove of leprosis symptomatic branches used as single management tactic, is not sufficient to leprosis control. Therefore, the results demonstrated that for leprosis management, it is essential the association between tactics, especially the control mite vector. For ensuring the citrus production economically, the use of acaricides highly efficient is essential in B. phoenicis control. The recommendation of the type of pruning should be in function of the leprosis incidence and severity in the orchard. In orchards with low leprosis incidence and severity the light pruning is more appropriate, because it is efficient and ensures greater financial balance. However, in orchards with high leprosis incidence and severity it is indicated the severe pruning for reducing or eliminating inoculum source. Between the severe prunings, the intermediate pruning with leprosis lesions is the most relevant, because the financial return will be faster. Replant is indicated only for young orchards, because does not imply in changes onto cultural practices.

Revisitação de Bromeliaceae na APA Santuário ecológico da Pedra Branca Caldas, MG

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Avaliação da chuva e banco de sementes em áreas de restinga, morfoecologia e potencial biótico de espécies ocorrentes nestes locais

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Relação entre o excesso de bases da dieta, sua manipulação mediante adição de cátions e anions e o pH urinário e equilíbrio ácido-básico de cães

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Dinâmica populacional e controle do ácaro Aceria litchii Keifer (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) em plantas de lichia

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Garimpo do Araras/RO depois do Eldorado

Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE

Geologia da formação Rio Claro na Folha Rio Claro (SP)

Pós-graduação em Geologia Regional - IGCE

Prospecção e monitoramento informacional no contexto da inteligência competitiva em microempresas do ramo óptico da região de Marília - SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Biofertilizante na produção do capim Cynodon dactylon cv. Tierra Verde: Amanda de Castro Correia. -

Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal - FMVA

Influência dos elementos de liga no encruamento proveniente do processo de aplainamento nos aços hadfield

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Análise logística e ambiental no sistema de corte, carregamento e transporte da cana-de-açúcar

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Civil - FEIS

Ecofisiologia e aspectos morfológicos de frutos, sementes e plântulas de Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Mull. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) e Eugenia umbellifflora O. Berg. (Myrtaceae)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Caracterização química, energética, aromática e sensorial de vinhos de mesa de uvas americanas

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA