Sistema nacional de relato de emissões de gases de efeito estufa (volume II)

Este documento aborda as principais características de um sistema de relato de emissões de GEE para um mercado de carbono no Brasil. Relatar emissões de GEE de forma precisa, eficiente e confiável é essencial para o funcionamento adequado de um programa de MRV (monitoramento, relato e verificação), inserido em um sistema de comercialização de permissões de emissão. Assim sendo, é preciso que, quando da concepção de um mercado de carbono nacional, devida atenção seja dada aos requisitos necessários para a criação de um sistema robusto de relato de emissões.

Elementos para a construção de um sistema de comércio de emissões (volume III)

Assim, este trabalho apresenta os conceitos básicos para compreensão dos principais elementos para a construção e funcionamento de um programa cap-and-trade, suas hipóteses e limitações, buscando destacar possíveis dispositivos que devem ser considerados para o caso brasileiro. Para tanto, traz também algumas lições observadas em iniciativas internacionais e procura avaliar, de forma preliminar, a adequação de um sistema de comércio de emissões para o Brasil.

Contabilização, quantificação e publicação de inventários corporativos de emissões de gases de efeito estufa

Esta publicação é resultado de um processo de construção coletiva realizado pelos participantes do Programa Brasileiro GHG Protocol, iniciado em maio de 2008. Espera-se que sirva para apoiar e estimular uma “cultura de inventário” no país, permitindo às organizações brasileiras estabelecerem processos de gestão de emissões de GEE e colocarem-se em patamares competitivos no mercado internacional, posicionando-se ativamente em prol da sustentabilidade. É objetivo da publicação assegurar que as informações relatadas ao Programa atendam aos objetivos acima descritos e sejam consistentes com princípios internacionalmente aceitos para contabilização e elaboração de inventários de GEE. Além disso, as Especificações do Programa Brasileiro GHG Protocol explicitam o que é requerido dos participantes em caráter obrigatório, bem como o que é opcional para a elaboração e publicação dessas informações.

Abertura do Seminário emissões brasileiras de GEE (1990-2012)

O Seminário Estimativa de emissões brasileiras de gases de efeito estufa apresentou as estimativas produzidas por um grupo de instituições e pesquisadores coordenado por Tasso Azevedo, para o período 1990-2012, em uma iniciativa do Observatório do Clima, com apoio de comunicação do GVces. Na ocasião foi lançado o Sistema Estimativas de Emissões de GEE (SEEG)

Estimativa de emissões de GEE no Brasil (1990-2012)

O Seminário estimativa de emissões brasileiras de gases de efeito estufa apresentou as estimativas produzidas por um grupo de instituições e pesquisadores coordenado por Tasso Azevedo, para o período 1990-2012, em uma iniciativa do Observatório do Clima, com apoio de comunicação do GVces. Na ocasião foi lançado o Sistema Estimativas de Emissões de GEE (SEEG)

Análise das emissões gasosas de um veículo flex funcionando com diferentes combustíveis

Efforts in research and development of new technologies to reduce emission levels of pollutant gases in the atmosphere has intensified in the last decades. In this context, it can be highlighted the modern systems of electronic engine management, new automotive catalysts and the use of renewable fuels which contributes to reduce the environmental impact. The purpose of this study was a comparative analysis of gas emissions from a automotive vehicle, operating with different fuels: natural gas, AEHC or gasoline. To execute the experimental tests, a flex vehicle was installed on a chassis dynamometer equipped with a gas analyzer and other complementary accessories according to the standard guidelines of emission and security procedures. Tests were performed according to NBR 6601 and NBR 7024, which define the urban and road driving cycle, respectively. Besides the analysis of exhaust gases in the discharge tube, before and after the catalyst, using the suction probe of the gas analyzer to simulate the vehicle in urban and road traffic, were performed tests of fuel characterization. Final results were conclusive in indicating leaded gasoline as the fuel which most contributed with pollutant emissions in atmosphere and the usual gasoline being the fuel which less contributed with pollutant emissions in atmosphere

Análise do balanço energético e da matriz de emissões de poluentes no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

This thesis intends to show the level of pollutant emissions in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, generated by the final consumption of energy in the many different sectors of the economy. This information was obtained from the energetic matrix and from the pollutant emissions of the State and the data was taken from the Balanço Energético Estadual and from the Sistema de Informações Energéticas da Olade. The result will permit to identify the energy and most polluting economic sectors in Rio Grande do Norte, contributing to energy planning, giving direction to the public policy development that aim at the change of the energy matrix of the State. Also with the objective of reducing pollutant emissions through rationalization, efficiency and energy substitution, which the main objective is to promote the economic development based on energy consumption of less harmful impact on the environment, contributing to establishment of sustainable development

A pegada de carbono como um dos indicadores de sustentabilidade para medição da responsabilidade socioambiental empresarial: um estudo de caso na unidade sede da Petrobras em Natal-RN

As a contemporary tendency, it is been evidenced that the environmental changes theme, already admitted as a concernment to international economical and political reality, is also gaining repercussion on industrial and business sector. Firms are implementing actions on trial to minimize their own greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions impacts. However, the great majority of those actions of Corporative Social-Environmental Responsibility (CSR) are referred only to direct emissions of the main production systems. Direct emissions are those derived of an isolate process, without considering the upstream and downstream processes emissions, which respond for the majority of emissions originated because of respective firm‟s production system existence. Because the greenhouse effect occurs globally and the GHG emissions contribute to the environmental changes independently of their origin, it must be taken into account the whole productive life cycle of products and systems, since the energy invested on resources extraction and necessary materials to the final disposal. To do so, it must be investigated all relevant steps of a product/production system life cycle, tracking all activities which emit greenhouse gases, directly or indirectly. This amount of emissions consists in the firm‟s Carbon Footprint. This research purpose is to defend the Carbon Footprint relevance and its adoption viability to be used as an Environmental Indicator on measurement/assessment of CSR. It has been realized a study case on Petrobras‟s seat unity at Natal-Brazil, assessing part of its Carbon Footprint. It has been used the software GEMIS 4.6 to do the emissions quantifying. The items measured were the direct emissions of the own unity vehicles and indirect emissions of offset paper (A4), energy and disposable plastic cups consumed. To 2009, these emissions were 3.811,94 tCO2eq. We may conclude that Carbon Footprint quantification is indispensable to the knowledge of real emissions caused by a productive process existence, must serving as basis to CSR decisions about the environmental changes reversion challenge

Um algoritmo híbrido para o problema de roteamento de veículos com frotas heterogêneas

This paper aims to propose a hybrid meta-heuristics for the Heterogeneous Fleet Vehicle Routing Problem (HVRP), which is a combinatorial optimization problem NP-hard, and is characterized by the use of a limited fleet consists of different vehicles with different capacities. The hybrid method developed makes use of a memetic algorithm associated with the component optimizer Vocabulary Building. The resulting hybrid meta-heuristic was implemented in the programming language C + + and computational experiments generated good results in relation to meta-heuristic applied in isolation, proving the efficiency of the proposed method.

Um Estudo de Politicas e Práticas do uso do GNV no transporte público urbano do Brasil

The use of Natural Gas Vehicle has had a fast increase lately. However, in order to have a continuous success this Program needs to develop converting devices of Otto-cycle engines, gasoline or alcohol, to the use of NGV (Natural Gas Vehicle) that presents low cost, maintaining the same original development of the vehicle and low level of emissions, considering the PROCONVE rules. Due to the need to diversify the matrix in order to avoid energetic dependence and due to strict pollution control, it has increased in the Brazilian market the number of vehicles converted to the use of NGV. The recent regulation of the PROCONVE, determining that the converted engines with kits should be submitted to emission testing, comes to reinforce the necessity of the proposed development. Therefore, if we can obtain kits with the characteristics already described, we can reach a major trust in the market and obtain an increase acceptance of the vehicle conversion for NGV. The use of natural gas as vehicle fuel presents several advantages in relation to liquid fuels. It is a vehicle fuel with fewer indexes of emissions when compared to diesel; their combustion gases are less harmful, with a major level of safety than liquid fuels and the market price is quite competitive. The preoccupation that emerges, and the motivation of this project, is to know which are the main justifications for such technology, well accepted in other countries, with a low index or emission, with a high level of safety, where its maintenance becomes low, reminding that for this it is necessary that this technology has to be used properly, and once available in the market will not motivate interest in the urban transportation companies in Brazil, in research centers in general. Therefore this project exists to show the society in a general way the current vision of the main governmental factors, of the national research centers and of the private companies concerning the use of natural gas vehicles in urban transport vehicles, in order to give a major reliability to the population as well as to motivate national market competitiveness with a low cost and reliable product and to enrich the national technology

Desempenho de um veículo flex em bancada dinamométrica de chassi

Flex-fuel vehicles are equipped with Otto Cycle internal combustion engines and have the capability of functioning with more than one type of fuel, mixed at the same tank and burned in the combustion chamber simultaneously. This sort of motorization is a world pattern due to the scarcity of petroleum, the trade of several types of fuels, technology advances and the restriction imposed to gas emissions to the atmosphere. In Brazil, the Flexfuel vehicles are a reality, specially the ones using fuel with 20 to 25% anhydrous alcohol mixed with gasoline and those that use natural gas or original liquid fuel (gasoline or hydrated ethanol). The Brazilian model Fiat Siena, the object of this present scientific investigation, is equipped with a unique electronic central capable of managing the liquid or gaseous fuels. The purpose of this research was to perform a comparative analysis in terms of performance (in terms of both potency and consumption) of a tetra-fuel vehicle - using a chassis dynamometer, operating with different fuels: common gasoline, premium gasoline, Podium gasoline, ethanol or natural gas. It became necessary to develop a bench of tests and trials procedures, as well as to know the functioning of the electronic management of the vehicle under analysis. The experiments were performed at the automotive laboratory in CTGAS-ER (Center of Gas Technologies and Renewable energies) at the light of Brazilian standard ABNT, NBR 7024: Light on-road vehicles - measurement of fuel consumption. The essay results on specific fuel consumption using common gasoline, premium gasoline and Podium gasoline have shown similar results, both for urban and road driving cycles