Thermoeconomic analysis of a cogeneration system of a university campus

In this paper, a thermoeconomic analysis method based on the First and the Second Law of Thermodynamics and applied to analyse the replacement of an equipment of a cogeneration system is presented. The cogeneration system consists of a gas turbine linked to a waste boiler. The electrical demand of the campus is approximately 9 MW but the cogen system generates approximately one third of the university requirement as well as 1.764 kg/s of saturated steam (at 0.861 MPa), approximately, from a single fuel source. The energy-economic study showed that the best system, based on pay-back period and based on the maximum savings (in 10 years), was the system that used the gas turbine M1T-06 of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and the system that used the gas turbine CCS7 of Hitachi Zosen, respectively. The exergy-economic study showed that the best system, which has the lowest EMC, was the system that used the gas turbine ASE50 of Allied Signal. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Four new species of Xenotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Brazil

Four new species of Xenotarsonemus Beer (Acari, Tarsonemidae), X. brachytegula, X. pirassunungaensis, X. cerrado and X. spiniphorus, are described based on specimens collected from plants of the Cerrado vegetation in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Copyright © 2007 Magnolia Press.

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010

Includes bibliography

Controle de qualidade da raiz de Operculina macrocarpa (Linn) Urb., Convolvulaceae

Considering the quality of the phytotherapic agents, it is important to point out that it includes rigorous attendance of the different steps of the development and production of these products, from the collection of the vegetable to the availability of the final product. In this work the quality control of the Operculina macrocarpa (Linn) Urb. roots, popularly known as 'batata-de-purga', was carried out. Pharmacopoeic and no pharmacopoeic methodologies were employed to physico-chemical and microbiological quality control. The obtained results showed that the roots presents a content of resin of 9,85%, The microbiological analysis did not present pathogenic growth among the other accomplished tests. The work stands out the importance of the establishment of norms for the quality control for the plants, so that they are found able to be used for phytotherapic reasons.

Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC): new biregional trade and investment relations in a changing world economic environment$c

Includes bibliography

India and Latin America and the Caribbean: opportunities and challenges in trade and investment relations

Includes Bibliography

Recent trade performance of Caribbean countries

Includes bibliography

The "China effect" on commodity prices and Latin American export earnings

Includes bibliography

Development and Biotechnological Application of a Novel Endoxylanase Family GH10 Identified from Sugarcane Soil Metagenome

Metagenomics has been widely employed for discovery of new enzymes and pathways to conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals. In this context, the present study reports the isolation, recombinant expression, biochemical and structural characterization of a novel endoxylanase family GH10 (SCXyl) identified from sugarcane soil metagenome. The recombinant SCXyl was highly active against xylan from beechwood and showed optimal enzyme activity at pH 6,0 and 45°C. The crystal structure was solved at 2.75 Å resolution, revealing the classical (β/α)8-barrel fold with a conserved active-site pocket and an inherent flexibility of the Trp281-Arg291 loop that can adopt distinct conformational states depending on substrate binding. The capillary electrophoresis analysis of degradation products evidenced that the enzyme displays unusual capacity to degrade small xylooligosaccharides, such as xylotriose, which is consistent to the hydrophobic contacts at the +1 subsite and low-binding energies of subsites that are distant from the site of hydrolysis. The main reaction products from xylan polymers and phosphoric acid-pretreated sugarcane bagasse (PASB) were xylooligosaccharides, but, after a longer incubation time, xylobiose and xylose were also formed. Moreover, the use of SCXyl as pre-treatment step of PASB, prior to the addition of commercial cellulolytic cocktail, significantly enhanced the saccharification process. All these characteristics demonstrate the advantageous application of this enzyme in several biotechnological processes in food and feed industry and also in the enzymatic pretreatment of biomass for feedstock and ethanol production. © 2013 Alvarez et al.

Controle químico e deposição da calda de pulverização em dois estágios de desenvolvimento de plantas de Typha subulata Crespo & Peres-Moreau f

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Agricultura) - FCA

Óleos essenciais: verificação da ação antimicrobiana in vitro, na água e sobre a microbiota da pele humana

Pós-graduação em Biologia Geral e Aplicada - IBB

Avaliação dos níveis de citocinas e HLA-G solúvel em linhagens celulares tumorais de colo uterino tratadas com alcalóides de Pterogyne nitens

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Indicadores ambientais da pauta exportadora brasileira

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estudo de caso dos manuais de instrução do pólo moveleiro de Arapongas/PR: uma contribuição do design informacional

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estudo das características físico-químicas dos óleos da amêndoa e polpa da macaúba [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart]

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)