Isolamento de fungos termofílicos produtores de celulases, xilanases e ferruloil esterase para bioconversão de bagaço de cana de açúcar em açúcares fermentescíveis

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Seleção de microrganismos celulolíticos, imobilização e aplicação das celulases, produzidas e comercial, na hidrólise da celulose

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação de cinza de caldeira de indústria de concentrados de frutas cítrica sobre as propriedades de solo degradado e solo cultivado com cana-de-açúcar

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

New voltammetry-based technique for the determination of tebuthiuron in crystal and brown sugar samples

Sugar is widely consumed worldwide and Brazil is the largest producer, consumer, and exporter of this product. To guarantee proper development and productivity of sugar cane crops, it is necessary to apply large quantities of agrochemicals, especially herbicides and pesticides. The herbicide tebuthiuron (TBH) prevents pre- and post-emergence of infesting weed in sugarcane cultures. Considering that it is important to ensure food safety for the population, this paper proposes a reliable method to analyse TBH in sugar matrixes (brown and crystal) using square wave voltammetry (SWV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) at bare glassy carbon electrode and investigate the electrochemical behavior of this herbicide by cyclic voltammetry (CV). Our results suggest that TBH or the product of its reaction with a supporting electrolyte is oxidized through irreversible transfer of one electron between the analyte and the working electrode, at a potential close to +1.16 V vs. Ag |AgClsat in 0.10 mol L-1 KOH as supporting electrolyte solution. Both DPV and SWV are satisfactory for the quantitative analysis of the analyte. DPV is more sensitive and selective, with detection limits of 0.902, 0.815 and 0.578 mg kg-1, and quantification limits of 0.009, 0.010 and 0.008 mg kg-1 in the absence of the matrix and in the presence of crystal and brown sugar matrix, respectively. Repeatability lay between 0.53 and 13.8%, precision ranged between 4.14 and 15.0%, and recovery remained between 84.2 and 113% in the case of DPV conducted in the absence of matrix and in the presence of the crystal sugar matrix, respectively.

Estudo energético do bagaço de diferentes variedades de cana-de-açucar

Pós-graduação em Química - IBILCE

Efeito residual da adubação de plantio com torta de filtro e fosfato solúvel na produtividade e qualidade da cana-de-açúcar

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação de sistemas de manejo do palhiço de cana-de- açúcar no campo e na indústria

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

Análise de decisão sobre o aproveitamento do palhiço da cana-de-açúcar, posto na unidade industrial, para fins de cogeração

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

Estudo da expressão gênica entre cultivares de cana-de-açúcar contrastantes para a tolerância à seca

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Planejamento do plantio e da colheita de cana-de-açúcar utilizando técnicas matemáticas de otimização

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

Produção de ligno-hemi-celulases por fermentação em estado sólido e avaliação dos efeitos da aplicação das enzimas na composição química e estrutura do bagaço e da palha de cana

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse with microwaves irradiation and its effects on the structure and on enzymatic hydrolysis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Sugar markers in aerosol particles from an agro-industrial region in Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Thermodynamic and economic analysis of hydrogen production integration in the Brazilian sugar and alcohol industry

One of the biggest challenges today is to develop clean fuels, which do not emit pollutant and with viable implementation. One of the options currently under study is the hydrogen production process. In this context, this work aims to study the technical and economical aspects of the incorporation process of hydrogen producing by ethanol steam reforming in the sugar cane industry and MCFC (molten carbonate fuel cell) application on it to generate electric power. Therefore, it has been proposed a modification in the traditional process of sugar cane industry, in order to incorporate hydrogen production, besides the traditional products (sugar, ethylic, hydrated and anhydric alcohol). For this purpose, a detailed theoretical study of the ethanol production process, describing the considerations to incorporate the hydrogen production will be performed. After that, there will be a thermodynamic study for analysing the innovation of this production chain, as well as a study of economic engineering to allocate the costs of products of the new process, optimising it and considering the thermoeconomics as being as an analysis tool. This proposal aims to improve Brazil's position in the ranking of international biofuels, corroborating the nation to be a power in the hydrogen era. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Estudo e análise do coeficiente de absorção acústico do compósito da fibra de cana

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEIS