Estudo da adição do resíduo proveniente da extração de minério de ferro em argilas do Rio Grande do Norte

The mining industry is responsible for the generation of waste from their natural process of extraction. The mining impacts in urban areas are of special importance due to the high urban occupation, which are exacerbated due to the proximity of the mined areas and populated areas. Some solutions to wastedisposal have the potential to significantly reduce the environmental risks and liabilities, but represent higher costs in the stages of deployment and operation. The addition of mining waste as raw material in the development of commercial products reduces the environmental impacts, transforming the waste into a positive element in the generation of employment and income. This thesis studies the incorporation of waste iron ore in two clays, one from the ceramic industry of the City of Natal and the other from the ceramic industry of the Seridó Region, both in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Percentages of iron ore waste of 5%, 10% , 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% were used in the tested ceramic matrix. The two clays and the iron ore waste used as part of this investigation were characterized by X-ray diffraction tests, X-ray fluorescence tests, differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetric analysis and dilatometric analysis. The samples were sintered under temperatures of 850 °C, 950 °C and 1050°C at a heating rate of 5 °C/min with isotherms of two hours. The following tests were performed with the samples: linear shrinkage, water absorption, apparent porosity, apparent density, mass loss in fire and bending resistance in order to obtain their physical and mechanical properties. An amount of 5% of waste iron ore in the matrix clay at a temperature of 850 0C resulted in na increase of about 65% in the tensile strength of the clay samples from the Natal ceramic industry. A linear shrinkage of only 0.12% was observed for the samples, which indicates that the physical properties of the final product were not influenced by the addition of the waste

Sistemas sociais comunitários e uso de recursos naturais : bases para políticas públicas e desenvolvimento territorial no estado do Pará

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2016.

Processo histórico de criação e expansão do Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - Campus Patos de Minas

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade UnB Planaltina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão Pública, Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Pública, 2016.

Adição de subprodutos da cinza da casca de café (coffea canephora) em massa cerâmica para porcelanato

To produce porcelain tiles fluxing agents are used in order to obtain a liquid phase during firing. This liquid phase fills the pores decreasing porosity, water absorption and contributes to material densification. In the porcelain tiles industry, feldspar is the main flux material used, with quantities ranging between 35 and 50%. Studies focus on the discovery of materials with flux characteristics that can reduce the consumption of feldspar by porcelain tiles industry. In this context, the coffee husk ashes, a residue obtained when coffee husks are burned to produce heat for the dryers during the processing of the green fruit, have as main chemical constituents potassium, calcium and magnesium, giving them characteristics of fluxing material. Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world and is responsible for over 30% of the world s production. In this work a physical treatment of coffee husk ash was carried out in order to eliminate the organic matter and, after this, two by-products were obtained: residual wastes R1 and R2. Both residues were added separately as single fluxes and also in association with feldspar in mixtures with raw materials collected in a porcelain industry located in Dias d Ávila-Ba. The addition of these residues aimed to contribute to the reduction of the consumption of feldspar in the production of porcelain tiles. Specimens were produced with dimensions of 60 mm x 20 mm x 6 mm in an uniaxial die with compacting pressure of 45 MPa. The samples were heated to a temperature of 1200 °C, for 8 minutes. Tests were performed to characterize the raw materials by XRF, XRD, particle size analysis, DTA and TGA and, additionally, the results of the physical properties of water absorption, apparent porosity, linear shrinkage, density, dilatometry, flexural strength and SEM of sintered body were analyzed. Additions of less than 8% of the residue R1 contributed to the decrease of porosity, but the mechanical strength of the samples was not satisfactory. Additions of 5% the R2 residue contributed significantly to decrease the water absorption and apparent porosity, and also to increase the mechanical strength. Samples with addition of feldspar associated with the R2 residue, in proportions of 6.7% of R2 and 6.7% of feldspar, led to results of water absorption of 0.12% and mechanical strength of 46 MPa, having parameters normalized to the manufacture of porcelain stoneware tiles

Análise da rede de comercialização da castanha-do-brasil no Estado do Amazonas a partir de uma abordagem socioeconômica: um estudo de caso dos municípios de Lábrea e Beruri.

A castanha-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa) é um produto agroextrativista com forte potencial de geração de renda para as comunidades amazônicas. A coleta e o beneficiamento das amêndoas constituem importante atividade econômica nos municípios de Lábrea e Beruri, no Estado do Amazonas, formando uma complexa rede socioeconômica, composta por extrativistas, atravessadores, compradores, empresas e entidades civis e estatais. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar tal dinâmica a partir da perspectiva de rede.

Sistematização de informações sobre mudas de espécies florestais no bioma Amazônia utilizando a técnica Data Mining.

Este trabalho objetivou realizar a sistematização e análise das informações disponíveis na literatura sobre técnicas de produção de mudas de seis espécies florestais nativas e exóticas no Bioma Amazônia.

Estudo de adsorvente obtido de terras diatomáceas para remoção de metais pesados em águas produzidas: processamento, caracterização e dinâmica em leito fixo

The acceleration of industrial growth in recent decades on all continents aroused the interest of the companies to counter the impacts produced on the environment, spurred primarily by major disasters in the petroleum industry. In this context, the water produced is responsible for the largest volume of effluent from the production and extraction of oil and natural gas. This effluent has in its composition some critical components such as inorganic salts, heavy metals (Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, ), presence of oil and chemicals added in the various production processes. In response to impact, have been triggered by research alternative adsorbent materials for water treatment and water produced, in order to removing oils and acids and heavy metals. Many surveys of diatomaceous earth (diatomite) in Brazil involve studies on the physico-chemical, mineral deposits, extraction, processing and applications. The official estimated Jazi are around 2.5 million tonnes, the main located in the states of Bahia (44%) and Rio Grande do Norte (37,4%). Moreover, these two states appear as large offshore producers, earning a prominent role in research of adsorbents such as diatomite for treatment of water produced. Its main applications are as an agent of filtration, adsorption of oils and greases, industrial load and thermal insulator. The objective of this work was the processing and characterization of diatomite diatomaceous earth obtained from the municipality of Macaíba-RN (known locally as tabatinga) as a low cost regenerative adsorbent for removal of heavy metals in the application of water produced treatment. In this work we adopted a methodology for batch processing, practiced by small businesses located in producing regions of Brazil. The characterization was made by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and specific surface area (BET). Research conducted showed that the improvement process used was effective for small volume production of diatomite concentrated. The diatomite obtained was treated by calcination at temperature of 900 oC for 2 hours, with and without fluxing Na2CO3 (4%), according to optimal results in the literature. Column adsorption experiments were conducted to percolation of the in nature, calcined and calcined fluxing diatomites. Effluent was used as a saline solution containing ions of Cu, Zn, Na, Ca and Mg simulating the composition of produced waters in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The breakthrough curves for simultaneous removal of copper ions and zinc as a result, 84.3% for calcined diatomite and diatomite with 97.3 % for fluxing. The calcined fluxing diatomite was more efficient permeability through the bed and removal of copper and zinc ions. The fresh diatomite had trouble with the permeability through the bed under the conditions tested, compared with the other obtained diatomite. The results are presented as promising for application in the petroleum industry

Estudo da variação de propriedades de geomembranas de PVC devido a danos mecânicos

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Ambiental, 2015.

Feijão: o produtor pergunta, a Embrapa responde.

Introdução. O feijão na alimentação humana; Clima; Fisiologia; Preparo do solo e semeadura; Calagem e adubação; Cultivares; Consórcio; Irrigação; Quimigação; Doenças com origem no solo; Doenças da parte aérea; Insetos-praga e inimigos naturais; Plantas daninhas; Colheita; Secagem, beneficiamento e armazenamento de grãos; Produção de sementes e comercialização; Produção integrada do feijoeiro-comum.

Influência da adição de cinza do bagaço de cana calcinada em sistemas de pastas para cimentação de poços petrolíferos

Cementing operation is one of the most important stages in the oil well drilling processes and has main function to form hydraulic seal between the various permeable zones traversed by the well. However, several problems may occur with the cement sheath, either during primary cementing or during the well production period. Cements low resistance can cause fissures in the cement sheath and compromise the mechanical integrity of the annular, resulting in contamination of groundwater and producing zones. Several researches show that biomass ash, in particular, those generated by the sugarcane industry have pozzolanic activity and can be added in the composition of the cementing slurries in diverse applications, providing improvements in mechanical properties, revenue and cement durability. Due to the importance of a low cost additive that increases the mechanical properties in a well cementing operations, this study aimed to potentiate the use of sugarcane bagasse ash as pozzolanic material, evaluate the mechanisms of action of this one on cement pastes properties and apply this material in systems slurries aimed to cementing a well with 800 m depth and geothermal gradient of 1.7 °F/100 ft, as much primary cementing operations as squeeze. To do this, the ash beneficiation methods were realized through the processes of grinding, sifting and reburning (calcination) and then characterization by X-ray fluorescence, XRD, TG / DTG, specific surface area, particle size distribution by laser diffraction and mass specific. Moreover, the ash pozzolanic activity added to the cement at concentrations of 0%, 20% and 40% BWOC was evaluated by pozzolanic activity index with lime and with Portland cement. The evaluation of the pozzolanic activity by XRD, TG / DTG and compressive strength confirmed the ash reactivity and indicated that the addition of 20% in the composition of cement slurries produces improvement 34% in the mechanical properties of the slurry cured. Cement slurries properties evaluated by rheological measurements, fluid loss, free fluid, slurry sedimentation, thickening time and sonic strength (UCA) were satisfactory and showed the viability of using the sugarcane ash in cement slurries composition for well cementing

Manual de manejo de bacurizeiros.

Introdução; Bacurizeiro nasce até dentro de casa; Escolha da área; Tamanho da área; Manejo ou plantio?; Produção dos primeiros frutos; O bacurizeiro no contexto agroecológico; Bacurizeiro em sistema agroflorestal; Algumas questões sobre o manejo do bacurizeiro; Cuidados com o fogo; Colheita dos frutos; Comercialização; Beneficiamento; Armazenamento; Aproveitamento de sub-produto; Financiamento.

Remoção de metais pesados de soluções usando um biopolímero

Comunicação seleccionada e artigo em Livro de Actas

Arquitetura, contexto e mudança nas regiões de montanha do norte da Beira

O presente artigo incide na arquitetura vernacular das áreas de montanha no norte de Portugal e, mais especificamente, da região setentrional da Beira, procurando caracterizar as condições da sua permanência e mudança, a partir da importância do contexto, do povoamento e da paisagem e considerando os diferentes ciclos de transformação características da época contemporânea. Numa fase inicial, esta arquitetura será analisada no âmbito da organização tradicional das áreas de recursos das aldeias serranas, desde os diferentes usos e construções na paisagem ao sítio do assentamento. Do mesmo modo, será também caracterizada tendo em conta a transformação destas paisagens em altitude: primeiro através da seleção de um caso de estudo particular, tradicionalmente marcado pelo deslocamento estacional das populações (num processo idêntico aos estudados no sistema montanhoso da Peneda-Gerês ou noutras áreas de montanha do Mediterrâneo); e depois mediante o registo de algumas das características particulares que as arquiteturas destas aldeias poderão adquirir, em função da sua localização em altitude ou a cotas mais baixas. Numa segunda fase, serão considerados alguns dos temas que marcam a transformação das arquiteturas e aldeias serranas em época contemporânea, desde a importância da mineração, até aos diferentes ciclos migratórios e aos processos de gradual abandono. Por fim, já numa parte conclusiva, a transformação mais recente da arquitetura serrana será enquadrada nos processos da redescoberta das áreas do interior, associados a projetos ou iniciativas de índole diversa que têm contribuído para afirmar a importância e identidade de alguns destes núcleos, num contexto de crescente e reconhecido abandono das áreas de montanha e, em especial, daquelas mais distantes das regiões urbanas do litoral. Procurando documentar o quadro de significativa diversidade que caracteriza as aldeias de montanha do norte da Beira serão mencionados os casos de Covas do Monte, Mazes, Pena, Drave, Almofala, Rio de Frades, Regoufe, Nodar e Campo Benfeito.

3D modelling of the transmissivity of granitic rocks surrounding the old Quinta do Bispo mine | Modelação 3D da transmissividade do maciço granítico envolvente à antiga mina da Quinta do Bispo

Apresenta-se uma metodologia para caracterizar a transmissividade dos Granitos Hercínicos e Metasedimentos do Complexo Xisto-Grauváquico do maciço envolvente e subjacente à antiga área mineira de urânio da Quinta do Bispo. Inicia-se com a modelação das litologias e grau de alteração a que se segue a simulação condicional da densidade de fracturação. No final, a densidade de fracturação é convertida num modelo 3D de transmissividade por relação com os resultados dos ensaios de bombagem. The purpose of this work is to present a methodology for characterizing the transmissivity of the Hercynian granites and complex schist–greywacke metasediment rocks surrounding and underlying the old Quinta do Bispo uranium mining site. The methodology encompasses modelling of lithologies and weathering levels, followed by a conditional simulation of fracture density. Fracture density is then converted into a 3D model of transmissivity via a relationship with pumping tests.

As Minas Portuguesas da Faixa Piritosa Ibérica: A Pirite Alentejana na Economia Nacional Oitocentista

No século XIX, a mineração no sul de Portugal teve como protagonistas quatro pólos industriais: S. Domingos, Aljustrel, Caveira e Lousal. Por excelência, estas minas localizavam-se na Faixa Piritosa Ibérica, uma área geográfica a sul da península com aproximadamente 250 km de comprimento por 30 a 50 km de largura, e um dos mais ricos chapéus de ferro da Europa. Esta realidade potenciou a ascensão meteórica e persistente da pirite ibérica nos grandes centros de mercado mundiais, durante cerca de um século.