Uso da capoeira na extração de lenha: em três comunidades locais no pólo Rio Capim do PROAMBIENTE-PA

A lenha é um dos produtos de fundamental importância para os pequenos agricultores, por ser a principal fonte de energia calorífica usada em suas atividades cotidianas. É obtida a partir do roçado e da vegetação secundária, e utilizadas por esses agricultores. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram de identificar quais as principais espécies florestais usadas pelos produtores para obtenção de lenha a partir das práticas dos agricultores; estimar o consumo de lenha por pessoa; analisar as características químicas, físicas e energéticas da lenha e averiguar suas potencialidades para produção de carvão e gases condensáveis. A pesquisa foi realizada em três comunidades locais: São José do Itabocal e Fé em Deus, ambos em São Domingos do Capim e, Santa Rita, em Mãe do Rio, todas pertencentes ao Pólo Rio Capim do Programa PROAMBIENTE, nordeste do Pará. O método utilizado foi o de estudo de caso múltiplo, utilizando-se de várias ferramentas, como pesquisa de campo, com entrevistas, questionários, observação direta, agenda de campo, além de análise de laboratório das características físicas, químicas e energéticas da lenha. Entre os resultados destaca-se que 61,3% dos agricultores necessitam da lenha para dois fins: casa de farinha, onde é o principal combustível utilizado para o preparo da farinha de mandioca, e na cocção de alimentos, sendo Itabocal a comunidade mais dependente desta fonte calorífica. Foram encontradas 14 árvores utilizadas como combustível, destacando-se o lacre, a mitaceira e o ingá. Obteve-se o consumo de lenha, por pessoa, na ordem de 3,80, 3,68 e 2,51 kg/pessoa/dia para as comunidades de Fé em Deus, Itabocal e Santa Rita, respectivamente. Para a produção de lenha e de carvão vegetal, sobressaíram a mitaceira e o ingá com base, principalmente, nas massas específicas aparentes do material analisado das referidas espécies (0,52 g/cm3 e 0,53 g/cm3, respectivamente) para a escolha como lenha; e, no rendimento em carbono fixo, para a escolha de uso como carvão, estatisticamente superiores ao da terceira espécie florestal analisada (lacre), 24,15% e 23,70%, respectivamente. Para a produção de gases condensáveis, destaca-se o lacre (com Rendimento em Gases Condensáveis = 44,93%), com grande potencial de uso por parte dos agricultores familiares

The effect of biomass immobilization support material and bed porosity on hydrogen production in an upflow anaerobic packed-bed bioreactor

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

A biotecnologia vegetal como alternativa para a cotonicultura familiar sustentável

This paper aims to describe the familiar cotton culture in the districts of Tangará and Triunfo Potiguar, located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. It relates specific problems that small cotton agriculturists face in the cotton production and sale as well as their perception in relation to public policies that have been put into practice in these districts. The research revealed soils with potentiality for the cotton culture, but that are not being cultivated for anything else but subsistence, not being able to become productive, specifically through the cotton culture. That activity should be practiced so that it preserves the environment and the familiar farmers themselves, since it was verified they are constant1y exposed to health problems due to insecticides use. In what refers to fomentation policies it was observed that bureaucracy delays the liberation of the money destined to production, seeds delivery and other actions related to production and commercialization. Some procedures such as information and training about productivity development and attention with the environrnent and infrastructure are recommended. The results indicate lack of investments, rural credit and technical help, main1y in Triunfo Potiguar. There is unanimity, from the rural farmers of that district in what refers to the desire of improving the production and remaining in that activity. In this sense, the contribution of this research for the most appropriate culture production can be materialized through the technique of tissue's culture, aimed at obtaining plants that are resistant to diseases. The data indicated that the hormonal supplementations used induced regenerative calluses making in vitro morphogenesis possible in alI tested varieties. The use of the activated coal antioxidant was efficient, reducing oxidation, however not suppressing it. The results lead to an opportunity for the familiar tàrmers from Rio Grande do Norte enlarge the cotton culture, because to obtain plants that are resistant to diseases implies in insecticides reduction, propitiating smaller impact to the atmosphere and less cost

Produção de carvão vegetal a partir da madeira de Eucalyptus saligna clone SI70 com tres anos e meio de idade

Charcoal is obtained from carbonization, much used in the steel industry for ore reduction, using as raw material the Eucalyptus. The present study aims to verify whether the main Eucalyptus saligna genetically modified produce quality charcoal with only 3.5 years old. The study was done with material collected from three trees, divided into five discs removed at 0, 25 , 50 , 75 and 100 % of the commercial height of the tree. The procedures adopted were based on standards published by ABNT. The results were satisfactory for the parameters: basic wood density with an average of 0.39 ± 0.0082 g / cm ³; volatile materials from coal with an average of 19.35 ± 3.27 %, fixed carbon content of the coal with an average of 75.62 ± 3.40 % and gross calorific value of coal with an average of 4694.43 cal / g, and unsatisfactory results for ash content averaging 5.03 ± 0.23 when compared to the values found in the literature. It was concluded that the studied wood is able to produce charcoal, but the factors of production should be better observed, such as heating time which exerted direct influence on the determination of ash content

Preliminary Floatation Tests on the Beneficiation of a Low-Grade Montana Bituminous Coal.

Coal is an aggregation of vegetal matter with varying small amounts of mineral and animal matter which have been so changed by the processes of sedimentation, decay and metamorphism that it has become a dense, dark, combustible substance. It occurs in beds varying in thickness from one foot or less to over 300 feet. The horizontal extent of a bed is sometimes continuous over an area as large as the State of Montana.

Thermogravimetric analysis of selected coal-bearing strata kaolinite

Two kinds of coal-bearing kaolinite from China were analysed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis-mass spectrometry (TG-MS), infrared emission spectroscopy. Thermal decomposition occurs in a series of steps attributed to (a) desorption of water at 68 °C for Datong coal bearing strata kaolinite and 56 °C for Xiaoxian with mass losses of 0.36 % and 0.51 % (b) decarbonization at 456 °C for Datong coal bearing strata kaolinite and 431 °C for Xiaoxian kaolinite, (c) dehydroxylation takes place in two steps at 589 and 633 °C for Datong coal bearing strata kaolinite and at 507 °C and 579 °C for Xiaoxian kaolinite. This mineral were further characterised by infrared emission spectroscopy (IES). Well defined hydroxyl stretching bands at around 3695, 3679, 3652 and 3625 cm-1 are observed. At 650 °C all intensity in these bands is lost in harmony with the thermal analysis results. Characteristic functional groups from coal are observed at 1918, 1724 and 1459 cm-1. The intensity of these bands decrease by thermal treatment and is lost by 700 °C.