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Pre-Drying Eucalyptus Saligna for Carbonization

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The growing search for forms of clean renewable energy has placed wood charcoal as a possible alternative to coal in the Brazilian steel industry. The carbonization of Eucalyptus Saligna is an important step in the production of charcoal. The aim of this study is to analyze the behavior of the endothermic and exothermic reactions involved in the carbonization process. The carbonization of logs of Eucalyptus Saligna has been performed in a stainless steel reactor at different temperatures (300 ° C, 400 ° C and 500 ° C) and the results were compared with the ones obtained through thermal analysis (TG / DSC) of small samples (36 mg and 54 mg) of the same wood. The TG/DSC results indicated that the process presents both endothermic and exothermic features, at different ranges of temperature and time, in connection with the degradation of the three major macromolecules contained in the wood: cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

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  1. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Marcelo Breda Mourao, Lina Maria Varon & Cyro Takano

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  1. SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

    Anne Kvithyld (a senior research scientist) (a senior research scientist)

  2. Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Hoboken, Belgium

    Christina Meskers (leads the business development and marketing team) (leads the business development and marketing team)

  3. Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

    Gregory Krumdick (principal systems engineer) (principal systems engineer)

  4. Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA

    Brajendra Mishra (professor and the Assoc. Director) (professor and the Assoc. Director)

  5. Outotec Finland, Finland

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  6. Aalto University, Finland

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  7. University of Melbourne, Australia

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  8. Central South University Changsha, China

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  9. TU Delft, Netherlands

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

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    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  11. Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials R&D, Belgium

    Cong Wang (Senior Research Engineer) (Senior Research Engineer)

  12. Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

    Mark Schlesinger (Professor of Metallurgical Engineering) (Professor of Metallurgical Engineering)

  13. Golisano Institute for Sustainability, USA

    Gabrielle Gaustad Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Mourao, M.B., Varon, L.M., Takano, C. (2013). Pre-Drying Eucalyptus Saligna for Carbonization. In: Kvithyld, A., et al. REWAS 2013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48763-2_5

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