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ENCIT 2018
Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY ANALYSIS OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE POWDER
Submission Author:
Caio Jean Moraes de Lima , RN , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Caio Jean Moraes de Lima, George Marinho
Presenter: Caio Jean Moraes de Lima
doi://10.26678/ABCM.ENCIT2018.CIT18-0566
Abstract
To supply the increasing energy demand in Brazil, academy is supporting researches on the field of biomass as an energetic source. Looking forward to utilize the Brazilian sugarcane industry residues as an alternative fuel, a comparative study on the briquetting process were done. The objectives of the study were to generate sugarcane bagasse briquettes, to perform measurements of the briquettes volumetric heat capacity, and finally to analyze the influence of compaction pressure on the thermal property in focus. Thus, the residues were collected, grinded, dried, densified with a briquetting machine and then thermally analyzed. Subsequently the results were compared and submitted thought an analysis of variance test, resulting that between the 3 compaction pressures tested the pressure of 150 bar was the most indicated as an alternative fuel, due to its significantly higher volumetric heat capacity.
Keywords
sugarcane, bagasse, residues, Briquetting
