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ENCIT 2020
18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
Economic viability to use methane generated from landfill as fuel for power generation
Submission Author:
Marshell Ferraz , SC
Co-Authors:
Marshell Ferraz, LUIZ ALVES, Muriel de Pauli, Julio Berndsen, Lauber Martins
Presenter: Marshell Ferraz
doi://10.26678/ABCM.ENCIT2020.CIT20-0560
Abstract
Energy resources are the focus of state interests, generating geopolitical disputes since the first Industrial Revolution. In the second half of the 20th century, with the expansion of the urban-industrial environment, mainly in Latin America and Southeast Asia and, consequently, population growth, there was an exponential increase in energy demand. In recent years, the energy issue brings new discussions: international agencies, governmental institutions and society, debate about energy consumption, natural resources, climate change and, mainly, the energy security of richer countries. Despite the technological advances of the last four decades, provided by the Technical-Scientific Informational Revolution, the main resource of the energy matrix is the same since the Second Industrial Revolution (1850): oil, coal as the second largest demand and natural gas in third place. However, despite of investments in alternative sources – solar, wind, geothermal, fossil fuels remain the main way to obtain energy worldwide. The diverse energy matrix of Brazil demonstrate that the nation is inserted in this new scenario of changes and discussions about climate change and sustainable development. Those discussion has led the country to investigate alternatives to become not dependent of foreigner fuel. Investments in biofuel production from sugarcane and construction of hydroelectric plants, put Brazil on the same level of the countries with the cleanest energy matrix in the world.
Keywords
oxy-methane combustion, Electric Power Generation, Sustentabilidade, Environmental Analysis
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