Eucalyptus Bark Charcoal: the Influence of Carbonization Temperature in Thermal Behavior

Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T19:49:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-01-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2021-07-15T15:06:47Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1516-14392019000700278.pdf: 828426 bytes, checksum: 6f781343cc2246d1e6445db1f8e67105 (MD5) research group Biomass and Bioenergy of UFSCar -Sorocaba campus Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Eucalyptus bark is a waste generated in large volume and has been used as a source of energy. This study tries to use the Eucalyptus sp. bark as a source of raw material for the charcoal production and to study the influence of pyrolysis temperatures on charcoal properties. Charcoal was produced at different temperatures: 300, 400 and 500 degrees C, and their properties were determined by proximate analysis, higher heating value and thermogravimetric analysis. It was observed that higher pyrolysis temperature resulted in increase of the fixed carbon content and higher heating value. In the thermogravimetry and derivative thermogravimetry curves it was possible to determine the differences in the thermal stability of charcoal produced. It can be concluded that the eucalyptus bark charcoal is an alternative for the energy reutilization of this waste and also can be used as charcoal for heating. Univ Estadual Paulista Juleo de Mesquita Filho, Dept Engn Mecan, Av Ariberto Pereira da Cunha 333, BR-12516410 Guaratingueta, SP, Brazil Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Ciencias Ambientais, BR-18052780 Sorocaba, SP, Brazil Inst Fed Educ Ciencia & Tecnol Sao Paulo, BR-18202000 Itapetininga, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Engn Eletr, BR-12516410 Guaratingueta, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus Itapeva, BR-18409010 Itapeva, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista Juleo de Mesquita Filho, Dept Engn Mecan, Av Ariberto Pereira da Cunha 333, BR-12516410 Guaratingueta, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Engn Eletr, BR-12516410 Guaratingueta, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus Itapeva, BR-18409010 Itapeva, SP, Brazil CAPES: 001