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Simulação de uma coluna de destilação para produção de etanol hidratado e análise de perdas na vinhaça e pureza do etanol produzido
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-09-27)
The industrial distillation process is complex and since the adoption of ethanol as a fuel, replacing gasoline, it has become a strategic process for the country. Wines produced from fermentation have a concentration of ...
Simulação CFD de um leito de jorro cônico utilizando OpenFOAM
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-06-28)
The performance of open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, OpenFOAM, relative to the widely-used Ansys suite of CFD software, was evaluated through the validation of two equivalent simulations of a spouted ...
Comparação de modelos para o cálculo da porosidade local em simulações CFD-DEM de um leito fluidizado líquido
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-06-28)
In the present study, a liquid fluidized bed was simulated using the Unresolved CFD-DEM approach, evaluating the application of three local void fraction calculation methods with six refinement levels for the mesh used in ...
Descarte de grãos de milho: comparação das possíveis destinações e análise de custos para implantação de usina de produção de etanol
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-06-18)
Brazilian agribusiness is expanding yearly, and Brazil is already world's third largest corn producer country. Corn is Brazil’s second largest produced grain, losing only to soybean. Corn is used not only for human and ...
Avaliação do uso de coletores solares para melhoria de um sistema de aquecimento de água em uma indústria de silicones de performance
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2021-06-28)
Energy, air and water are primordial factors in human life and in the beginning of primitive society they had practically no costs and limitations, as they were easily accessible and used, especially in domestic activities. ...
Melhoria do nível de controle da separação primária entre amido e glúten em uma refinaria de milho
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2022-09-12)
Ingredion Incorporated is a Business to Business (B2B) company that operates in the field of processing and refining industrial ingredients of agricultural origin, mainly corn-based. The first process in the corn refining ...
Estudo preliminar da separação supersônica do gás natural utilizando CFD
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2022-09-12)
Brazil's natural gas reserve amounts to approximately 0.4 trillion cubic meters. It is one of the biggest in volume in the American Continent. Its extraction in Brazilian territory is concentrated in the Pre-Salt area, an ...
Avaliação técnica de diferentes configurações para o tratamento de efluentes da fabricação integrada de papel Tissue e papelão
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2022-09-13)
Cellulose is the most abundant organic material in nature, and is a basic component of plant tissues, which provides rigidity and firmness to plants. Its uses are becoming more and more diversified in the industry, and it ...
Análise da recuperação de açúcares redutores totais na etapa de filtração de uma usina sucroalcooleira
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2022-09-12)
Brazil is the largest sugarcane producer of the world, with more than 654 millions tons harvested in the year of 2021. In the same year, were produced 35 millions tons of sugar and 26,8 billions liters of ethanol. Due to ...
Otimização de processos industriais: modelagem de problemas de programação linear e não-linear
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2022-09-12)
The efficiency of industrial chemical processes is tied not only to process variables, but also to external factors, such as the availability and cost of raw materials, transportation, storage, and many others. The concept ...