Navegando por Assunto "Carbon dioxide"

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Absorção de gases da queima de combustíveis fósseis em torre de recheio estruturado utilizando lama vermelha
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-03-11) SANTOS, Iara Ferreira; SOUZA, José Antônio da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6157348947425968; SOUZA, Célio Augusto Gomes de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0800747860976046
The production of alumina from the Bayer process produces 1-3 tons of waste per ton of aluminum. This residue is known red mud, compound of minerals insoluble in concentrated sodium hydroxide, hematite and other iron oxides, quartz and titanium oxides. The red mud has in its composition varied levels of NaOH, depending on the specific industrial plant used. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the process of absorption of gases from a boiler countercurrent with a suspension of red mud, in a spray tower and a packed column. Experiments were performed varying the type of absorption tower, temperature of the liquid phase and solids content in liquid phase to evaluate the reduction in content of gases of combustion in the output of absorption tower and pH variation with time of operation, it was possible to identify the time required for the occurrence of red mud neutralization, and also a reduction in the content of carbon dioxide, thereunto were performed measurements of the concentrations of gasesin the input and output packed column, and also measurements of temperature and pH. The absorption of CO2 existing in the gases of combustion for suspension of red mud occurs by the carbonation process, where the gas reacts with NaOH present in red mud, with water as catalyst. The results obtained after the experiments were satisfactory, and it was concluded that the process performed in absorption towers is efficient for pH reduction of red mud and reducing the content of CO2 freed to atmosphere, providing a double profit for the environment.
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Absorção do dióxido de carbono por resíduo de bauxita em torres de absorção
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-03-04) BOTELHO, Fernando Aracati; MACÊDO, Emanuel Negrão; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8718370108324505; SOUZA, José Antônio da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6157348947425968
One of the most discussed environmental problems on the world scene today is global warming and its implications. Although the greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon, the increase in emissions of gases such as CO2 from the combustion process may favor its aggravation. Following this line, there is interest in conducting research to minimize the release of this gas in the atmosphere. This work aims to study the process of absorption of carbon dioxide by aqueous phase of bauxite residue (soda and dissolved ions in solution) in spray tower and tower saddles random (both pilot scale), as well as check the pH change in this absorption process to both towers. Evaluate pH change and CO2 absorption capacity by considering the following variables: the type of absorption tower, using the supernatant as the absorbent means and the use of the suspension heated by resistances. The results showed that the suspension of bauxite residue absorbed significant amount of CO2, both the spray tower as the tower saddles. The average absorption rate was around 8.42% for the spray tower and 9.34% for the tower saddles. The ability carbonating the suspension of 27%-p was about 33.3 kg CO2 per tonne of waste and there was a substantial reduction of the alkalinity of the residue by reaction with gaseous effluents with a mean decrease of 4.0 and 3.5 pH units for the tower saddles and sprinkler respectively.
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Desenvolvimento de unidade piloto de transferência de massa gás/líquido: redução da reatividade do resíduo da indústria de alumina através da reação com gases de combustão
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-02) VENANCIO, Luis Carlos Alves; SOUZA, José Antônio da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6157348947425968; MACÊDO, Emanuel Negrão; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8718370108324505
The bauxite refining using the Bayer process produces 0.7 to 2.0 tons of the residue known as red mud and about 1.0 ton of CO2 for each ton of alumina produced. The bauxite residue, although not particularly toxic, poses risks to the environment due to its large volume and reactivity. According to the latest technology, part of the moisture is removed and it is stacked on sealed areas specially constructed. More than 95% of the bauxite residue that has been produced (2.6 Bt until 2007) was discarded, especially in ponds on land. This thesis shows the design, construction and operation of a pilot scale gas liquid mass transfer unity with the objective of testing the reduction of the reactivity of the bauxite residue through a reaction with flue gas. As an additional gain, there is a reduction of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emissions. This unity, with three reactors, was designed in order to consume minimal power, process the effluent as efficiently as possible and minimize the investment cost. Twenty-five experiments were realized with duration from 80 to 520 minutes each. The gases were analyzed at the entry and exit with electrochemical cells and non-dispersive infrared sensors. The pH was monitored during and after the reaction in order to evaluate the short and long-term results as well as the stability of the reactions. It was demonstrated the viability of reacting the bauxite residue with the flue gas from the refinery without previous processing with the stabilization pH reaching 10.5.
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Determinação de parâmetros de transferência de massa do processo de extração supercrítica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-03-01) SANTANA, Ádina Lima de; MACHADO, Nélio Teixeira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5698208558551065; ARAÚJO, Marilena Emmi; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8983914018546682
Supercritical fluid extraction of liquid and solid materials sparked interest for industrial applications in recent decades, particularly under the concept of green chemistry and biorefineries, so it is essential to make a modeling of this process in order to optimize and simulate operating conditions process. The objective of this work consists in determining the parameters of mass transfer of supercritical extraction of solid matrix by employing carbon dioxide as solvent, from kinetic data extraction and five systematic evaluation of mathematical models to describe the kinetics extraction of oils from the peel and pulp of buriti, oil from açaí and oleoresin from turmeric, measured in Supercritical Extraction Laboratory, Faculty of Chemical Engineering (UFPA) in order to contribute to the study of scale-up and production cost analysis. Were evaluated the models of Tan and Liou, Goto et al. (1993), Martinez et al. (2003), Esquível et al. (1999), and Sovová (1994). The extraction kinetics modeling was performed using computer applicatives developed and validated in this work from different experimental data published in the literature. Facing 40 kinetic measurements with different extraction equipment, bed settings, types of raw materials, preparation of materials, pressure and temperature and other process parameters (especially income and global flow solvent), was built an overview of results ability of the models on the mass transfer in more different curves describing the overall extraction. Generally, the model Goto et al. (1993) and Sovová (1994) showed the best predictions to experimental data of raw materials treated in this work with smaller values of chi-square, relative errors, range and standard error and R2 values close to unity.
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Modelagem e simulação de sistemas multicomponentes a altas pressões aplicada a separação de compostos bioativos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-04-30) SILVA, Welisson de Araújo; ARAÚJO, Marilena Emmi; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8983914018546682
Large applications using supercritical fluids related to the fractionation of natural products have been studied in recent decades. This work had as objective the thermodynamic modeling of phase equilibrium of binary and multicomponent systems of vegetable oils related compounds (fatty acids, triglycerides, squalene, α-tocopherol and methyl and ethyl esters of fatty acids) with supercritical carbon dioxide, using the cubic equations of state of Soave-Redich-Kwong (SRK) and Peng-Robinson (PR), with the Quadratic and Mathias-Klotz-Prausnitz mixing rules, to build a database of binary interaction parameters between these constituents and between these constituents with carbon dioxide, with an emphasis on the interactions related to bioactive compounds. The equations of PR and SRK showed efficiency in correlation of binary systems equilibrium data. For most binary systems experimental data fit, with the mixing rules with two binary interaction parameters, obtained good results and cash equivalents when compared with the mixing rules with three parameters. For multicomponent systems, when the experimental data were correlated with the PE program, employing both equations with quadratic mixing rule, shown convergence, best results for phase equilibrium description and the representativeness of the thermodynamic analysis of separation through the distribution coefficients were obtained. For the CO2 (1)/(2) oleic acid/linoleic acid (3) system, the prediction of equilibrium with an interaction parameters matrix of binary systems proved equivalent in relation to the use of multicomponent systems interaction parameters. In relation to the CO2 (1)/Methyl Myristate (2)/Methyl Palmitate (3) system the results obtained from the calculation using the interaction parameters matrix of binary systems, as with the parameters of interaction of multicomponent system, showed average deviation similar to the temperature of 323.15 K. For the CO2 (1)/Squalene (2)/(3)/Triolein oleic acid (4) system, the best results were obtained by the Quadratic mixing rule with the multi-component system interaction parameters. In relation to the CO2 (1)/(2) oleic acid/Palmitic acid (3)/Squalene (4) system, the results obtained using the interaction parameters matrix of binary systems showed average deviations below 8%. The calculation of the ELV for the CO2 (1)/Methyl Myristate (2)/Methyl Palmitate (3)/Methyl Oleate (4)/Methyl Stearate (5) system, with the EDEflash and PE program with Quadratic mixture rule, using the interaction parameters matrix from binary systems showed similar results. For the CO2 (1)/Ethyl Palmitate (2)/ Ethyl Stearate(3)/ Ethyl Oleate (4)/ Ethyl Linoleate (5) (palm oil ethyl esters) system, the prediction of the ELV with the SRK combined with Quadratic mixing rule, using the interaction parameters matrix from binary systems, presented results with deviations below 4% in both phases at 333.15 K.