Search Results - "Chagas, Mateus F."
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Life cycle assessment of butanol production in sugarcane biorefineries in Brazil
Published in Journal of cleaner production (01-06-2015)“…Butanol production by the sugarchemistry route (fermentation of sugarcane juice) was evaluated considering different arrangements for its process integration…”
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Technoeconomic and life-cycle analysis of single-step catalytic conversion of wet ethanol into fungible fuel blendstocks
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-06-2020)“…Technoeconomic and life-cycle analyses are presented for catalytic conversion of ethanol to fungible hydrocarbon fuel blendstocks, informed by advances in…”
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Environmental impacts of technology learning curve for cellulosic ethanol in Brazil
Published in Industrial crops and products (01-11-2017)“…•Technology learning curves will reduce environmental impacts and costs of 2G ethanol.•There is an opportunity for 2G to contribute with future…”
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Sugarcane ethanol and beef cattle integration in Brazil
Published in Biomass & bioenergy (01-01-2019)“…New models for renewable energy production are needed to simultaneously decrease greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, use land more efficiently and replace large…”
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Economic, environmental, and social impacts of different sugarcane production systems
Published in Biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining (01-01-2018)“…Mechanization in the sugarcane agriculture has increased over the last few years, especially in harvesting and planting operations, in the Brazilian…”
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Environmental and economic impacts of different sugarcane production systems in the ethanol biorefinery
Published in Biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining (01-01-2016)“…Economic and environmental impacts of ethanol biorefineries with different sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) production technologies are evaluated with a focus on…”
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Hybrid Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment of First- and Second-Generation Ethanol Production Technologies in Brazil
Published in Journal of industrial ecology (01-08-2016)“…Summary A hybrid approach combining life cycle assessment and input‐output analysis was used to demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of current…”
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Butanol production in a sugarcane biorefinery using ethanol as feedstock. Part I: Integration to a first generation sugarcane distillery
Published in Chemical engineering research & design (01-08-2014)“…•Butanol is a biofuel more suitable than ethanol and feedstock for the industry.•Butanol may be produced from catalytic conversion of ethanol.•Butanol was…”
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Butanol production in a sugarcane biorefinery using ethanol as feedstock. Part II: Integration to a second generation sugarcane distillery
Published in Chemical engineering research & design (01-08-2014)“…•Butanol from renewable resources has attracted increasing interest.•Butanol production from second generation ethanol was investigated.•High investment on the…”
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Techno-economic analysis and climate change impacts of sugarcane biorefineries considering different time horizons
Published in Biotechnology for biofuels (14-03-2017)“…Ethanol production from lignocellulosic feedstocks (also known as 2nd generation or 2G ethanol process) presents a great potential for reducing both ethanol…”
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Process simulation of renewable electricity from sugarcane straw: Techno-economic assessment of retrofit scenarios in Brazil
Published in Journal of cleaner production (01-05-2020)“…Approximately 7% of Brazilian electricity is generated from sugarcane biomass. Although this scenario is relatively optimistic when compared to the…”
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A systematic multicriteria-based approach to support product portfolio selection in microalgae biorefineries
Published in Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) (30-12-2023)“…Here this work proposes and applies a sequential approach of objective methods to aid the decision-making process for the deployment of microalgae…”
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A systematic multicriteria-based approach to support product portfolio selection in microalgae biorefineries
Published in Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) (01-02-2024)“…[Display omitted] •First application of an objective method to outrank bioproducts and biorefineries.•Decision-making process with technical, economic, and…”
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Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Brazil Integrating Biochemical and Thermochemical Routes. Techno-economic and Environmental Assessment Considering Alcohol to Jet and Fischer-tropsch Strategies
Published in Chemical engineering transactions (01-06-2024)“…While the aviation sector is trying to reach the net zero-carbon status in 2050, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a possible strategy to help achieve this…”
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Exploring the Impact of Biomass Composition on High-value Bio-oil Components: Insights from Fast Pyrolysis Kinetic Simulation and Multivariate Analysis
Published in Chemical engineering transactions (01-06-2024)“…Biomass consists of biodegradable and non-fossilized organic matter, including a wide range of materials such as forestry, agricultural, municipal, and…”
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Co-pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Residues and Plastics: a Simulation Approach to Predict Product Yields
Published in Chemical engineering transactions (01-06-2024)“…Plastic waste generation, a global environmental concern, has more than doubled over the past two decades. Given the rising projections of plastic use and…”
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Agronomic, economic, and environmental assessment of site-specific fertilizer management of Brazilian sugarcane fields
Published in Geoderma Regional (01-03-2021)“…Precision agriculture (PA) is an essential tool for site-specific management of soil fertility in sugarcane fields. However, the complexity of the cropping…”
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Technoeconomic and life-cycle analysis of single-step catalytic conversion of wet ethanol into fungible fuel blendstocks
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-11-2019)“…Technoeconomic and life-cycle analyses are presented for catalytic conversion of ethanol to fungible hydrocarbon fuel blendstocks, informed by advances in…”
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Sustainable Production of Food and Bioenergy: Techno- economic and Environmental Assessment of Sugarcane Ethanol and Livestock Integration
Published in Chemical engineering transactions (01-06-2018)“…Despite their advantages when replacing fossil fuels, biofuels have faced some concerns related to their expansion within the so-called “food vs. bioenergy”…”
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Life Cycle Assessment of Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction in Sugarcane Biorefineries
Published in Chemical engineering transactions (01-01-2016)“…Since sugarcane biorefineries are a large source of CO2 emissions, there is an opportunity of using or capturing this pollutant. An alternative would be to use…”
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