Search Results - "Lopes, Melina Savioli"
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Thorough evaluation of the available light-duty engine technologies to reduce greenhouse gases emissions in Brazil
Published in Journal of cleaner production (15-07-2022)“…Currently, there are serious concerns regards the increase of the Earth's temperature. In addition, studies about global warming have identified many different…”
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Evaluation of the feasibility of ethanol and gasoline in solid oxide fuel cell vehicles in Brazil
Published in International journal of hydrogen energy (22-10-2021)“…The transport sector is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions and nowadays there are many alternatives to reduce emissions from light-duty…”
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Challenges to Levulinic Acid and Humins Valuation in the Sugarcane Bagasse Biorefinery Concept
Published in Bioenergy research (01-09-2020)“…Levulinic acid (LA) is currently one of the most promising chemicals derived from biomass. However, its large-scale production is hampered by the challenges in…”
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Strategies to Ensure Fuel Security in Brazil Considering a Forecast of Ethanol Production
Published in Biomass (Basel, Switzerland) (01-03-2023)“…Ethanol production in Brazil started in the early 1930s due to laws created by the Brazilian government. However, ethanol production only increased…”
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Molecular Distillation of Petroleum Residues and Physical-Chemical Characterization of Distillate Cuts Obtained in the Process
Published in Journal of chemical and engineering data (09-09-2010)“…Molecular distillation is presented as an alternative technique for the separation of petroleum residues. The technique was used to obtain 13 heavy petroleum…”
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Sugarcane straw as a potential second generation feedstock for biorefinery and white biotechnology applications
Published in Biomass & bioenergy (01-01-2021)“…Sugarcane straw (SCS) represents about one-third of the total primary sugarcane energy. Since its burning in pre-harvesting periods has been banned in Brazil,…”
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Fructan-type prebiotic dietary fibers: Clinical studies reporting health impacts and recent advances in their technological application in bakery, dairy, meat products and beverages
Published in Carbohydrate polymers (01-01-2024)“…Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) and inulin are the most used fructans in food manufacturing, including bakery, dairy, meat products and beverages. In this…”
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Feasibility of the Conversion of Sugarcane Molasses to Levulinic Acid: Reaction Optimization and Techno-Economic Analysis
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (03-11-2021)“…The levulinic acid chemical platform is still unfeasible due to the lack of a cost-competitive process. Therefore, this work investigates the conversion of…”
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Soybean Straw as a Feedstock for Value-Added Chemicals and Materials: Recent Trends and Emerging Prospects
Published in Bioenergy research (01-06-2023)“…Soybean straw is an agricultural residue of soybean whose yield is up to 1.5 kg per kg of soybean. The existing literature shows the vast potential of soybean…”
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Elucidating the thermal decomposition mechanism and pyrolysis characteristics of biorefinery-derived humins from sugarcane bagasse and rice husk
Published in Bioenergy research (01-12-2022)“…Biomass-derived humins produced in the biorefining of biomass represent an attractive feedstock for thermochemical processes. This work examines the…”
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Eucalyptus sawdust as an alternative adsorbent for rhodamine B dye removal
Published in Desalination and water treatment (01-07-2021)“…This paper describes the decoloration potential of a low-cost natural adsorbent, eucalyptus sawdust (ES), for rhodamine B (RhB) removal. Fourier-transform…”
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Reduction in the amount of sulfur in waste oil using reactive molecular distillation
Published in Petroleum science and technology (18-07-2021)“…Petroleum, contains proportions of contaminants such as sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, and metals, such as nickel, iron, copper, sodium, and vanadium. Particularly,…”
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Synthesis and characterization of a novel silica-niobia support for the immobilization of microbial fructosyltransferase aiming at fructooligosaccharides production
Published in Materials today communications (01-06-2022)“…A new support for fructosyltransferase (FTase, E.C. 2.4.1.9) immobilization was obtained by a facile niobium deposition on powdered silica-gel, using a simple…”
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