The use of wood in the form of charcoal for energy production, has great economic importance in Brazil. In this context, the study of variables and mechanisms that affect charcoal quality is essential. The present study ...

The quality of charcoal is strongly dependent upon the characteristics of the wood from which it originated. In Brazil, the world's largest charcoal producer, this aspect has received special attention to increase the ...

In Brazil, the wood from pine-plantation thinnings is difficult to sell. However, these wood thinnings could be used to produce charcoal. The physical and chemical properties of charcoal produced from logs or first and ...

In Brazil, the wood from pine-plantation thinnings is difficult to sell. However, these wood thinnings could be used to produce charcoal. The physical and chemical properties of charcoal produced from logs or first and ...

Charcoal can persist in soils for centuries, even millennia. This chapter describes the high quality charcoal, which illustrates the properties needed to provide a source of information on the conditions that existed when ...

Mechanical performance is important for charcoal used in blast furnaces as charcoal layers may support the load of iron ore within blast furnaces without breaking. Pyrolysis temperature influences charcoal quality and its ...

Activated charcoal was prepared from Acrocomia aculeata (macaúba) endocarp by ZnCl2 activation and then used for the adsorptive purification of pretreated crude glycerol (CG) containing pigments, such as β-carotene. The ...

Biomass is a renewable resource that is becoming more import due to environmental concerns and possible oil crisis. Thus, optimizing its use is a current challenge for many researchers. Lignin, which is a macromolecule ...