Quality and energetic evaluation of the charcoal made of babassu nut residues used in the steel industry

Brazil is the only country in the world that uses large scale charcoal in steel-making blast furnaces. Meantime, the monoculture plantations of Eucalyptus are not able to meet the demand for charcoal from the steel industries.Therefore, research is necessary, in order to use lignocellulosic residues...

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Main Authors: Thiago de Paula Protásio, Paulo Fernando Trugilho, Seyedmohammad Mirmehdi, Marcela Gomes da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2014-10-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542014000500003&lng=en&tlng=en