Technical, economic and environmental analysis of the use of sugarcane for the sustainable generation of electricity

• Grant number: 01/14302-1
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: January 01, 2003
• End date: March 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: José Goldemberg
• Grantee: José Goldemberg
• Host Institution: Instituto de Eletrotécnica e Energia (IEE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Antonio Carlos Bannwart ; Arnaldo Cesar da Silva Walter ; Ennio Peres da Silva ; José Antonio Scaramucci ; José Roberto Moreira ; Oscar Antonio Braunbeck ; Silvia Azucena Nebra de Pérez
• Associated scholarship(s): 04/00308-6 - Thermo-economic analysis of the use of energy from biomass in the production of alcohol and electrical energy, BP.PD; 03/12094-8 - Thermal-economic-environmental analysis of configurations of utilities plants in sugar and alcohol factories, BP.DD; 03/05627-0 - Development of pinch analysis for the optimization of the use of utilities and the generation of electricity in integrated sugar/alcohol factories, BP.PD; 03/01757-6 - Development of optimized dryers for sugarcane bagasse, BP.PD

Abstract

A thematic project which seeks to analyze various aspects of the production of energy excedents in the sugar-alcohol sector. The project is divided into eight sub-projects, namely: 1) Production of electricity on a large scale using sugarcane sub-products in the State of São Paulo: alternatives, conditioning factors, obstacles and opportunities. 2) Harvesting and conditioning of sugarcane for burning in furnaces. 3) Development of pinch technology and thermoeconomic analysis for the optimization of the use of utilities in the alcohol/sugar industrial setup integrated to electricity generation. 4) Use of ethanol from sugarcane in electricity generation systems using fuel cells. 5) Survey of the availability of electrical energy in hydroelectric power systems. 6) Large scale broadening of the offer of electrical energy derived from sugarcane biomass. 7) Externalities of the sugarcane productive cycle. 8) Development of optimized sugarcane bagasse dryers. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

OSCAR A. BRAUNBECK; JULIETA T. A. OLIVEIRA. Colheita de cana-de-açúcar com auxílio mecânico. Engenharia Agrícola, v. 26, n. 1, p. 300-308, 2006-04-00. (01/14302-1)

RAMAJO-ESCALERA‚ B.; ESPINA‚ A.; GARCÍA‚ JR; SOSA-ARNAO‚ JH; NEBRA‚ SA. Model-free kinetics applied to sugarcane bagasse combustion. Thermochimica Acta, v. 448, n. 2, p. 111-116, 2006. (01/14302-1)

WALTER, ARNALDO; LLAGOSTERA, JORGE; FRANGOPOULOS, CA; RAKOPOULOS, CD; TSATSARONIS, G. Feasiblity analysis of co-fired combined cycles using biomass-derived gas and natural gas. ECOS 2006: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EFFICIENCY, COST, OPTIMIZATION, SIMULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-3, v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2006-01-01. (01/14302-1)

WALTER, ARNALDO; LLAGOSTERA, JORGE; FRANGOPOULOS, CA; RAKOPOULOS, CD; TSATSARONIS, G. Gas turbine integration to biomass boilers burning sugarcane trash: Pre-feasiblity analysis. ECOS 2006: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EFFICIENCY, COST, OPTIMIZATION, SIMULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-3, v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2006-01-01. (01/14302-1)

SCARAMUCCI‚ J.A.; PERIN‚ C.; PULINO‚ P.; BORDONI‚ O.F.J.G.; DA CUNHA‚ M.P.; CORTEZ‚ L.A.B.. Energy from sugarcane bagasse under electricity rationing in Brazil: a computable general equilibrium model. ENERGY POLICY, v. 34, n. 9, p. 986-992, 2006. (01/14302-1)