Development of a hydrochar from waste sugarcane industry using hydrothermal carbonization seeking agricultural application

• Grant number: 13/21776-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Márcia Cristina Bisinoti
• Grantee: Camila de Almeida Melo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The search for alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels have caused other waste were generated in the environment. Ethanol production and concomitantly sugar from sugar cane, is quite satisfactory from the point of view of energy, but the large amount of biomass residues generated by sugar and alcohol industries generate concerns the environmental point of view. Thus, the race for new technologies that aim to minimize the environmental impacts caused by waste and/or add value and applicability of these residues in the actual production cycle industries investing scarce resources is increasing. The hydrothermal carbonization is a technique to convert a biomass moist heat in a solid material called carbon-rich hydrochar. Main advantage of this technique is the possibility of direct use of biomass in the process without any prior treatment. So the key residues of the sugarcane industry, vinasse and bagasse can be used in the hydrothermal carbonization process and provide final product as a material rich in carbon that can be applied to soils. Thus, the aim of this project is to prepare and post doctoral characterize hydrochar to be produced using waste bagasse and vinasse from the hydrothermal carbonization process. It will be evaluated the use of hydrochar produced in the system water / soil / plant for its possible application as an agricultural fertilizer. The liquid generated in the hydrothermal carbonization process will also be tested for agricultural application or its reuse by the sugarcane industry.

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)

ARIANE MAZIERO SANTANA; MÁRCIA CRISTINA BISINOTI; CAMILA ALMEIDA MELO; ODAIR PASTOR FERREIRA; ALTAIR BENEDITO MOREIRA. DISPONIBILIDADE DE NUTRIENTES E CARBONO ORGÂNICO EM SOLOS CONTENDO CARVÃO HIDROTÉRMICO LAVADO E NÃO LAVADO E COMPARAÇÃO COM SOLOS ANTROPOGÊNICOS. Química Nova, v. 42, n. 3, p. 262-272, 2019-05-02. (17/26718-6, 13/21776-7, 15/22954-1, 14/22400-3)

LARANJA, MARCIO J.; JUNIOR, FRANCISCO H. S.; NOGUEIRA, GABRIELA A.; VIEIRA, LAIS H. S.; OLIVEIRA, NAIARA C.; SOARES, JOAO M.; CORDEIRO, CARLOS H. N.; OTUBO, LARISSA; MOREIRA, ALTAIR B.; FERREIRA, ODAIR P.; et al. Valorisation of sugar cane bagasse using hydrothermal carbonisation in the preparation of magnetic carbon nanocomposite in a single-step synthesis applied to chromium adsorption. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 15-pg., 2022-03-30. (18/15733-7, 15/22954-1, 17/26718-6, 17/13230-5, 21/09126-3, 13/21776-7, 14/22400-3, 12/23066-4, 11/00574-1, 14/10368-8)

SILVA, CAMILA CENTURION; MELO, CAMILA ALMEIDA; SOARES JUNIOR, FRANCISCO HOLANDA; MOREIRA, ALTAIR BENEDITO; FERREIRA, ODAIR PASTOR; BISINOTI, MARCIA CRISTINA. Effect of the reaction medium on the immobilization of nutrients in hydrochars obtained using sugarcane industry residues. Bioresource Technology, v. 237, n. SI, p. 213-221, AUG 2017. (13/21776-7, 14/22400-3)

MELO, CAMILA ALMEIDA; SOARES JUNIOR, FRANCISCO HOLANDA; BISINOTI, MARCIA CRISTINA; MOREIRA, ALTAIR BENEDITO; FERREIRA, ODAIR PASTOR. Transforming Sugarcane Bagasse and Vinasse Wastes into Hydrochar in the Presence of Phosphoric Acid: An Evaluation of Nutrient Contents and Structural Properties. WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION, v. 8, n. 4, p. 1139-1151, JUN 2017. (13/21776-7, 14/22400-3)

SANTOS, DANIELY REIS; CUNHA, OTAVIO DA MATA; BISINOTI, MARCIA CRISTINA; FERREIRA, ODAIR PASTOR; MOREIRA, ALTAIR BENEDITO; MELO, CAMILA ALMEIDA. Hydrochars produced with by-products from the sucroenergetic industry: a study of extractor solutions on nutrient and organic carbon release. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 26, n. 9, p. 9137-9145, MAR 2019. (14/22400-3, 13/21776-7, 14/10368-8)

SILVA, CAMILA CENTURION; MELO, CAMILA ALMEIDA; SOARES JUNIOR, FRANCISCO HOLANDA; MOREIRA, ALTAIR BENEDITO; FERREIRA, ODAIR PASTOR; BISINOTI, MARCIA CRISTINA. Effect of the reaction medium on the immobilization of nutrients in hydrochars obtained using sugarcane industry residues. Bioresource Technology, v. 237, p. 9-pg., 2017-08-01. (13/21776-7, 14/22400-3)

BENTO, LUCAS RAIMUNDO; RAMIRO CASTRO, ANTONIO JOEL; MOREIRA, ALTAIR BENEDITO; FERREIRA, ODAIR PASTOR; BISINOTI, MARCIA CRISTINA; MELO, CAMILA ALMEIDA. Release of nutrients and organic carbon in different soil types from hydrochar obtained using sugarcane bagasse and vinasse. Geoderma, v. 334, p. 24-32, JAN 15 2019. (15/22954-1, 13/21776-7, 15/00206-3)

LARANJA, MARCIO JUSTI; JULIO DA SILVA, RENATA CRISTINA; BISINOTI, MARCIA CRISTINA; MOREIRA, ALTAIR BENEDITO; BOSCOLO, MAURICIO; FERREIRA, ODAIR PASTOR; MELO, CAMILA DE ALMEIDA. Factorial design of experiments for extraction and screening analysis of organic compounds in hydrochar and its process water of sugar cane bagasse and vinasse. BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY, v. 12, n. 1, SI, p. 81-90, JAN 2022. (17/13230-5, 17/26718-6, 11/00574-1, 15/22954-1, 18/15733-7, 14/22400-3, 12/23066-4, 13/21776-7)