Use of the residues of the beer production in the thermal synthesis of active carbon and their application in the study of the reduction reaction of oxygen

• Grant number: 19/06768-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2019
• End date: June 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Robson da Silva Rocha
• Grantee: Mariane Moreira Leite
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/10118-0 - Study and application of electrochemical technology for the analysis and degradation of endocrine interferents: materials, sensors, processes and scientific dissemination, AP.TEM

Abstract

The black carbon is the reference for the generation of H2O2 from the electrochemical reduction of O2, this material does not have high cost per kilo but the companies in Brazil supply this material in large volumes which makes it impossible to buy it for use in a research laboratory. In this sense, the present project aims to evaluate the thermal synthesis of the active carbon used in the process of calcination of the residue generated in the brewing and the material resulting from this process must be evaluated electrochemically for the generation of H2O2 in acidic medium.