Desenvolvimento de forno para ensaios termogravimétricos controlados

Abstract

The challenge in developing new laboratory testing equipment to seek technological progress in the development of material characterization techniques is being tackled by researchers around the world. In the case of materials such as charcoal, although there are several national and international standards for charcoal characterization, none of them relates directly to real factors, parameters and production conditions. As Brazil is the world leader in production and consumption, and with an expectation of increased demand from national steel production, which has already resulted in a considerable increase in the price of cubic meter of charcoal. The present work seeks the development of a technology, in the form of an experimental bench, capable of controlling the variables involved in the process of pyrolysis of wood, independent of its initial conditions, thus producing for each unit of mass of a given wood, the largest quantity of possible mass of charcoal, guaranteeing and maintaining a certain quality standard, which will be referenced only to the natural quality of the wood encased.