Multi fungal cellulases produced on pretreated sugar cane bagasse and rice straw cooperative actions

The use of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (ANFO) results in low cost blasting. Such costs may be further reduced by replacing fuel oil with alternative fuels such as biomass (biodiesel, rice straw, corn cob, sugar cane bagasse) and tires residue. This paper investigates the use of other fuels instead of fuel oil by measuring the detonation velocity (VOD) and verifying the importance of these fuels in an explosive mixture. Except for biodiesel, all the tests conducted for the mixture of ammonium nitrate and alternative fuels showed poor performance when compared with ANFO. The achieved percentage of detonation velocity (VOD) of the mixtures in relation to the ANFO were 55.4% for ammonium nitrate + rice straw, 64.9% for ammonium nitrate + corn cob, 70.1% for ammonium nitrate + sugar cane bagasse, 74.4% for ammonium nitrate + tires residue and 93.7% for ammonium nitrate + biodiesel. This study indicates that the methodology proposed can be applied as a reference for determination and preparation of explosive mixtures of fuel and oxidizing agents since in all the tests conducted the detonation of the charges occurred.

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Physical-mechanical properties of fibre cement elements made of rice straw, sugar cane bagasse, banana raquis and coconut husk fibres

Fibre Reinforced Cement and Concrete ◽

10.1201/9781482271225-111 ◽

1992 ◽

pp. 1225-1238

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Properties ◽

Rice Straw ◽

Sugar Cane ◽

Sugar Cane Bagasse ◽

Coconut Husk ◽

Fibre Cement

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HIGH YIELD OF ETHANOL FROM WASTE APPLE JUICE by IMMOBILIZED CELLS OF Saccharomyces cerevisiae S-3S ON SUGAR CANE BAGASSE IN FED BATCH SYSTEM

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal ◽

10.30638/eemj.2017.204 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (9) ◽

pp. 1867-1871

Author(s):

Arifa Tahir ◽

Sidra Sarwar

Keyword(s):

Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽

Sugar Cane ◽

Apple Juice ◽

Immobilized Cells ◽

Sugar Cane Bagasse ◽

High Yield ◽

Fed Batch ◽

Batch System

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Electrochemical Corrosion of Galvanized Steel in Binary Sustainable Concrete Made with Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash (SCBA) and Silica Fume (SF) Exposed to Sulfates

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11052133 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 2133

Author(s):

Laura Landa-Ruiz ◽

Miguel Angel Baltazar-Zamora ◽

Juan Bosch ◽

Jacob Ress ◽

Griselda Santiago-Hurtado ◽

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Keyword(s):

Silica Fume ◽

Sugar Cane ◽

Electrochemical Techniques ◽

Aggressive Medium ◽

Sugar Cane Bagasse ◽

Galvanized Steel ◽

Engineering Structures ◽

Conventional Concrete ◽

Sustainable Concrete ◽

Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash

This research evaluates the behavior corrosion of galvanized steel (GS) and AISI 1018 carbon steel (CS) embedded in conventional concrete (CC) made with 100% CPC 30R and two binary sustainable concretes (BSC1 and BSC2) made with sugar cane bagasse ash (SCBA) and silica fume (SF), respectively, after 300 days of exposure to 3.5 wt.% MgSO4 solution as aggressive medium. Electrochemical techniques were applied to monitor corrosion potential (Ecorr) according to ASTM C-876-15 and linear polarization resistance (LPR) according to ASTM G59 for determining corrosion current density (icorr). Ecorr and icorr results indicate after more than 300 days of exposure to the sulfate environment (3.5 wt.% MgSO4 solution), that the CS specimens embedded in BSC1 and BSC2 presented greater protection against corrosion in 3.5 wt.% MgSO4 than the specimens embedded in CC. It was also shown that this protection against sulfates is significantly increased when using GS reinforcements. The results indicate a higher resistance to corrosion by exposure to 3.5 wt.% magnesium sulfate two times greater for BSC1 and BSC2 specimens reinforced with GS than the specimens embedding CS. In summary, the combination of binary sustainable concrete with galvanized steel improves durability and lifetime in service, in addition to reducing the environmental impact of the civil engineering structures.

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