Reaproveitamento de resíduo da poda de Azadirachta Indica para produção de briquetes.

Abstract

Nowadays, developed and / or developing countries are engaged in the use and production of efficient and clean energy, aiming at reducing the environmental impacts caused by the use of fossil fuels. Currently biofuel has been gaining prominence for the availability of renewable resources. The Brazilian territory has a favorable climate and a territory that covers continental magnitudes, these are favorable factors for the development of large-scale energy resources. The growing generation of municipal waste requires alternatives to circumvent / minimize environmental problems. One of the possibilities to overcome this problem is the reuse of solid waste from tree pruning as biomass for energy generation, where through briquetting, waste can be compacted and transformed into a renewable energy source. The present research was developed with the general objective of analyzing the viability of briquettes production from pruning of Azadirachta Indica, popularly known as Indian Neem. The methodological procedures were the drying, crushing and compaction of the biomass. Given the initial tests for the production of briquettes from Azadirachta Indica, it can be stated that the procedure is viable, considering a practice that encompasses three social pillars: environmental, economic and social.