TITLE:
Lighting by Biogas Burners: Perspectives on Development in Brazil
AUTHORS:
Silas Cardoso Santos, Chieko Yamagata, Sonia Mello-Castanho
KEYWORDS:
Energy, Biogas, Rare Earth Oxides, Ceramic Processing, Rheology
JOURNAL NAME:
Materials Sciences and Applications,
Vol.5 No.9,
July
31,
2014
ABSTRACT:
The development of
efficient components to save energy plays an important role in designing of
sustainable solutions. Based on the concept of green energy, gas burners based
on porous ceramic structures are interesting technologies to supply heat and
lighting by burning even low calorific fuels as biogas. In this work,
perspectives on development of porous ceramic burners in Brazil are presented.
For this study a mixture of rare earth oxides―yttria (YTR) was selected as raw
material, considering the unique luminescence proprieties of rare earth
elements. Ceramic nettings with homogeneous morphology were produced by
colloidal processing of rare earth powders. The results highlighted the
potentiality of these components to be applied as biogas burners.