LCF5335 - Forest Biomass for Fuels and Biomaterials

Credit hours

Instructor
Humberto de Jesus Eufrade Junior

Objective
To provide a systemic analysis and facilitate the knowledge that comprises the production and quality of forest biomass as a feedstock in industry, its physical-chemical and anatomical composition, and correlations with silvicultural activities and impact on industrial operations, with a focus on energy generation as a solid renewable fuel. It also presents the concept and importance of the subject in relation to the topics of bioeconomy, bioproducts and biorefinery.

Content
1. Forestry plantations ans its uses: the state of the art in Brazil and worldwide; 2. Interactions between genetic material, climate, management and forestry productivity; 3. Basic aspects of the anatomical structure and physico-chemical composition of softwood and hardwood species; 4. Methodologies for wood sampling of trees and stands; 5. Wood preparation and storage; 6. Biomass quality and its impact on forest-based industry processes and products; 7. Timber program in forestry companies.

Bibliography
1) EK, M.; GELLERSTEDT, G.; HENRIKSSON, G. Wood Chemistry and Wood Biotechnology (Pulp and Paper Chemistry and Technology), 2009. 320p. 2) MANFREDI, V. Eucalyptus Kraft Pulp Refining,1. ed., 2024. 334p. 3) SJÖSTRÖM, E. Wood Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd ed., 2013. 312p. 4) FAO – Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação. Global Forest Resources Assessment FRA 2020. Rome: FAO. 2020. 5) GUERRA, S.P.S. ; EUFRADE JUNIOR, H. J. . Recuperação energética da biomassa de tocos e raízes de florestas plantadas. 1. ed. Botucatu: Fundação de Estudos e Pesquisas Agrícolas e Florestais, 2019. 176p. 6) RÖSER, D.; ASIKAINEN, A.; RAULUND-RASMUSSEN, K.; STUPAK, I. Sustainable use of forest biomass for energy: a synthesis with focus on the Baltic and Nordic Region, 2010. 7) WEST, P. W. Growing Plantation Forests. 2.ed. Berlin: Springer, 2013, 342 p. 8) ZOBEL, B. J.; VAN BUIJTENEN, J. P. – Wood variation: its causes and control. Berlin, Spirnger-Verlag, 1989. 418p. 9) FENGEL, D.; WEGENER, G. Wood: chemistry, ultrastructure, reactions. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1989. 10) BRIENZO, M. Hemicellulose Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Value Addition to Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy. Springer Singapore, 2022, 507p. 11) CORTEZ, L.A.B.; LORA, E.E.S.; OlIVARES, E.G. (Org.). Biomassa para energia, UNICAMP. 1 ed. Campinas: UNICAMP, 2008. 12) Artigos cientificos revisados por pares em períodicos da área.