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Triglyceride-based materials are considered to be promising renewable feedstocks for the production of biofuels by hydrodeoxygenation (HDO), which have very similar properties to conventional petroleum fuels. In this work, oleic acid was used as model compound to study the HDO over Mo2C/...

Several studies were developed in this work to produce alternative kinetic models of enzymatic hydrolysis with respect to the characteristics of the substrate. First, the most appropriate methodology for calculating the crystallinity index of a mixture of crystalline and amorphous celluloses ...

Cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) is a by-product of cashew nut industry. Despite this, it is rich in phenolic compounds that can be used as comonomers in the functionalization of polymers. In the present study, the radical polymerization of these materials is investigated. Inittialy,...

The main objective of this work was the study of catalytic production of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) in gas phase from ethylene, acetic acid, and oxygen; including the development of bimetallic catalysts containing palladium and copper over modified ZrO2. The focus was the study&#x...

CO2 is considered the major contributor to the global warming phenomenon and, because of this, efforts to develop technologies that aim to reduce atmospheric CO2 have been motivated. The main capture strategies are based on CO2/N2 separation, referring to post-combustion of organic ...

Pigmentary disorders are the third most common reason for looking for dermatological consultations. To minimize the effects of some of these disorders, one of the strategies adopted is the use of topical depigmenting agents. Therefore, since the objective of this work is to obtain&...