Artificial Neural Networks To Distinguish Charcoal from Eucalyptus and Native Forests Based on Their Mineral Components

• Published in: Energy & fuels Vol. 34; no. 8; pp. 9599 - 9608
• Main Authors: Ramalho, Fernanda Maria Guedes, Carvalho, Geila Santos, Hein, Paulo Ricardo Gherardi, Napoli, Alfredo, Wojcieszak, Robert, Guilherme, Luiz Roberto Guimarães
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 20.08.2020
• Series: Energy & Fuels
• Subjects: Africa; Apuleia; Asia; Aspidosperma; Biofuels and Biomass; Brazil; Catalysis; Cedrela; charcoal; Chemical Sciences; Dipteryx; elemental composition; energy; Eucalyptus; fluorescence; forests; Gochnatia; hybrids; industry; Jacaranda; mineral content; minerals; Peltogyne; pyrolysis; steel; trade; wood; X-radiation; Brazil; Asia; Africa; Pyrolysis; Minerals; Wood; Layers; X-rays

Charcoal is produced through the pyrolysis of wood. It is used as the main domestic energy source in many tropical countries from Africa and Asia, and it is used as a reductor product in the steel industry in Brazil. However, the indiscriminant use of wood from native forests is detrimental to susta...