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Benedito Rocha Vital

Researcher at Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Publications -  118
Citations -  1400

Benedito Rocha Vital is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Viçosa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Charcoal & Torrefaction. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 118 publications receiving 1235 citations. Previous affiliations of Benedito Rocha Vital include University of the Fraser Valley.

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Biomass torrefaction for energy purposes – Definitions and an overview of challenges and opportunities in Brazil

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the application potential of torrefaction in the solid fuel's production from lignocellulosic biomasses in Brazil and showed the definitions, use for energy purposes and the Brazilian production of agroforestry biomass.
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Quality of Wood and Charcoal from Eucalyptus Clones for Ironmaster Use

TL;DR: In this paper, the properties of wood and charcoal from different clones of Eucalyptus spp. were evaluated and the samples were from a clonal, located in the city of Lassance, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Potencial energético da madeira de Eucalyptus sp. em função da idade e de diferentes materiais genéticos

TL;DR: The amount of energy m-3 increased with increasing age, and the three genetic materials evaluated were significantly different between them, so the selection of the best genetic material must consider the wood technological characteristics, as well as their productivity and effectiveness of technical production.
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Quality parameters of Eucalyptus pellita F. Muell. wood and charcoal.

TL;DR: It was conclude that the Eucalyptus pellita presents satisfactory properties for charcoal production, and the low age didn’t impair the quality of wood for energy purposes, however, further studies should be conducted to determine the influence of reduction cutting cycles on volume and wood quality.