REPORT OF THE BRAZILIAN SECTION OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE 2012/2013
President: Amir Antonio Martins Oliveira, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC
Campus Universitario Joao David Ferreira Lima
CEP 88040-900, Florianopolis, SC
Tel.: +55-48-3721-9390
FAX: +55-48-3721-7615
Mobile: +55-48-9972-1546
[email protected]
www.emc.ufsc.br
The Brazilian Section of the Combustion Institute has its actions linked to the actions of the
Brazilian Combustion Network, a network involving about 300 faculty, researchers and
graduate students working in combustion in about 26 universities and institutes in Brazil. The
RNC has functioned since 2008 by two consecutive grants awarded by the Brazilian Minister
of Science and Technology. During 2012-201, the RNC/Brazilian Section had its efforts
focused on:
1. Forming and continually educating human resources in the combustion area in Brazil,
specially, working providing opportunities for graduate students.
2. Fostering the nucleation of collaborative projects among its members and external
partners. This included:
2.1. Approximation with partners from the remaining countries in South America through
an action with international office of the Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology
and Innovation (MCTI) and the Union of the South American Countries (UNASUL),
2.2. Approximation with partners from industry using the industry organizations in Brazil,
such as the National Confederation of Industry (CNI).
3. Guarantee the wide exposure and discussion of its decisions and results, such as,
presentations, course material, lectures, opportunities, etc..
The RNC/Brazilian Section is governed by a Scientific Committee formed by 7 members
elected biannually, by direct vote of the members present in the general assembly held
during the Combustion Schools. The Scientific Committee elects its president. The roles of the
Scientific Committee, as expressed in the By-Laws, are planning, inducing, deciding and
executing the actions of the network and the relation with external partners. The committee
reports to the general assembly of its members and to the sponsoring agencies.
Action 1: The Fourth Brazilian Combustion School (IV EdC)
Date: June 24-28, 2013
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Belém, State of Para - Brazil.
Format: 2 short courses (20 h), 6 lectures, poster section, visit to torrefaction plant,
thermoelectric plant in the Amazon Forrest, river trip in the Guamá River.
Attendance: 100 students, 20 lectures and invited guests. All students and guests had plane
tickets and full stay (food, hotel, trips) covered by the school. No fees were charged.
Organizers: Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG),
CIRAD (France), coordination: Prof. Manoel Fernandes Martins Nogueira (UFPA).
Short description: Following the tradition of the previous Brazilian Combustion Schools (2007Florianópolis, 2009-São José dos Campos, 2011-Salvador) this school had a format based on 2
short courses, lectures, a permanent poster section and external visits, including a getaway
trip.
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Course 1: Combustion in CI Engines, 20 hours, Lecturers: José Eduardo Mautone Barros
(UFMG-Brazil), Ramón Molina Valle (UFMG-Brazil), Isabel Cristina Pereira Fortes (UFMGBrazil); Gilles Vaitilingon (CIRAD-France); Mário Eduardo Santos Martins (UFSM-Brazil),
José Ricardo Sodré (PUC-Minas-Brazil).
Course 2: Innovation on Biomass Pyrolisys, 20 hours, Juan Miguel Mesa Perez
(Bioware/Unicamp-Brazil), Angélica de Cássia Oliveira Carneiro (UFV-Brazil), Patrick
Rousset (Cirad-France), Joël Blin (Cirad-France), Marco J. Castaldi (The City College of New
York-US), Anthony Benois (Cirad-France).
Lectures:
1. Combustion diagnostics applied to internal combustion engines, Dr. Ernst Winklhofer, AVL
LIST GMBH (Áustria).
2. The art, science and technology of charcoal production, Prof. Marco J. Castaldi., The City
College of New York (USA);
3. New strategies for the combustion of biofuels in high efficiency engines, Dr. José
Guilherme Coelho Baeta, Hybrid Controls Ltda.
4. Life cycle assessment: principles and applications to energy systems, Prof. Armando de
Azevedo Caldeira-Pires, UnB;
5. Combustion of bunker oil in CI engines, Prof. Carlos Rodrigues Pereira Belchior,
COPPE/UFRJ;
6. Measurement of emissions from CI engines, Dr. Tadeu Cavalcante Cordeiro de Melo,
Cenpes/Petrobras;
All printed material and presentations created for the school are freely available for download
from the internet (www.redenacionaldecombustao.org).
Final cost: 150,000 USD
Sponsors: National Brazilian Combustion Network-RNC (from a grant from the Brazilian
Minister of Science and Technology), CNPq, CAPES, FAPESP, CIRAD-France, EES, AVL, LaVision.
(a) Photo of the attendees of the IV EdC.
(b) Cover of the coursepack for the short
courses.
( c) Hall for the coffee-breaks.
(d) Trip at the Guamá River in the Amazon
Forest
Figure 1: 4th Brazilian Combustion School.
Action 2: Workshops
Two workshops where organized during the period.
Format: 2 days workshop, with short (30 min) presentations and open discussions.
Attendance: About 50 attendees in each workshop.
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Workshop 1: LES models for the numerical simulation of combustion, organized at the
University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 2012, coordination of Prof. Rogerio.
Workshop 2: Science and Technology for Coal, organized by the University of the Sinos
River Valey (UNISINOS) and Federal University of the Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Prof.
Maria Luisa Indrusiak, Prof. Thamy Chrisitina Hayashi.
Action 3: Approximation with partners in other South America Countries
During 2012-2013, several meetings occurred with officials from the Brazilian MCTI and
UNASUL intending the organization of a South American program on Energy-Combustion. This
program would involve exchange of human resources among the participating institutions
and fostering the development of collaborative projects. The 52 universities/institutions
involved in this action are:
From Brazil: INPE – Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais, IPT – Instituto de Pesquisa Tecnológica,
ITA – Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica, Inmetro – Instituto Nacional de Metrologia,
Normalização e Qualidade; CIENTEC – Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia, da Secretaria de
Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul; UFBA – Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFMG Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFPA – Universidade Federal do Para, UFPR –
Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFRGS – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFSC –
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFU – Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; UnB –
Universidade de Brasília; Unicamp – Universidade de Campinas; USP – Universidade de São
Paulo, Unifei – Universidade Federal de Itajubá; UFMG, - Universidade Federal de Minas
Gerais; UFGD – Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, UTFPR Universidade Técnica Federal do Paraná, Unifor – Universidade de Fortaleza, PUC-Rio –
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro; Unisinos – Universidade do Vale do Rio dos
Sinos, URI - Universidade Reginal Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões;
From Peru: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Universidad Nacional de
Ingenieria (UNI), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Pontificia Universidad
Catolica de Peru (PUCP), Universidad Catolica San Pablo (UCSP), Universidad Nacional San
Agustin (UNSA), Universidad de Piura (UdP); From Chile: Universidad Tecnologica Frederico
Santa Maria (USM), Universidad de Chile (UdC), From Uruguai: Universidad de la Republica
(UR); From Colômbia: Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellin(UNC), Universidad
Tecnologica de Pereira (UTP), Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Universidad Francisco
de Paula Santander, Universidad de Pamplona, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana,
Universidad.Tecnologica de Pereira, Universidad.de Ibagué (UI), Universidade del Valle (UDV),
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad de los Andes (ULA); Universidad de Antioquia
(UA), Universidade del Norte (UDN), Cenicafé – Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café ,
Cenicaña – Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de la Caña, Instituto Colombiano do Petróleo
(ICP – Ecopetrol), Centro de Desarrollo Tecnologico de Gas (CDT de Gás).
These institutions were visited during 2011-2012 and contacts were identified. We are
currently formatting a proposal seeking funding from the South American countries. We
expect to report on this action in the future.
Action 4: Approximating the section to partners in Industry
A call for proposals / opportunities was developed with the Brazilian CNI. From two
preparation meetings involving representatives from RNC and from the major energyconsuming industries in Brazil held at CNI, a format was decided. This call involved (1)
collecting opportunities for research and development from Industry, (2) relaying these
opportunities to the Section members, (3) collecting the answers, (4) organizing the
interested groups and (5) setting the specific meetings involving the interested prospective
partners, academia+industry. Form this moment on, the scientific committee assumed a
simple observation role, by collecting periodically reports on the development of the specific
actions. Two actions are under development and we expect to report them in the future.
Action 5: Fostering participation of young researchers in the CI supported initiatives
Within this action, ample coverage has been made, including web-page, email and printed
material, of the CI supported initiatives intending to foster the participation of young
researchers. This action included supporting with plane tickets and hotel the participation of 3
graduate students in the 2013 European Combustion Meeting and 3 graduate students in the
2013 Mediterranean Combustion Meeting. They were selected competitively from among
those that sent and had approved full papers in the conferences.
Action 6: Production of annual printed short informs on the actions of the Brazilian Section
These are 2 pages (A4) printed informs (in Portuguese) reporting on the actions of the
section, opportunities and opinions expressed by its members. In the last inform, we reported
on: (1) the IV combustion school, (2) the results obtained from the projects CAPES ProEngenharias aiming at the formation of research networks, that were awarded in 2011, (3)
the Program on Energy-Combustion with the South America countries in the UNASUL
organization, (4) the results of the two workshops organized in 2012.
Action 7: Maintenance of the Home-Page
This is a continuing action. The homepage http://redenacionaldecombustao.org is used as a
permanent repository of information and bibliographic material created in the actions
supported by the Brazilian Section. This homepage is supported by the section. A translation
to English is underway.