In Brazil, scientists from Unioeste are developing a research that promises to innovate in the area of renewable energies. In partnership with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and the company JMHP Carbon, the study seeks to create a new material capable of filtering biomethane through a thermoelectric process. At this stage of the research, tests are being carried out on the material to raise some parameters of interest. The tests were carried out at the Microgrid Laboratory of the Unioeste Foz do Iguaçu, which has adequate equipment for the realization of them a safe way. The Laboratory is integrated into the Graduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering of Unioeste.
The research also had a partnership of the company Alpes Automação, representative of the brand Flir, which has state-of-the-art equipment for thermometry. Alpes has lent the equipment – which has control of the U.S. Army due to its strategic function – and which is capable of measuring thermal parameters of the material developed. In the tests, the researcher verified which voltage and electric current values should be applied to reach the temperature required for biomethane filtration.
Tags: biomethane, Brazil, UFRGS
Category: Research
