Identificação dos principais biocombustíveis para a aviação e análise de sua viabilidade

• Autor(a) principal: Zanco, Jonatan Samuel
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/8200
• topic: Biocombustíveis; Viabilidade econômica; Eficiência energética; Desafios econômicos

The aviation industry is currently still very dependent on fuel, mainly oil. How strongly affected by constant changes in oil prices, this means that airlines cannot plan their budgets, hindering their financial health. Allied to this, there is great concern to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, and the aviation industry has sought to adopt measures to contribute to the reduction of its environmental impact. This reality demands of the aviation industry for other energy sources, and biofuels are an emerging alternative. This work proposes an investigation of the main biofuels used in the world today and, in parallel, in Brazil. A historical retrospective present the first global research and experimentation by major companies in the sector. Subsequently, it describes the biochemical means of production, the physical and chemical properties, the availability of raw material in our country and, in the end, draws a comparative parallel between biofuels surveyed in order to trace the economic viability of each of them in current state of our economy. In addition, the work seeks to find the best alternative for investments in our country. The five major challenges to be faced in the introduction have been identified: the high costs compared to traditional fuels, the lack of investment in the sector, the reduced production of raw materials, the logistic flow and the lack of specific legislation. There is no biofuel identified as the most feasible. All can be viable, since the all barriers to production in industrial scale are overcome.