REPORT OF THE BRAZILIAN SECTION OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE /2013

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1 REPORT OF THE BRAZILIAN SECTION OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE /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 , Florianopolis, SC Tel.: FAX: Mobile: amir.oliveira@gmail.com 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 , 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.

2 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 (2007- Florianópolis, 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. Course 1: Combustion in CI Engines, 20 hours, Lecturers: José Eduardo Mautone Barros (UFMG-Brazil), Ramón Molina Valle (UFMG-Brazil), Isabel Cristina Pereira Fortes (UFMG- Brazil); 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 ( 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.

3 (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. 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 , 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:

4 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 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.

5 Action 5: Fostering participation of young researchers in the CI supported initiatives Within this action, ample coverage has been made, including web-page, 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 Pro- Engenharias 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 Action 7: Maintenance of the Home-Page This is a continuing action. The homepage 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.