PaCOS, r ealizado en m ar zo de 2006 en la Cost a de Sauípe, Bahía. Así se pr esent a un panor am a de los desar r ollos act ualm ent e exist ent es en el Br asil en pilas a com bust ible de óxido sólido. El Cuar t o Sem inar io de la Red PaCOS se r ealizar á en el Cent r o de Tecnología de la Caña de Azúcar , en Pir acicaba, S.P., del 25 al 27 de abr il de 2007.
Caso t enga int er és por los t r abaj os de la Red PaCOS, no dude en visit ar su página en h t t p:/ / w w w .r e de pa cos.coppe .u fr j .br y agr egar se a ese esfuer zo de desar r ollo cient ífico y t ecnológico que cr ece r ápidam ent e en el Br asil y que est á abier t o par a incr em ent ar se colabor ando con esfuer zos análogos que pueden est ar ocur r iendo en est e m om ent o en ot r os países de Lat ino- Am ér ica.
Cor dialm ent e,
Paulo Em ílio V. de Mir anda
Edit or - Jefe
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Ar t icle s Fr om Pa COS N e t w or k Th ir d W or k sh op
I t is im por t ant t o point out t hat solid oxide fuel cells ar e devices t hat conver t t o elect r ic ener gy and heat , w it h efficiencies r anging fr om 60 t o 80% ( w hen t he heat is used for co- gener at ion) , t he chem ical ener gy cont ained in var ious fuels, including pur e hydr ogen, et hanol and also m et hane t hat is pr esent in nat ur al gas, indust r ial syn- gas and sever al biogases, pr oduced by t he gasificat ion or t he biodigest ion of biom asses. The alcohol and t he hydr ocar bon m ent ioned m ay be used by t he et hanol or m et hane dir ect oxidat ion on t he fuel cell anode or aft er a pr e- r efor m ing is be per for m ed t o conver t t hem pr eviously int o hydr ogen.
Mat er ia Jour nal publishes in t he pr esent num ber , am ong ot her s, paper s t hat w er e select ed am ong t he ones pr esent ed at t he PaCOS Net w or k Thir d Wor kshop t hat w as held in Mar ch 2006 in Cost a do Sauípe, Bahia. Ther efor e, it gives a br oad view of t he developm ent s exist ent now adays in Br azil on solid oxide fuel cells. The For t h PaCOS Net w or k Wor k shop w ill be held at t he Sugar Cane Technology Cent er , in Pir acicaba, S. P., fr om Apr il 25t h. To 27t h., 2007.
I f you ar e int er est ed on t he w or k developed by PaCOS Net w or k do not hesit at e t o v isit it s hom epage at h t t p:/ / w w w .r e de pa cos.coppe .u fr j .br t o cont r ibut e t o t his effor t of scient ific and t echnological developm ent t hat incr eases r apidly in Br azil, w hich is open t o m ake syner gy w it h sim ilar effor t s t hat m ight be happening now aday s in ot her Lat in- Am er ican count r ies.
Cor dially,
Paulo Em ílio V. de Mir anda
Edit or - in- Chief
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