The combustion of solid biomass in industrial boilers involves a sequence of processes that include heating, drying, devolatilization, and char conversion. To maintain a repeatable and fully controlled environment, and to monitor all the dynamics involved in the phenomena at a real scale, field-scale experiments become necessary to perform investigations. In this way, to evaluate different thermochemical conver...
Organ transplantation is a multifactorial process in which proper graft preservation is a mandatory step for the success of the transplantation. Hypothermic preservation of abdominal organs is mostly based on the use of several commercial solutions, including UW, Celsior, HTK and IGL-1. The presence of the oncotic agents HES (in UW) and PEG35 (in IGL-1) characterize both solution compositions, while HTK and Cel...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate short-term effects of the global pelvic manipulation (GPM) on knee joint position sense (JPS). This randomized, controlled double-blind trial included 26 asymptomatic participants (X § 25.3; standard deviation § 4.4 years) who were randomly allocated into 2 groups. Sixteen participants were allocated into the experi- mental group, in which GPM was performed, and the res...
Active Straight Leg Raise (ASLR) is a clinical test that challenges lumbopelvic stability and have been used in low back pain patients. There are reports of positive tests in asymptomatic individuals, however, it is not clear if they are false positives or a consequence of performing the test differently.
A range extender (RE) is a device used in electric vehicles (EVs) to generate electricity on-board, enabling them to significantly reduce the number of required batteries and/or extend the vehicle driving range to allow occasional long trips. In the present work, an efficiency-oriented RE based on a small motorcycle engine modified to the efficient over-expanded cycle, was analyzed, tested and simulated in a dr...
In this work, brewers’ spent grains (BSG) were evaluated and studied in order to obtain a combustible gas by means of allothermal steam gasification. BSG were preprocessed in a rotary dryer and a pelletizer prior to gasification in an indirectly heated batch reactor. BSG characterization was conducted by means of proximate, ultimate, and thermogravimetric analysis, allowing us to conclude that BSG have characte...
Apresentam-se os resultados de um ensaio de rotações que decorreu durante dez anos em Vila Real (Trás-os-Montes). O ensaio incluiu a rotação tradicional das condições de sequeiro de Trás-os-Montes, cereal-alqueive (TA), e rotações alternativas susceptíveis de serem adoptadas nestas condições, cereal-leguminosa (TL), cereal-consociação forrageira (TC) e cereal-prado de sequeiro (TP). Os cereais das rotações fora...
Este trabalho resume parte dos resultados de um ensaio de rotações que decorreu durante dez anos (1986-1996) em Vila Real (Trásos-Montes). O ensaio incluiu a rotação tradicional das condições de sequeiro da região, cereal-alqueive (TA), e rotações alternativas susceptíveis de serem adoptadas nestas condições, cereal-leguminosa (TL), cereal-consociação forrageira (TC) e cereal-prado de sequeiro (TP). Os cereais ...
Analisámos, no ano final de um ensaio de rotações que decorreu durante dez anos em Vila Real (Trás-os-Montes), a evolução dos teores de azoto inorgânico do solo das várias rotações na profundidade até 40 cm. O ensaio incluiu a rotação tradicional das condições de sequeiro da região, cereal-alqueive (TA), e rotações alternativas susceptíveis de serem adoptadas nestas condições, as bienais cereal-leguminosa (TL) ...
Apresentam-se os resultados de um ensaio, conduzido em Vila Real (Portugal) no âmbito de uma parceria com a Universidade DeMontfort, visando avaliar o comportamento de variedades de linho, Linum usitatissimum L., em duas épocas de sementeira. Analisaram-se diversos parâmetros fenológicos e a produção obtida. Não se constataram diferenças entre as variedades mas a sementeira outonal revelou ser significativament...