NEW HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURED ADSORBENT TYPE AMINE/KIT-6 FOR CO2 CAPTURE. The present work functionalized KIT-6 mesoporous material with aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) and tested its efficiency in CO2 capture. The KIT-6 material was synthesized by hydrothermal method and functionalized via excess solvent in APTMS concentrations of 5 and 15% to obtain the hybrid adsorbents. All adsorbent materials were characterized by XRD, TGA/DTGA, DSC, N2 adsorption/desorption, SEM and applied in the CO2 capture, varying the temperature and pressure. The KIT-6 mesoporous structure at the hybrid adsorbents was kept. Variations in textural properties denoted that the organic molecules were incorporated in mesoporous structure. In the experiments, both chemisorption and physisorption were observed, reaching the best values at 25 ºC, indicating that the temperature influences the adsorption process. The experiments showed adsorbed amounts of up to 0.8 mmol/g at atmospheric pressure, displaying the efficiency of the chemisorption provided by the CO2 interaction with the hybrid adsorbents. At high pressures, a predominance of physisorption was observed, demonstrating a better performance for the KIT-6 support, due to the superior textural properties. Finally, a well-ordered and functional hybrid adsorbent was successfully developed for the adsorption of carbon dioxide.

RESUMO A pertinência do uso da tecnologia para destinação racional dos resíduos oriundos das mais diversas atividades humanas é iminentemente precípua. Neste contexto, entre setembro de 2014 e janeiro de 2015, em Mossoró, RN (5º 11' 31" Sul - 37º 20' 40" Oeste), desenvolveu-se o presente trabalho com o objetivo de avaliar o uso de estratégias com vistas ao aproveitamento do percolado de aterro sanitário como fonte de água e nutrientes na agricultura. Para tal, submeteram-se plantas de mamona (Ricinus communis L.) cv. BRS Energia, cultivadas em Argissolo vermelho-amarelo Eutrófico, a estratégias de aplicação da lâmina de irrigação, a saber, a aplicação inicial do percolado de aterro sanitário correspondente a 20, 40, 60 e 80% da lâmina e a posterior aplicação do percentual restante da lâmina de irrigação em água de abastecimento, mais uma testemunha que consistiu na irrigação com água de abastecimento + adubação mineral recomendada para a cultura. Estes tratamentos foram alocados em blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições, totalizando vinte parcelas experimentais. Verificou-se que a fertilização mineral resultou em respostas biométricas mais expressivas no início do ciclo, no entanto, ao final, os tratamentos à base de percolado proporcionaram resultados, inclusive de produção, compatíveis com a testemunha, com destaque para as plantas irrigadas com 20% da lâmina.

ABSTRACT The relevance of using technology for the rational destination of waste from a wide range of human activities is imminently paramount. In this context, between September 2014 and January 2015, in Mossoró, RN, Brazil (5º 11' 31" S; 37º 20' 40" W), the present work was conducted to evaluate strategies for the utilization of landfill leachate as source of water and nutrients in agriculture. For this, castor bean plants (Ricinus communis L.), cv. BRS Energia, cultivated in eutrophic Red Yellow Argisol, were subjected to irrigation depth application strategies, namely: initial application of leachate corresponding to 20, 40, 60 and 80% of the irrigation depth and subsequent application of the remaining water depth percentage using public-supply water, plus one control, which consisted of irrigation with public-supply water + mineral fertilization recommended for the crop. These treatments were set in randomized blocks, with four replicates, totalizing twenty experimental plots. Mineral fertilization resulted in more expressive biometric responses at the beginning of the cycle; however, at the end, treatments based on leachate led to results, including of production, compatible with the control, especially plants irrigated with the 20% irrigation depth.

To understand the physicochemical properties and catalytic activity during the pyrolysis of atmospheric petroleum residue, a template-free ZSM-5 zeolite was synthesized using a direct method without additional seeds or an organic structure director and compared with conventionally synthesized ZSM-5. The crystallinities of the two zeolites were evaluated by XRD and FTIR and were quite similar; however, structural analyses using SEM and argon physisorption revealed that the zeolites diverged in particle diameter and in the external surface area of the micropores. The synthesis procedure without a template incorporated additional aluminum into the crystalline network, according to ICP-AES and TPD NH3 experiments. The catalytic pyrolysis performed over the template-free ZSM-5 generated results comparable to those for pyrolysis performed over the conventional ZSM-5 according to its hydrocarbon distribution. The selectivity to aromatics compounds was exactly the same for both ZSM-5 zeolites, and these values stand out compared to thermal pyrolysis. The template-free ZSM-5 produced 20% of light hydrocarbons (C4-C6), where such compounds are olefins and paraffins of great interest to the petrochemical industry. Therefore, template-free ZSM-5 is promising for industrial use due to its lowered synthesis time, low-cost and significant distribution to light hydrocarbons.