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Osvaldo J. Venturini

Federal University of Itajuba

Av BPS 1303

Pinheirinho

Itajuba, MG 37500903

Brazil

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

6

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295

TOTAL CITATIONS

0

Scholarly Papers (6)

1.

Energetic and Environmental Assessment of Oil Sludge Use in a Gasifier/Gas Microturbine System

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Sep 2021
UFF - Universidade Federal Fluminense - Thermoscience Laboratory, Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo (ICP), Federal University of Itajuba, UFF - Universidade Federal Fluminense and Centro de Excelência em Eficiência Energética (EXCEN)
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Oil sludge, gasification, life cycle assessment, Gas microturbine, Electricity generation

2.

Integrated Life Cycle Assessment of Charcoal Production from Forest to Carbonization Unit: By-Products Utilization for Promoting System Circularity and Avoiding Energy Waste

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jan 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Itajuba, Federal University of Lavras, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Charcoal, Biomass waste, Electricity, Life Cycle Assessment, Greenhouse Gases.

Hydrotreatment of Algae-Based HTL Biocrude: Insights from Bibliometric and Process-Oriented Analysis

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Jan 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Itajuba, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Hydrothermal liquefaction, Biocrude, Hydrotreatment, Microalgae, biofuel

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Evaluation of the Influence of Exergy Disaggregation on the Results of Thermoeconomic Diagnosis Using Exergetic Operators

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Dec 2023
Federal University of Lavras, Federal University of Lavras, Federal University of Lavras, Federal University of Itajuba, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Rankine cycle, intrinsic malfunction, induced malfunction, intrinsic fuel impact, induced fuel impact

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Optimization Analysis of Geometry for the Aperture Region of a Cylindrical Cavity Receiver in a Dish/Stirling System

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Sep 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Itajuba, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Itajuba - Excellence Group in Thermal Power and Distributed Generation (NEST), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Research Group on Alternative Energies and Fluids (EOLITO) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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dish/Stirling, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), cylindrical receiver cavity, geometric modifications, solar energy.

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EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF WWTP SLUDGE SUBJECTED TO LOW-TEMPERATURE DRYING

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Jan 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Itajuba, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Federal University of Espirito Santo
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Biomass, Sewage sludge, Energy Valorization, Equilibrium Moisture, Granular Bed Drying, Drying kinetics