Image: PixabayIf the technology is validated, Brazil and other countries will benefit from it, says the university.
Have you ever imagined replacing the fuel used in aviation with fish fat? The tambaqui in this case. This is the objective of the project approved by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), developed by the Group for Advanced Studies in Industrial Processes (GEAPI), at the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI).
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The line called Fuels of the Future, promoted by notice No. 18, aims to bring solutions for the alternative use of fossil fuels. The UFPI project aims to nationalize technology for the development of biokerosone from by-products or discards from the fishing sector. Specifically, the use of Tambaqui offal. The fish (Colossoma macropomum) is also known as red pacu.
Professor Assis Mota, project coordinator, explains “CNPq will provide resources in the order of 1 million reais”. Mota highlighted that there is only one supplier of similar technology in the world, located in the United States.
If the technology is validated, Brazil and other countries will benefit from it, says the university.
Source: Iara Siqueira | agrolink
