• A circular economy model for ethanol and alcohol-based hand sanitizer from sweet potato waste in the context of COVID-19 

      Weber, Caroline Trevisan; Ranzan, Lucas; Liesegang, Luciano Luís Menz; Trierweiler, Luciane Ferreira; Trierweiler, Jorge Otávio (2020) [Artigo de periódico]
      Goal: The goal of the present work is to analyze the techno-economic viability of a biorefinery to generate ethanol and alcohol-based hand sanitizer from sweet potato waste within the concept of a circular economy.Design ...
    • K-rank : an evolution of y-rank for multiple solutions problem 

      Santos, Pedro Victor José de Lima; Ranzan, Lucas; Farenzena, Marcelo; Trierweiler, Jorge Otávio (2019) [Artigo de periódico]
      Y-rank can present faults when dealing with non-linear problems. A methodology is proposed to improve the selection of data in situations where y-rank is fragile. The proposed alternative, called k-rank, consists of splitting ...