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VALE, Ailton Teixeira do; RESENDE, Raquel; GONCALEZ, Joaquim Carlos  e  COSTA, Alexandre Florian da. ESTIMATING FIREWOOD HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION IN A SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY OF THE SÃO JOÃO D’ALIANÇA, GO. Ciênc. Florest. [online]. 2003, vol.13, n.2, pp.159-165. ISSN 1980-5098.  https://doi.org/10.5902/198050981752.

This work was carried out in Engenho, São João D’Aliança-GO, Brazil. The consumption was estimated by weighing the biomass used by families during a normal day, for cooking. The socio economic characteristics of the community were obtained with questionnaire. Firewood consumption was defined as 10.54 kg/house/day or 3,847 kg/house/year, with a personal consumption of 2.53 kg/person/day. The basic density was 0.61 g/cm3 and the heat of combustion was 12,131 J/kg. The energy consumption estimated in 137.04 J/house/day or 46,680.34 J/house/year.

Palavras-chave : firewood; energy; quality; consume.

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