Abstract

DIAZ-LEZCANO, Maura Isabel; MENDIETA-AGUERO, Reinaldo Andrés; APARICIO-MEZA, María José  and  RAMIREZ-ORTEGA, Jorge David. Wood consumption in brick factory during the stage of cooking of bricks in the district of Tobatí, Paraguay. Rev. ciente. UCSA [online]. 2021, vol.8, n.3, pp.75-88. ISSN 2409-8752.  https://doi.org/10.18004/ucsa/2409-8752/2021.008.03.075.

The objective was to analyze the relationship between the use of firewood and the production of two types of brick during the cooking stage in brick factory of the district of Tobatí, Department of Cordillera, Paraguay. The study presented two stages, the first one consisted of the application of 392 random surveys in brick factories pressed and common. The second stage involved the measurement of firewood, were measured 3 pressed brick factory and 7 common, samples determined using the data obtained in the surveys. The average annual production of common brick production is 460,693,491 units, with an annual average consumption of 128,640 stereo meters of wood, in the brick-making production of pressed bricks the average annual production is 175,803,581 units and consumption. Average annual firewood is 182,400 stereo meters. The main origin of the firewood is the northern part of the country and the combination of native and exotic species is the most used by the bricks factory. With the measurement it was determined that for each cubic meter of wood consumed 7,604 units of common bricks and 2,142 units of pressed bricks are produced.

Keywords : energy; production process; forest cover; biomass; brick factory.

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