Geovana Pagel*
São Paulo – MondialTec, based in the city of Curitiba, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, wants the world to learn about Aspin, a system for purification of polluting smoke and gas. The system was developed for companies that burn products in industrial furnaces. The process reduces the emission of CO and CO2 by up to 98%. "It is a vanguard product that may be sold to socially and environmentally responsible industries," stated the marketing coordinator at the company, Luiz Alberto Machado.
According to him, Aspin may be adapted to industrial chimneys of any size, as the project is customized. The average size of the masonry structure corresponds to approximately three times the size of the chimney mouth. "Aspin is totally safe, hygienic, durable and consumes little energy and water," explained Machado.
Amalio Espínola, the technician in electricity and hydraulics who developed the system, requested the patent on August 19, 2005. The first company to install the Aspin system was Repecol Recauchutadora de Pneus, a company that retreads tyres in the city of Colombo, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná. "The system has been operating for almost two years and exceeds all expectations," said the coordinator.
Aspin will certainly arouse the interest of many national and foreign companies. The problems caused by the emission of polluting gases are being discussed worldwide. Due to the need for reduction of polluting gases to comply with the Kyoto protocol, signed in 1997, developed and more industrialized countries, responsible for approximately 80% of global pollution, have emission reduction targets to reach up to 2012.
Due to this obligation and to these schedules, these nations are also investing in projects for the reduction of pollutants in developing countries that do not have targets to comply with, among them Brazil. "The reductions reached through investment in developing countries work as compensation for the excess emissions in the investor country," explained engineer Samuel Barbosa, a consultant specialized in subjects related to the Kyoto Protocol. According to him, the carbon credit market represents an excellent opportunity for Brazil, which has China and India as its main competitors for this investment.
"Starting in 2008, the carbon credit market is going to grow, as the reduction of emissions becomes compulsory and the period when fines will be applied will begin," stated Barbosa. According to the consultant, a company in a country that accepts foreign investment, permitting emission of pollutants to be reduced, receives a document that may be traded at banks and/or government institutions.
The carbon credits are validated by a document called the Certification of Emission Reductions (CER), which is traded on the stock market or negotiated directly between the buyer and the seller.
Contact
MondialTec
Tel: (+55 41) 3014-3106
E-mail: executivomondialtec@yahoo.com.br
*Translated by Mark Ament
