Modelagem e analise do processo de obtenção do oleo de soja

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2001

RESUMO

The industry of oil production and soy meal is an important branch of the agroindustry of the northwest area of the Paraná State. The generated products assist both the internal market and the external market. The competition is intense, and to be competitive, the reduction of costs and of waste is fundamental; besides, as the industries of the area use hexane as solvent in the extraction of the oil, the concern with the worker s health and with the environment is of fundamental importance. These concerns can be so much appraised in the project of new units as in the operation of the current units in better conditions. Such evaluations ofthe process can propitiate a reduction in the consumption of energy, as well as in the consumption and in the level of losses of hexane to the environment. The general objective of this work is to present a methodology for analysis of the existent operations in the obtaining of the crude oil of soybean seeking the maximum recovery ofhexane and the minimum consumption of energy. The models are developed, in stationary regime, to analyze the conditions of operation of the extractor, of the evaporator, of the stripper and of the desolventizer-toaster (DT); in the sequence, the results obtained with these models wiIl be used in the analysis energy ofthe system. The model of the extractor is composed of mass balance, balance relationships, empirical equations and of a solution algorithm. The model of the evaporator is based on mass balances, balances of energy, equilibrium relationships and on a solution algorithm. The models of the stripper and of DT are composed of mass balances, balances of energy, equilibrium relationships and of Burmingham-Otto s algorithm for the solution. Once the models were developed, the applications were accomplished with data from a local industry and the obtained results were quite satisfactory. Whereupon, it is verified that the models presented in the work are coherent and they can be used in the improvement ofthe performance of a plant of oil production and soy meal. An important use of those models is in what it refers to the energy integration ofthe plant. This integration was accomplished with data from these models and the obtained results showed that the current system of the company is already quite integrated, but a small improvement in the consumption of energy can still be obtained

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extração - equipamento extraction analise termica soybean oil evaporation and heat analysis oleo de soja modeling modelos matematicos evaporação

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