Estudo sobre oportunidades de recuperação de calor em uma indústria frigorífica para substituição de uma caldeira geradora de vapor por um aquecedor de água

Abstract

From among the constants climatic changes that has been occurring throughout the ages, undoubtedly the what worries man is temperature variation, caused mainly by the increase far too consumption of fossil fuels and deforestation of native forests, which in Brazil is quite evident. These practices influence the rainfall and directly affect the quality of life on Earth. Although water is essential for the maintenance of human life, in Brazil, the lack of water brings an even greater concern, which is the reduction of electricity supply, because 70% of the generation this type of energy are derived from hydropower. Hence, the growing concern in seeking more efficient processes from the point of sight of energy consumption. In this context, the objective of this work is to demonstrate the possibility energy saving through energy recovery in the industry. The study was conducted in a poultry slaughterhouse of a large food company that uses in its processes a very high amount of energy and in various forms. The energetic used in this type of industry, it has been steam as a major input, being generated in large quantities. Although, the analyzed process there is no need to steam in any of the manufacture steps of the final product. In this work it is shown as the steam is used in the slaughterhouse studied, for what purpose and why there is currently so strong dependence on this resource. Presented are alternatives that have been found for complete replacement of this energy input. The work showed the alternatives of energy recovery and the positive impulse generated to obtain the main objective. A water heater using mixed fuel (wood chip mixed with a 10% by mass portion of dried sludge from the company's effluent treatment plant) is proposed, with a return on investment of 3 years and 7 months at a financing rate of 14% per year. The project guaranteed the supply of hot water without the use of steam, at a lower cost, and also obtained significant environmental gains, which was the reduction of 23.7% in biomass consumption, and the use in the heater of 60 tons of material rejected from the industrial process.