Síntese e análise do processo de produção do açúcar: dimensionamento da geração de vapor

Abstract

Currently, one of the biggest financial impacts in the sugar-energy plants is given by the generation of steam system. The objective of this work was to scale a sugar production plant with the purpose of synthesizing an ideal process of consumption of vapors by resizing the evaporator and turbine systems. For this, a sizing and optimization of the steam generation system of a sugar industry was carried out using global energy and mass balances and by component, the evaluated system was for an industry with a production capacity of 285 t / h of sugarcane. Thus, it was possible to obtain an increase in the generation of useful work in the condensation turbine of 7.61 MWh, totaling an increase of 2.5 MWh for the entire system. It was concluded, from the sensitivity analyzes, that it was possible to improve the generation of useful work through the different combinations of operational conditions, these changes are in accordance with traditional practices regarding the configurations of the evaporators.