Construção de protótipo de banco de gelo para avaliação do desempenho de sensores com foco na melhoria da eficiência energética

Abstract

Notable is the increase in studies aimed at developing methods to improve energy efficiency. Especially with the inevitable growth of consumption by industry and population. Large industries have very powerful equipment in terms of consumption and energy. The cooling system is one of the most expensive systems and is present in much of the industrial sector. To improve the efficiency of this system, the alternative is to apply an ice bank that uses the sensitive heat of water to store the temperature. One fact that can reduce the efficiency of an ice storage system is the formation of thick insulating ice around the cooling system piping. This work aims to build a prototype ice bank and evaluate the performance of different sensors to detect ice formation around the pipe and to control system operation according to the measured ice thickness.