Verificação, análise e sugestões de melhorias das instalações de vapor em um laticínio

Abstract

This document provides a theoretical-practical approach around the issues related to generation, distribution and consumption of steam in a dairy company. The work addresses the questions of great importance in the practical field that is, operating daily, problems and solutions, employees, fuel consumption, etc., but also gives focus to conceptual issues, such as the steam system design, sizing of major components and balance of losses and incomes. Local checks are presented, an inspection report, photographic record and relevant observations about the analysis of the facilities. It also analyzes the equipment documentation, procedures and safety conditions of the machines and the employees in relation to the operation and condition of the components. The work also proposes an energy efficiency improvement project of the steam distribution system and leave suggestions of good engineering practice in relation to the matter dealt. At the end of this analysis, it was able to verify the actual operating conditions of the steam system, compare it to the ideal conditions and with the proposals to get significant improvements in the use yield and distribution of the steam. The project presents, in addition to a succinct methodology, results according with the expected for the applications and the comparison between the improvement effects and the current system was widely satisfactory.