Inogran: indústria de óleos vegetais

Abstract

The production of vegetable oils in Brazil and in the world has been growing more and more and the consumption of this product has increased with the consequent reduction in the use of animal fats. These products have essential fatty acids in their composition and provide substances that are important for the human body as a source of energy. The current work addresses the development of the project for the INOGRAN industrial unit, which produces refined oil and protein concentrate as the main by-product, using soybean as raw material. This grain was chosen considering its high productivity in Brazil, mainly in the South and Southeast, where the industry will be located. INOGRAN will be located in at Ponta Grossa, in the Paraná state, due to ease raw material access and productout flow. The name of the industry was defined based on the type of enterprise and the most used input, the grain. The term "INO" in the name refers to the National Vegetable Oil Industry and the term "GRAN" to the grain. The refined oil will be bottled in 900 mL and is part of the line of oils developed by the company, “GRANOIL”. The extraction is considered the main step to obtain the crude oil and the plant performs the extraction by the solvent extraction mechanism. By operating 330 days a year, INOGRAN aims to crush 750,000 tons of grain annually, thus, it has a production capacity of 91 million litters of refined soybean oil per year, resulting from the daily production of 278281.2903 litters of oil. Considering the feeding of 95 tons of soybeans per hour, it is possible to obtain 10.78 tons of refined soybean oil per hour. The industrial plant development project presents a market study, consumption projections, location, production process, material and energy balances, waste treatment, specifications, equipment sizing, in addition to energy integration and financial analysis. Considering that the economic feasibility of implementing the industry was justified through financial analysis, INOGRAN aims to expand in the future and reach consumers throughout Brazil, increasingly contributing to the national vegetable oil sector.