DECAT - Departamento de Controle e Automação
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Item Study of the electricity consumption reduction of a compressed air system : the case of a steelmaking company.(2017) Silva, Washington Luís Vieira da; Souza, Leonardo Carvalho Oliveira de; Bortolaia, Luis Antônio; Paula, Milton Realino de; Leal, Elisângela MartinsThis work aims to reduce the energy consumption and thus increase the availability of blast furnace compressors of a steelmaking company, located in Alto Paraopeba region in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, through the elimination of waste points in the compressed air distribution. In order to develop this work, an ultrasound test in the compressed air line was performed to identify and quantify leaks in the flow. Once the leaks were identified, they were eliminated through corrective maintenance and improvements, and then the energy consumption scenarios before and after the improvements were compared. As a result, the average monthly electricity consumption in the reporting period decreased by 57.2%. In addition, one compressor was set aside in stand-by condition, as in the original plant. Thus, one can prove the efficiency in eliminating of waste points in compressed air distribution, since the reduction of energy consumption is important for the company to remain competitive, as the cost of electric energy affects the final price of the final products.Item Modelling and simulation of cross flow grain dryers.(2013) Khatchatourian, Oleg A.; Vielmo, Horácio Antonio; Bortolaia, Luis AntônioA mathematical model, algorithm, and computer program were developed to simulate the performance of cross flow grain dryers and cross flow dryers with energy saving. The mass and heat transfer processes were described by a system of four non-linear partial differential equations. This system of equations was solved by the MacCormack method with time splitting. The Neumann method was used to determine convergence. The sourceterms in these equations were computed by auxiliary semi-empirical equations obtained by experimental data from thin layer drying. Equipment developed to obtain these data permitted variation of the initial air humidity, temperature, and velocity. Fixed bed drying experiments were conducted to validate the model. Simulations using various control regimens were made to determine the impact on energy consumption and cross flow dryer performance due to recycling air exhausted from various stages of the dryer. An iterative process was used to determine the initial conditions at the entrance to each section of the dryer. The computer simulations were used to evaluate the non-uniformity of temperature and grain moisture content distributions in dryers, the duration of the drying process and the energy efficiency for each geometry and control regimen.