Rediseño de plantas agroindustriales con un enfoque de economía circular.

Abstract

This curricular integration work addressed the redesign of a plant for the production of a jora distillate, with a circular economy approach, whose main objective is to achieve a sustainable and sustainable production, thanks to a maximum use of available resources and a minimum waste generation. The starting point was the project developed in the Agroindustrial Plant Design course, in which the production process was mainly related to a linear production system. Then, the components that could be improved with the application of the so-called "7Rs" (redesign, reduce, reuse, repair, recover, renew, recycle) were identified, so that the output flows are recirculated, reduced or used as by-products if possible and, only in specific cases, are considered as waste. For the latter, treatment alternatives were proposed prior to their release. The mass and energy balances, block diagrams (BFD), process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID), equipment and machinery involved, and production planning were updated according to the changes established. In addition, a review of production costs was carried out. Finally, an economic and environmental analysis was carried out to determine the feasibility of the proposal, its advantages and disadvantages compared to the original design. It was concluded that, among the benefits of the plant after the redesign, would be lower environmental impacts, new economic income, improvements in the quality of life of the workers and job creation