000169181 001__ 169181 000169181 005__ 20260223164758.0 000169181 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.energy.2015.06.054 000169181 0248_ $$2sideral$$a113440 000169181 037__ $$aART-2017-113440 000169181 041__ $$aeng 000169181 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8350-6485$$aPina, Eduardo Antonio 000169181 245__ $$aReduction of process steam demand and water-usage through heat integration in sugar and ethanol production from sugarcane – Evaluation of different plant configurations 000169181 260__ $$c2017 000169181 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000169181 5203_ $$aThe sugarcane industry represents one of the most important economic activities in Brazil producing sugar and ethanol for the internal and external markets. There are also plants dedicated only to ethanol production. The aim of this study is to accomplish a joint assessment to evaluate the reduction of process steam demand and water usage obtained through heat integration and an exergy analysis to quantify the reduction in irreversibility generation owing to heat integration procedure. Two configurations of plant were analysed Case I – all sugarcane juice is destined to produce ethanol without sugar production and Case II – distribution of 50%/50% of total recoverable sugars in sugar and ethanol production. Simulations in ASPEN PLUS® software were performed in order to evaluate the mass and energy balances and heat integration using the Pinch Method was applied in order to minimize the utilities consumption. The results showed that heat integration promoted a reduction in steam consumption of 35% approximately, while the reduction in water consumption (water collecting requirement) was 24 and 13% in comparison to the conventional cases without heat integration. 000169181 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 000169181 590__ $$a4.968$$b2017 000169181 591__ $$aTHERMODYNAMICS$$b4 / 59 = 0.068$$c2017$$dQ1$$eT1 000169181 591__ $$aENERGY & FUELS$$b18 / 96 = 0.188$$c2017$$dQ1$$eT1 000169181 592__ $$a1.99$$b2017 000169181 593__ $$aBuilding and Construction$$c2017$$dQ1 000169181 593__ $$aCivil and Structural Engineering$$c2017$$dQ1 000169181 593__ $$aElectrical and Electronic Engineering$$c2017$$dQ1 000169181 593__ $$aPollution$$c2017$$dQ1 000169181 593__ $$aIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering$$c2017$$dQ1 000169181 593__ $$aMechanical Engineering$$c2017$$dQ1 000169181 593__ $$aEnergy (miscellaneous)$$c2017$$dQ1 000169181 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000169181 700__ $$aPalacios-Bereche, Reynaldo 000169181 700__ $$aChavez-Rodriguez, Mauro F. 000169181 700__ $$aEnsinas, Adriano V. 000169181 700__ $$aModesto, Marcelo 000169181 700__ $$aNebra, Silvia A. 000169181 773__ $$g138 (2017), 1263-1280$$pEnergy$$tEnergy$$x0360-5442 000169181 8564_ $$s2425940$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169181/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000169181 8564_ $$s1626606$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169181/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000169181 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:169181$$particulos$$pdriver 000169181 951__ $$a2026-02-23-14:53:57 000169181 980__ $$aARTICLE