Evaluación y diagnóstico del proceso de extracción de aceite de palma en la planta de beneficio cooperativa palmas Risaralda (COOPAR), Norte De Santander.

Abstract

The market prospects for palm oil and its derivatives are promising since the consumption of vegetable oils and fats, the production of biofuels and the oleochemical industry has been increasing in Colombia and in the world in recent years. Increasing use is becoming more diversified and greater prospects for expanding exports are opening up. Taking into account these perspectives, it is visualized the opportunity to carry out an evaluation and diagnosis of the process design, which will allow to obtain optimized production and quality, complying with the standards required by the Colombian legal framework of the current process. In addition, we want to look for opportunities for improvement that will allow the company to consolidate the Cooperativa Palmas Risaralda COOPAR as a company committed to the delivery of a quality product, guaranteeing an efficient and competitive process. The present project aims to perform the theoretical-practical analysis of the palm oil extraction process, applying knowledge in the process design, to elaborate the respective flow diagrams, instrumentation and pipelines (PFD and P & ID) of the general process. Simultaneously, work will be carried out on the implementation of a risk analysis in the facilities of the production plant, and Process Safety standards will be used. In the same way the simulation of the process of obtaining oil in the software ASPENPLUSTM was carried out. All studies and analysis of the simulation of the different alternatives and operating scenarios, as well as critical variables of the process necessary for the minimization of operating costs and compliance with operating restrictions. The objective of the simulation is to improve the performance of valuable products, cost reduction and ease of solving operational problems for the correct decision making in the fast way, the opportunities of the optimization of the productive process of the extraction Of palm oil are seen Restrictions, improvement of quality and reduction of operational costs.