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Evaporator Optimization Project

Evaporator Optimization Project. Bryan Picou James Roberts. Domino Sugar. Refinery is in Arabi , La Produce 8 million pounds of sugar per day on average It is the third largest sugar refinery in the world. Domino Sugar. Evaporator Optimization Project.

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Evaporator Optimization Project

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  1. Evaporator Optimization Project Bryan Picou James Roberts

  2. Domino Sugar Refinery is in Arabi, La Produce 8 million pounds of sugar per day on average It is the third largest sugar refinery in the world

  3. Domino Sugar

  4. Evaporator Optimization Project • Steam is one of the most expensive resources for a refinery • Take the current operation of the evaporators and make it more efficient • Take the current operation of the melters and eliminate the steam

  5. Evaporators • Evaporator uses steam in a vacuum to heat the sugar liquor and lower its density • Left over vapors from this process is what we are trying to optimize

  6. Melter Takes the raw sugar and uses steam to melt this sugar into a liquid. It uses direct steam injection Vapors from evaporator will be rerouted to power the melter

  7. Current Operation

  8. Current Operation

  9. Deliverables • Sketch of future operation (Nov) • Energy of vapors (Nov) • Vapor Flow Rate (Nov) • Energy Required to melt sugar (Nov) • Residence time of melters (Dec) • Design new melter (Dec) • Designing the new melters based on energy requirements and availability • Design condenser (Dec) • Flow Rates, Pressure and Temperature Differences • Energy Transfer

  10. Deliverables • Design Vapor and liquor Pipeline (Dec) • Determine pipe size • Stress Analysis • Material Selection • Minimize Energy Loss • Design Heat Exchangers (Feb) • Size of Heat Exchangers • Materials of Heat Exchangers • Energy Transfer

  11. Deliverables • Design Pipeline Support Structure (Feb) • Deflection • Stress Analysis on Structure • Distance between supports • Material Selection • COMSOL (March) • Pipeline stress analysis • Structural Support Stress Analysis • Pipeline Deflection • Beam Deflection

  12. Deliverables • Design New System Layout (March) • ACAD Sketch • Instruments Selection • Space Requirements • Control Sequence (April) • Safety • Ladder Logic (PLC)

  13. Deliverables • Cost Analysis (April) • Yearly savings from cutting down steam consumption • Project Cost (April) • Cost of New Materials and Machines • Cost of a Contractor installing all Materials and Machines

  14. James Project Responsibilities Sketch of Future Operation Energy Required to Melt Sugar Residence Time Design Melters Design Sugar Liquor Pipeline Design Structural Support System COMSOL Design New System Layout Control Sequence

  15. Bryan’s Project Responsibilies Sketch of Future Operation Energy of Vapors Vapor Flow Rate Design Condenser Design Vapor pipeline Design Heat Exchanger COMSOL Design New System Layout Cost Analysis, Project Cost Analysis

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