HAZOP analysis of small-scale unit for biokerosene production from short-chain esters

Authors
  • Francisco de Assis da Silva Mota

    Engenharia de Produção, Universidade Federal do Piauí

    Author

  • Amanda Lívia de Oliveira

    Engenharia de Produção, Universidade Federal do Piauí

    Author

  • Antônio Bruno de Vasconcelos Leitão

    Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Federal do Piauí

    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-942X

    Author

  • Nayara Cardoso de Medeiros

    Engenharia de Produção, Universidade Federal do Piauí

    Author

  • Francisco de Tarso Ribeiro Caselli

    Engenharia de Produção, Universidade Federal do Piauí

    Author

Keywords:
Biofuel, Biodiesel, Biokerosene, Hazop
Abstract

With intense industrialization comes the need for more energy sources to supply this demand. With the awareness of the population and governments, the search for renewable energy sources, such as biofuels, is growing. Aviation biokerosene is an ideal substitute for petroleum-based kerosene and can be obtained through the transesterification process of animal or vegetable fat and alcohol. However, in industrial processes such as these, it can generate several risks that can compromise the health of the operator, equipment, production, and others. For this reason, the objective is to perform a risk analysis in a smallscale production unit of biokerosene for aviation, using the Hazop methodology, which separates the production unit into nodes, analyzing them separately. Thus, with identified risks, it is possible to find the causes, consequences, and best actions to avoid them. With this, it was observed that flow rate and temperature are the main parameters that influence this production unit, being necessary to study them in order to standardize the ideal loads of each equipment, and not to generate disturbances. Also, control equipment such as valves, pumps and piping should follow periodic maintenance

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Mota, F. de A. da S., Oliveira, A. L. de, Leitão, A. B. de V., Medeiros, N. C. de, & Caselli, F. de T. R. (2023). HAZOP analysis of small-scale unit for biokerosene production from short-chain esters. Brazilian Journal of Production Engineering, 9(5), 80-90. https://doi.org/10.47456/bjpe.v9i5.42715