Petrochemical Case | COONTROL

COONTROL - Combustion Technology has developed an energy transformation project for one of its petrochemical clients. The industry's return on investment came in seven months. It has become another success story with unquestionable results.

In the petrochemical sector, steam is a recurring and voluminous need to generate energy. Because of this, some companies end up buying steam from others, which tends to increase profitability.

This is what was happening with a petrochemical industry established in Rio Grande do Sul. The company bought steam from a large neighboring company that used coal and oil as fuel and paid a certain amount for each ton of steam consumed.

However, the buyer identified that the monthly cost was becoming too high and needed to reduce operating costs. It then developed a strategic project to generate its own steam using biomass and optimize the fuel's energy efficiency. It was at this point that the petrochemical industry became a COONTROL customer: jointly using the Metering System and the Biomass Purchase and Receipt Management System (SMB-300 and CRE-Bio).

OWN STEAM GENERATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

The petrochemical industry had the challenge of investing in technology to generate its own steam. This is how it developed a strategic project to:

  • • Reduce operating costs and, simultaneously;
  • • Produce sufficient steam for the processes.

Therefore, the industry understood that the greatest requirement for the project's success was the search for efficiency in energy generation.

At the same time, it noticed that it had no way of measuring the quality of the biomass it was buying or knowing the fuel's Lower Calorific Value (LCV). The higher the humidity present in the biomass, the lower its PCI becomes. Consequently, the amount of biomass that the boiler consumes will be greater, which ends up increasing costs.

This is how the industry saw the need to have a structure and an automated system with the capacity to control the quality of the incoming biomass.

COONTROL, with its prompt service and support, was indispensable for the client's successful results.

COONTROL SOLUTION: ENERGY TRANSFORMATION PROJECT

In the energy transformation project for the petrochemical industry, two COONTROL solutions were installed:

  • • SMB 300 - Biomass measurement system;
  • • Biomass Purchase and Receipt Management System (CRE-Bio).

The COONTROL SMB-300 consists of advanced online systems for measuring biomass’s weight, volume, and humidity. This makes it possible to gauge the quality of the fuel and have effective control of the boiler's energy efficiency. In addition, CRE-Bio facilitates the logistics of the entire operation.

Solução COONTROL

THE DAY-TO-DAY PROCESS

The invoice for every load of biomass that reaches the industry is entered into COONTROL's Biomass Purchase and Receipt Management System (CRE-Bio). In the image below you can see the system at the entrance.

Processo COONTROL

The information computed in the system includes supplier, pricing policy, types of biomass, and cargo specifications. Based on these, a document—a ticket with a QR Code—relating to the purchase, receipt, and stock of biomass is generated.

The load is then released at the unloading base near the boiler. The operator validates the entry ticket on a COONTROL System totem.

During unloading, the SMB-300 system begins to scan the quality of all the biomass.

Once the process is complete, statistical data is generated for the cargo in question. These figures are compared with the supplier's payment policy, resulting in three analyses:

  • 1. If the supplier delivers the desired quality, it receives the contracted amount in full;
  • 2. If the quality is higher than the contracted parameters, it receives a bonus;
  • 3. If it delivers a poorer quality, it is subject to penalties.

This remuneration can be seen in the comparison of compensation in the following table, as an example:

Ressarcimento
SMB300

More control.
Less fuel.

Catálogo SMB300 Download the SMB 300 catalog

BENEFITS OF COONTROL SOLUTIONS

With the COONTROL solutions in place, customers buy biomass knowing how much energy it will generate for their processes. Advantages also include:

• Create a system of partnerships with suppliers, because it understands the real quality of the biomass contracted and previously negotiated;

• Get an advanced analysis of the burning process, unlike when purchased using the traditional method, which only considers the weight or volume of the fuel.

These benefits are mirrored by the reduction in COONTROL customer spending. Since the first month of implementation, the energy transformation project has resulted in savings of 118.9%.

To get a sense, the return on investment became a reality in around seven months. The savings of R$330 thousand a month is equivalent to almost R$4 million per year for the petrochemical industry.

This financial result is the greatest evidence of the benefit of monitoring the quality of each supplier's biomass.

Relatório Analítico

COONTROL Biomass Metering System — SMB-300 and Biomass Receipt Management (CRE-Bio) have proven to be extremely worthwhile investments. This is especially true when we compare the savings generated and the gains involved in less than a year with the energy transformation project in operation.

The benefits of COONTROL systems can be applied to small, medium, and large industries that use biomass boilers.

Contact our team of experts and learn about all the options for controlling the quality of biomass. You can have even more control over your expenses and profits.

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