Viabilidade econômica da implantação de uma peletizadora em uma usina de médio porte.

Abstract

The low appreciation in the price of bagasse sold in natura, makes the sale of this biomass not advantageous for some mills. In view of this consideration, it is necessary to study systems that enable correct disposal, reducing costs and giving better disposal to residual bagasse, and in a less costly manner. A viable solution is the establishment of a pelletizing industry for the production of sugarcane bagasse briquettes, which have a higher calorific power and specific mass than in natura bagasse, reducing the space with transportation and storage. still increasing the plant's profits from resale. This work aimed to analyze the economic viability of installing a pelletizer in a medium-sized mill in operation, which provided the necessary data for the study. Where through the questionnaire answered and the business plan elaboration, it was concluded that, with the implantation of the pelletization system, the mill can increase the profit from the bagasse sale by more than 500%. an intermediate price of R $ 450,00 / ton. With the implementation of the pelletizing machine, working 22 days a month, in a shift of 8 hours days, at its maximum capacity, it would be possible to process a total of 331 tons / month of bagasse or about 1.52% of the total bagasse produced. in the harvest, producing a quarterly profit of R $ 447, 525,00 reais, with a gross profit, at the end of the first year of operation, of R $ 1,790,100.