Performance Analysis of the Water Supply System of a Dairy Company by Means of an Advanced Simulation Tool
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Davide Marchini
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Marta Rinaldi
Abstract
This work presents the result of a research project, concerning the development of a simulation model for a water supply system of a dairy company, located in Parma, Italy. The approach developed allows investigating, through process simulation, the plant areas where the efficiency of the water supply system can be significantly improved by means of some simple interventions. The final objective is to reduce the water consumption of the plant; this represents a relevant issue to the dairy industry. In line with this goal, at first the simulation model was used to reproduce the current (AS IS) system, so as to reach a precise knowledge of the water flows in the plant. In the second part of the work, a series of alternative (TO BE) scenarios was investigated, and the related performance was assessed, thus identifying the best plant configuration. The process simulator was designed under Microsoft Excel, programmed with Visual Basic for Applications. Thanks to the study implemented, an optimal scenario of the water supply system was finally identified, which allows savings up to 7.2% of water compared to the original configuration.
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- Selected Papers from MAS2013 Workshop
- Special section “Selected Papers from the Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Food Processing and Operations of the MAS 2013 Conference (Athens, September 25–27, 2013)”
- Safety and Security in Fresh Good Supply Chain
- Performance Analysis of the Water Supply System of a Dairy Company by Means of an Advanced Simulation Tool
- Optimal Design of an Olive Oil Mill by Means of the Simulation of a Petri Net Model
- Original Research Articles
- Moisture Sorption Isotherms, Isosteric Heat of Sorption and Glass Transition Temperature of Murtilla (Ugni molinae T.) Berry
- Salt and Acid-Induced Soft Tofu-Type Gels: Rheology, Structure and Fractal Analysis of Viscoelastic Properties as a Function of Coagulant Concentration
- Heat Transfer during Steaming of Bread
- Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Gum Extraction from Wild Sage Seed
- Formation and Stability of Vitamin E Enriched Nanoemulsions Stabilized by Octenyl Succinic Anhydride Modified Starch
- Investigation on a Soft Tubular Model Reactor Based on Bionics of Small Intestine – Residence Time Distribution
- Comparison of Physicochemical and Gel Characteristics of Hydroxypropylated Oat and Wheat Starches
- Environomical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling for Tomato Flakes Drying in a Modified Greenhouse Dryer under Active Mode
- Extraction Kinetics and Properties of Proanthocyanidins from Pomegranate Peel
- An Investigation of Energy Consumption, Solar Fraction and Hybrid Photovoltaic–Thermal Solar Dryer Parameters in Drying of Chamomile Flower
- The Adsorption of Undesirable Impurities from Sunflower Oil on the Granulated Sorbents Based on Kaolin Clay
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- Physicochemical Characterization of Arrowroot Starch (Maranta arundinacea Linn) and Glycerol/Arrowroot Starch Membranes
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- Physical, Thermal and Water-Sorption Properties of Passion Fruit Seeds
- Hydrolysis of Hazelnut Shells as a Carbon Source for Bioprocessing Applications and Fermentation
- Variations in Main Flavor Compounds of Freshly Distilled Brandy during the Second Distillation
- Characterization and Semiquantitative Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Six Varieties of Sugarcane Juice
- Influence of Citric Acid Pretreatment on Drying of Peach Slices
- Degradation Kinetics of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Pomegranate Arils during the Drying Process
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