Optimización del proceso de descarga de aceite crudo de palma en las extractoras de la zona 4 del Ecuador: Artículo de investigación

Paulo Andrade-Bastidas

Authors

Andrade-Bastidas Paulo Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, ULEAM. Manta, Ecuador.

Keywords:

extractors, crude oil, tankers, discharges, heating

Abstract

Currently, companies that process oilseed products use raw palm as their main raw material, from which RBD palm, olein, stearin, fatty acids, among others, are derived. Which is why the extractors that cover Zone 4 of Ecuador have a great demand in the sale of this product, whose transportation is carried out by tankers. However, the delivery of this product generates inconveniences, because the product must be kept warm during storage in the tankers to avoid losses due to solidification of the product. The latter causes the extraction company to suffer an economic loss. This amount does not affect customers, since they cancel the value for the amount they receive, but it does affect the extractors because they earn financially for the amount delivered. Based on this analysis, an experimental design was carried out to determine and quantify the monthly amounts of product not downloaded and what it represents in money. A proposal is put forward in this work so that the tankers have an internal heating system (coil), and this can allow the product to be ready for unloading, thus achieving a greater use of the delivered product.

Keywords: extractors, crude oil, tankers, discharges, heating.

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