ENERGY - Odebrecht Informa

Inside one of the
factories: benefiting the
textile industry’s entire
supply chain
compressed air and cooling water reduces operating
costs and energy wastage.
The complex also has a central chilled water facility
for all the plants. The high-performance, automated
air-conditioning process continuously monitors temperature
and humidity inside and outside the plants,
and ensures the ideal mix of air to provide suitable conditions
for the units’ operations while saving energy.
Quality power
The power supply is one of the factors that have
the greatest impact on the textile industry’s operations
due to the high demand for this input in production
processes, and especially the quality required in
energy transmission, which is crucial to ensuring
that the equipment runs smoothly.
“The slightest voltage variation, imperceptible in
most industrial uses of electricity, could break textile
fibers and force the plant to interrupt its operations.
A shutdown of this nature is very harmful for
the resumption of the production process, which
could take weeks,” says Mauro Ambrosano. To ensure
the stability of the electric current, both the
equipment and the substation serving the complex
are equipped with a sophisticated power quality control
system.
Thanks to a total investment of BRL 4.9 billion, the
plants at the Suape Petrochemical Complex should
work nonstop, every day of the year, except during
planned maintenance shutdowns. The expectation is
that this project will benefit the entire supply chain
for the Brazilian textile industry.
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