%0 Journal Article %T INTEGRA O ENERG¨¦TICA DA ETAPA DE EXTRA O DE ¨®LEO DE SOJA UTILIZANDO AN¨˘LISE PINCH %A Carlos Eduardo Borba %A Aparecido Nivaldo Modenes %A Fernando Rodolfo Espinoza-Quinones %A Guilherme Bazarin %J Engevista %D 2011 %I Universidade Federal Fluminense %X In this paper, a case study of energy integration in extraction phase in a soybean oil factory was performed. Based on the thermal potential change, two hot and two cold currents were selected from a set of streams of soybean oil extraction phases. A first hot current (Q1) transports crude oil with 110 and 80oC as input and output temperatures, respectively, while the second one (Q2) transports water that comes out from a boiler with a 90ˇăC input temperature and it needs to be reduced to 55ˇăC output temperature. A first cold current (F1) transports water that comes out from a decanter and it needs to be heated from 40 to 90ˇăC, while the second one (F2) transports a oil-hexane (70% - 30%) mixture with 60ˇăC input and 90ˇăC output temperatures. The Pinch Analysis was chosen as a synthesis methodology for the heat exchanger network synthesis. A cost analysis was carried out, verifying a 79,6% steam consumption economy, after the pinch analysis-based energy integration, performing a 77,5% (5.3% overall consumption of plant) annual total cost reduction and showing a utilities investment return on three months. %K : Pich Analysis %K Energy Integration %K Maximum Energy Recovery. %U http://www.uff.br/engevista/seer/index.php/engevista/article/view/252/169