scholarly journals Electricity Consumption in the Pork Production Chain From the Western Region of Paraná State, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 474
Author(s):  
Danieli Sanderson Silva ◽  
Jair Antonio Cruz Siqueira ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Camargo Nogueira ◽  
Samuel Nelson Melegari de Souza ◽  
Armin Feiden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Specific Energy Consumption ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
Productive Process ◽  
The Western Region

The development of swine farming resulted in the specialization and transformation of the productive chain with direct impact on the agroindustry. The intensive swine production is representative, with relevant performance in the international scenario, with an expressive increase in volumes and values produced and exported, contributing significantly to the performance of the Brazilian trade balance. This performance is due to the technological and organizational advances of the last decades. The constant changes and advances that swine farming has been undergoing promote the search for new ways of raising pigs. There is a constant incorporation of new technologies and an uninterrupted reorganization in the production systems in the industry, aiming to follow the industrial progress with greater cost reduction and increased profitability. In this context, the objective of this study was to evaluate the consumption of electric energy in the productive process of pig termination in rural properties in the western region of Paraná. The study was conducted in three pig farms, where data were collected on the consumption of electricity in the production, slaughter and processing of pigs. The average specific energy consumption in the production of pigs in the termination stage was 0.0058 kWh kg-1, accounting for 1% of the process, while at slaughter it was 0.22 kWh kg-1, responsible for 38.22 kWh kg-1 % of consumption and processing of 0.35 kWh kg-1, accounting for 60.78%. Thus, results showed that the processing stage consumes the most energy within the pig meat production chain.

scholarly journals Big Data Analytics for Discovering Electricity Consumption Patterns in Smart Cities

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubén Pérez-Chacón ◽  
José Luna-Romera ◽  
Alicia Troncoso ◽  
Francisco Martínez-Álvarez ◽  
José Riquelme
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Optimal Number ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Validity Indices

New technologies such as sensor networks have been incorporated into the management of buildings for organizations and cities. Sensor networks have led to an exponential increase in the volume of data available in recent years, which can be used to extract consumption patterns for the purposes of energy and monetary savings. For this reason, new approaches and strategies are needed to analyze information in big data environments. This paper proposes a methodology to extract electric energy consumption patterns in big data time series, so that very valuable conclusions can be made for managers and governments. The methodology is based on the study of four clustering validity indices in their parallelized versions along with the application of a clustering technique. In particular, this work uses a voting system to choose an optimal number of clusters from the results of the indices, as well as the application of the distributed version of the k-means algorithm included in Apache Spark’s Machine Learning Library. The results, using electricity consumption for the years 2011–2017 for eight buildings of a public university, are presented and discussed. In addition, the performance of the proposed methodology is evaluated using synthetic big data, which cab represent thousands of buildings in a smart city. Finally, policies derived from the patterns discovered are proposed to optimize energy usage across the university campus.

scholarly journals Influence of various chilling methods on the sustainable beef production based on high voltage electrical stimulation

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0240639
Author(s):  
Joanna Katarzyna Banach ◽  
Ryszard Żywica ◽  
Paulius Matusevičius
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Specific Energy Consumption ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Organizational Effects ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
The Impact

Among the challenges of sustainable management of meat production, the key issue is to improve the energy efficiency of production processes, which will consequently affect the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Such effects are achieved by combining various chilling systems with electrical stimulation that determines the quality of meat at the slaughter stage. The novelties of the research undertaken included determining the impact of various variants of meat production (chilling method: slow, fast, accelerated + HVES/NES) on changes in the basic (industrial) quality indicators (pH and temperature) of beef produced from Polish Holstein-Friesian breed cattle, and then indicating the optimal variant for energy-efficient (sustainable) beef production. The HVES and the fast chilling method yielded positive economic (meat weight loss), technological (high quality, hot-boning), energetic (lower electricity consumption), and organizational effects (reduced chilling and storage surfaces and expenditures for staff wages) compared to the slow and accelerated methods. Reaching the desired final temperature with an increased amount of chilled meat enables obtaining a few-fold decrease in the specific energy consumption and a higher energy efficiency of the process. This allows recommending the above actions to be undertaken by entrepreneurs in the pursuit of sustainable meat production.

Lab-Grown Meat

2019 ◽  
pp. 841-856
Author(s):  
Martin Keulertz
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Social Foundations ◽  
Cultured Meat ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Alternative Protein ◽  
Volume Production ◽  
Grazing Systems

The alternative protein industry has attracted much media attention. It has become increasingly clear that current meat production systems are unsustainable except in grass-fed low-volume production systems. The new alternative meat industry seeks to introduce new technologies that produce ‘meat’ sustainably. By using IT-terms such as 1.0 to 4.0, this analysis classifies traditional herding and grazing systems as 1.0, feedlot production as meat 2.0, plant-based meat alternatives as meat 3.0, and cultured meat alternatives as meat 4.0. An overview of current developments in the meat 3.0 and 4.0 industries highlights the recent technological advances. The environmental and health benefits of meat 3.0 and 4.0 are discussed and the cultural and business implications. Finally, the consequences of meat 4.0 for a sustainable planet and its social foundations are revealed, identifying the billion livelihoods that depend on meat 1.0 and 2.0 production. The alternative protein industry could have disruptive effects as well as benefits to the planet and society.

scholarly journals Reduction of Production Costs in Agribusiness Companies in the Western Region of the State of Paraná Using Photovoltaic Systems Connected to the Grid

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Mario Elias Carvalho do Nascimento ◽  
Jair Antonio Cruz Siqueira ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Camargo Nogueira ◽  
Maritane Prior ◽  
Mauricio Guy de Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
The State ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Grain Storage ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Photovoltaic Systems ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
The Western Region ◽  
The Cost

This investigation was a case study of designs for grid-tie photovoltaic systems in agribusiness enterprises in the western region of the state of Paraná, in Brazil. Electricity consumption data of three grain storage enterprises and a complex with three aviaries was studied. Their monthly electricity consumption and production costs data were collected, and solar radiation data for the same locations were collected from the SunData database. Indices that related electricity costs and production expenses, and the photovoltaic system costs and production expenses were developed. The indices showed to be efficient tools of cost relation for systems of different installed powers and different agricultural productions. The study showed a cost reduction in production of up to 62.71% for the aviaries, and 76.87% for the grain storage enterprises, concluding that the use of grid-tie photovoltaic systems reduces the cost of production and increases the profit of the enterprises.

scholarly journals VARIOUS METHODS OF CHILLING AND HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION APPLIED IN SUSTAINABLE BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna K. Banach ◽  
Ryszard Żywica ◽  
Paulius Matusevičius
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Meat Weight ◽  
Fold Reduction ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTEntrepreneurs implementing the concept of sustainable development of meat production are highly interested in combining various red meat chilling systems with quality-improving techniques. Therefore, we analyzed the impact of high-voltage electrical stimulation (HVES) and selected chilling methods on changes in quality characteristics and weight loss of beef. We also studied energy consumption based on the heat balance of chilling chambers during the fast chilling of varying amounts of raw material.The HVES and the fast chilling method yielded positive economic (meat weight loss), technological (high quality, hot-boning), energetic (lower electricity consumption), and organizational effects (increased chilling speed, reducing of storage surfaces and expenditures for staff wages) compared to the slow and accelerated methods. Reaching the desired final temperature with an increased amount of chilled meat enabled a few-fold reduction in the total heat collected from the chambers and in meat weight loss. This allows recommending the above actions to be undertaken by entrepreneurs in the pursuit of sustainable meat production.

scholarly journals A reestruturação dos sistemas de transporte de lácteos sob a perspectiva das novas estratégias mercadológicas da indústria de laticínios no estado do Paraná

GeoTextos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Jonas Camilo
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
The State ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
New Models ◽  
Productive Process

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal demonstrar quais são os elementos envolvidos no processo produtivo na cadeia produtiva do leite, que estão estimulando transformações nos modelos de captação e transporte de leite. Com isso, trazendo para a discussão alguns comparativos entre os antigos e os novos modelos de captação e transporte de leite, construindo, assim, conhecimentos indispensáveis para se perceber a importância dos sistemas de transporte na contribuição da evolução dos sistemas produtivos, dando subsídio para que se compreenda a complexidade das relações estabelecidas em uma cadeia produtiva no sudoeste do Paraná, de modo a permitir a interpretação dos diferentes usos do espaço nesta região. Abstract THE RESTRUCTURING OF MILK TRANSPORT SYSTEMS UNDER THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE NEW MARKETING STRATEGIES IN THE STATE OF PARANÁ The present work has as main objective to demonstrate which are the elements that are involved in the productive process in the milk production chain, that are stimulating transformations in the models of milk collection and transport. Thus, bringing to the discussion, some comparisons between the old and the new models of milk collection and transport, thus building indispensable knowledge to understand the importance of transport systems in the contribution of the evolution of production systems, giving subsidy so that the complexity of the relationships established in a productive chain widely present in the southwestern region of Parana is understood, thus allowing the interpretation of the different uses of space in this region.

scholarly journals Spatial heterogeneity analysis of CO2 emissions in China’s thermal power industry: GWR model

2021 ◽  
Vol 260 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Lei Wen ◽  
Fang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Emission Mitigation ◽  
Coal Consumption ◽  
Geographically Weighted Regression Model ◽  
The Western Region

The thermal power industry is a major contributor to China's CO2 emissions, and its absolute emissions are still increasing year by year. Hence, this paper introduced a geographically weighted regression model to explore the spatial heterogeneity of different driving factors for this industry's CO2 emissions. The empirical results show that standard coal consumption is a decisive factor affecting thermal power industry's CO2 emissions, and its response to the western region is at the forefront. The average utilization hours of thermal power equipment in the central region exert a profound impact, while the western region devotes a lot to the installed capacity, and these two variables have great potential for CO2 emission mitigation. However, the urbanization level and per capita electricity consumption have a slight effect on CO2 emissions. These findings furnish constructive reference and policy implications to achieve emission abatement targets of different regions.

scholarly journals Stimulation of Innovative Development of Textile Industry of the Western Region of Ukraine

2018 ◽  
pp. 129-134
Author(s):  
O. M. Berestetska
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
New Production ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Western Region ◽  
Innovation Clusters

The article deals with the problems of innovative development of the textile industry enterprises of the western region of Ukraine. The experience of functioning of industrial parks in foreign countries is investigated, features of organization, problems and prospects of development of industrial parks in the western region of Ukraine are highlighted. Understanding the competitive advantages of new production systems and the active formation of regional innovation clusters opens new prospects for dynamic economic development to the regions. Studies of foreign experience, problems and perspectives on the formation of a developed innovation infrastructure of the textile industry have been carried out in the context of research: the creation of technological parks, industrial parks and clusters in Ukraine. It is proposed to study the experience of the advanced countries in the organization of the textile cluster, which can positively affect the country's competitiveness

Thermal/electric energy generation and CO2 production for greenhouse facilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-151
Author(s):  
O. E. Gnezdova ◽  
E. S. Chugunkova
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽  
Electricity Rates ◽  
Traditional Patterns ◽  
Generation Power

Introduction: greenhouses need microclimate control systems to grow agricultural crops. The method of carbon dioxide injection, which is currently used by agricultural companies, causes particular problems. Co-generation power plants may boost the greenhouse efficiency, as they are capable of producing electric energy, heat and cold, as well as carbon dioxide designated for greenhouse plants.Methods: the co-authors provide their estimates of the future gas/electricity rates growth in the short term; they have made a breakdown of the costs of greenhouse products, and they have also compiled the diagrams describing electricity consumption in case of traditional and non-traditional patterns of power supply; they also provide a power distribution pattern typical for greenhouse businesses, as well as the structure and the principle of operation of a co-generation unit used by a greenhouse facility.Results and discussion: the co-authors highlight the strengths of co-generation units used by greenhouse facilities. They have also identified the biological features of carbon dioxide generation and consumption, and they have listed the consequences of using carbon dioxide to enrich vegetable crops.Conclusion: the co-authors have formulated the expediency of using co-generation power plants as part of power generation facilities that serve greenhouses.

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