Análise de fornecimento de ar medicinal por meio da destilação criogênica em uma instituição hospitalar

Abstract

This work aimed to demonstrate the advantage of the supply of medical air by means of cryogenic distillation in front of the local supply using air compressor for the manufacture, in a hospital institution. All the steps of the supply from the gas manufacturing through cryogenic distillation, the most suitable form of delivery to the final consumer according to their consumption and location and legislation pertinent to this supply were shown. A study was carried out in a health care equipment (EAS) in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza, which due to the need to exchange its compressor equipment evaluated the change to the supply of synthetic medicinal air from cryogenic distillation. It should be noted that the supply of medical air through cryogenic distillation presents some characteristics in the supply, because it has greater purity and humidity exemption besides obeying the strict standards and standards for manufacture. Synthetic medicinal air presents greater purity, low dependence on the electrical network, low initial financial investment and low maintenance required. In this way, this mode of delivery offers greater safety mainly for the uninterrupted supply in a hospital where this reliability is quite important. Therefore, due to the great importance of the supply of medical gas, the ways of supplying synthetic medical air were studied, demonstrating their technical and reliability characteristics.