Análise técnico-econômica de uma fábrica de aguardente composta por caldo de cana e polpa de acerola

Abstract

The aguardente produced in Brazil is one of the world's most consumed distilled alcoholic drinks. On that regard, acerola is a tropical fruit rich in antioxidants and with several beneficial compounds that adds value to the beverage. Regional raw materials were used to produce compound brandy, such as sugar cane and acerola, with the goal to develop new products. This paper aims to design a small factory to produce compound brandy from sugar cane and acerola pulp in Viçosa do Ceará-CE, considering technical and economic studies of the process. From that point on, diagrams of blocs and process were elaborated to facilitate a better grasp of all the stages, followed by a definition of the equipments and its use as part of the process. A mass balance, a sizing of the equipment and a factory layout were made. With that, an analysis was made in regard to the costs of factory implantation and its operation throughout the years. It was stablished that the compound brandy factory would produce 50 L by batch, tallying 300 L daily and 54.000 L annually per harvest period, in which 5 % of the production will through an aging process of one year. Following a market research, a 678,67 square meters lot was secured to build an industrial factory. Early investment to factory implementation was estimated in R$ 650.782,32 financed by a bank through the Price system with 10 % interest annually over the installments, that can be in monthly installments for 5 years. After cash flow analysis, it was able to estimate 18 months as payback, with positive NPV (net present value) and IRR (internal rate of return), indicating that the project is economically viable.