Avaliação técnico-econômica do uso de baterias para a racionalização de energia elétrica em aviários de frango de corte

Abstract

Electricity is one of the main raw materials used in poultry production and it is central to operate and maintain the poultry farms in operation. An aviary requires electricity to supply the various motors and electrical devices that are part of the lighting systems, exhausting, heating, food, among others. Aiming to provide incentives for poultry producers, specifically in the state of Paraná, in 2007, the Poultry Night Program was implemented, in which the government grants discounts in electricity tariff for poultry farmers at night. In this work it was proposed different energy storage systems by using lead-acid batteries and nickel chloride and sodium batteries for supplying loads of four poultry located in the city of Francisco Alves, PR, over a year. For this, it was studied the feasibility of using energy storage systems with battery bank in the higher tariff period and charging the battery bank in the reduced tariff period, comprising of 9:30 PM to 6:00AM (next day). For this project, the two storage systems proved to be uneconomical, since the initial investments by the battery banks are very high compared with the costs avoided with electricity through the use of these systems. KEYWORDS: energy