Propuesta de implementación de una auditoría energética en una granja avícola reproductora, ubicada en el cantón General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay)

Abstract

Abstract: Poultry farms in Ecuador and the world are an economic support for their owners and a helping factor for the survival of the human being by the product that delivers protein quality for human consumption within the country. Within the development of the breeding of birds either in the fattening area or in turn in the breeding area, qualified labor is used and they are based on the use of machinery to automate the processes, provide comfort to the birds and the operational staff; knowing the use of different types of equipment, energy efficiency is sought at the time of full use of all the equipment that is inside the poultry farm, without neglecting comfort or placing limits on the use of such machinery. The ventilation of the place, the fertile egg disinfection systems, feeding trough system and refrigeration system for the conservation of the product are a set of equipment with high energy demand that seeks its operation efficiently with the expectation of economic savings for the organization in the future. A survey of technical information and an analysis through an energy audit allow to have an improvement proposal that, when implemented, provides economic savings and have a sustainable and efficient environment and process.