FLOWCHART MONITORING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE PROCESSES USING THE WASTE REDUCTION ALGORITHM IN A NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION PLANT

This paper presents a flowchart monitoring study to be used on investigating conditions that can promote environmental impact. The study relies on a computational simulation of the natural gas separation process, using COCO modeling software and communication of the WAR algorithm. The WAR algorithm is a methodology used to analyze the potential environmental impact (PEI) of a chemical process, and to study the environmental compatibility of this process. The WAR algorithm proved efficient and effective when accessing the CCO currents to obtain pressure and temperature parameters of each equipment used in the modeling and simulation of the plant. The results indicate the need for optimization requiring further research on ways to reduce the impact generated by the terrestrial toxicity potential, the toxicity potential for man, and the photochemical oxidation potential, which presented higher PEI generated in the process.