Table 7: The results of the exergy balance for each process element.

Equipment Exergie In
(kW)
Exergie Out (kW) Exergie Destroyed (kW) %of Total Destroyed Exergy
washing 3926.24 3926.17 0.07 0.02
Extractor 4016.51 3999.78 16.73 4.43
Fermentor 3326.29 3203.21 123.01 32.58
Absorption 47.13 47.11 0.02 0.01
Pump PM-1 3168.84 3168.81 0.03 0.01
Pump PM-2 92.28 92.28 0.00 0.00
Pump PM-3 13.09 13.09 0.00 0.00
Evaporator HXF 3191.36 3179.75 11.61 3.08
Exchanger HX-1 6144.95 6143.7 1.25 0.33
Condensation HX-2 120.11 118.34 1.83 0.48
Exchanger HX-3 56.09 54.30 1.79 0.47
Exchanger HX-4 1202.40 1159.00 43.40 11.50
Dist-1 3561.36 3460.53 100.83 26.71
Dist-2 123.98 100 .63 23.35 6.18
Dist-3 2293.46 2239.83 53.62 14.20
Total 31284.09 30906.53 377.54 100.00