Issues concerning renewable energies have been considered
very important
in Brazil and are now being the arena of many local
political and economic
discussions. In spite of being the biodiesel deeply
investigated, regional
characteristics of this biofuel have not been enough
analyzed. Therefore, this
master dissertation contributes to the analysis of the
transition of specific and
punctual studies that regard production and transformation
techniques, to an
agroindustrial scenario that allows the creation of an
organized structure for
production and distribution of biodiesel along its
productive chain. Within this
context, this dissertation aims: (1) to analyze the
biodiesel productive chain,
embracing agricultural areas, oil extraction plants, and
fuel distribution bases, as
well as the storage and transport of raw material, oils
and biodiesel; (2) to develop
a simulation model that evaluates the economic feasibility
of this chain. 52
scenarios were simulated for the production of biodiesel
in Bahia from the
following oils: dende palm, castor, soybean, and cotton.
The final cost obtained
for this biofuel was smaller than the lowest value
obtained in the four biodiesel
auctions carried out recently in Brazil (R.74 per liter)
in 12 of the 13 scenarios
simulated for the dende palm oil; in 13 of the 13
simulated for the soybean oil; in
12 of the 22 scenarios simulated for the castor oil; and
in 4 of the 4 scenarios
simulated for the cotton oil. As a result, the findings
obtained point to the
competitiveness of this productive chain in Bahia.
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