Estudo de viabilidade economica da produção de etanol de arroz como alternativa de mercado e sustentabilidade na Fronteira Oeste do RS

Abstract

Ethanol has methodically occupied its space in the market, with new projects and research on technologies from different raw materials. This paper made a study of the economic feasibility of installing a Mini Rice Mill Ethanol on the West Frontier of the State of Rio Grande do Sul Ethanol has great social and environmental appeal, since the raw material used for production comes from agricultural activity, this is the main source of income of the region's economy. The participation of farmers working in the processing industry requires various studies and projects, which is essential for financial success result. Thus linking the subject to the interest of studying the methods of investment analysis to aid decision making for the implementation of new projects. The main objective of this work was to study the economic feasibility of producing ethanol from rice from the deployment of a Mini Power Plant in West Frontier of Rio Grande do Sul, in the city of Alegrete. Regarding methodology, this research was exploratory descriptive qualitative and quantitative nature, checking the economic feasibility of installing a mini rice mill ethanol with production capacity up to 5000 l/day. From the projected cash flow before installing the Mini Mill held the economic analysis with the methods of decision analysis: the net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period of capital (payback). The contribution that this study proposed contribute to the academic field was the construction of knowledge in the field of engineering economics coupled with the use of new and modern developments with pioneering and profitable structure to be deployed in the region coupled with the agribusiness sector, with responsibility for strengthen the agribusiness supply chain, adding income to the population and contributing to economic and sustainable development of the region and to the gym. This paper certified concepts and criteria for decisions addressed in the engineering economics teaching in various situations, seeking alternatives that offer methods, thus validating the foundation of this science. Through this study confirmed the methods of traditional NPV and payback are important and fundamental indicators, evidencing thus evidencing that scenario # 3, proved to be the most profitable, because it has the higher IRR, and lower production cost.