Reducing water consumption in production plants through the use of artificial intelligence and digital twins (Hydroless)
Description
Friselva, together with Corporación Alimentaria Guissona (bonÀrea) and with the participation of the UPC’s inLab FIB as a technology center, is working on the Hydroless operational group project.
The current situation of the meat industry sector is characterized by several challenges, including pressure on water resources and its impact on environmental sustainability, among others. Water consumption at meat industry facilities is high, largely due to the characteristics of the current production system. However, the industry itself is the first to be interested in significantly reducing this consumption, but it needs efficient tools to make this possible, such as digital twins and artificial intelligence.
The project sets out two main objectives:
– On one hand, a solution will be developed to monitor and optimize water consumption used during the production process at bonÀrea’s plant in Guissona;
– On the other hand, a digital twin of Friselva’s facilities in the town of Riudellots de la Selva will be designed and developed, enabling the monitoring and study of design alternatives for the optimization and recirculation of water used in the various processing rooms included in the digitized plant, in order to optimize water consumption.
An action under the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plan, co-financed by:
