Merits of excess bagasse as fuel for generating electricity. [Florida]
The rising cost of fuel oil improves the economics for sugar factories of using excess bagasse to produce more electricity than they require for sale to the public utility companies. Recently, the United States Sugar Corporation, in Florida, initiated the operation of a 20 MW plant fueled with excess bagasse only, and the electricity it generates is sold to a local utility. This constitutes a saving of 10 million liters of oil per year. The operating cycle is described of a system of high-pressure boilers and automatically controlled turbogenerator for the production of energy from bagasse. This system is a pre-engineered design which is very simple to install and operate and can be fitted in with the electric-generating installations which are normally found in practically any sugar factory without making significant modifications to the factory. An economic analysis is presented of power generation using excess bagasse for a 3MW unit and a 4MW unit.
- Research Organization:
- National Planning and Construction Corp, Coral Gables, FL, USA
- OSTI ID:
- 6539540
- Journal Information:
- Sugar Azucar; (United States), Vol. 76:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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