Background document: bagasse combustion in sugar mills

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7104043

Baker, R; Lahre, T F

This is a background document in support of the contents of Section 1.8 of AP-2, Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Second Edition. It concerns the major criteria pollutants emitted during the combustion of bagasse (a fiberous waste product in a sugar cane mill) in steam boilers. The general aspects of mill operations, physical characteristics of the bagasse and its combustion, furnace designs, air pollution control devices and factors affecting emissions are described. Stack emission tests are reviewed and analyzed for inclusion in the data base for developing factors for particulate and NOx emission while firing bagasse or bagasse and fuel oil. The reliability of these factors is evaluated and presented.

• Research Organization: Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc., Gainesville, FL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7104043
• Report Number(s): PB-264302
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
BAGASSE
BOILERS
CHALCOGENIDES
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
FLUE GAS
GASEOUS WASTES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SOLID WASTES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
WASTES