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I. INTRODUCTION
Power Source: Bagasse-Fired Boiler which can produce 4MW worth of power but only
uses 2MW for the plants energy consumption
Feedstock: Molasses, a byproduct of sugar production for the production of Bioethanol.
Bagasse, a byproduct of sugar production as fuel for boiler operations.
Feedstocks are from their 3 sugar mills: Central Azucarera de La Carlota Inc.,
Central Azucarera Don Pedro, Inc. in Batangas and an affiliate company, HawaiianPhilippine
Company
in
Negros
Occidental.
(http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2008/06/30/roxol-bioenergy-corp-to-build-ethanoldistillery-in-negros-occidental/, August 14, 2014)
Operating Cycle Basis: 10 Months
Chief Operating Officer and Roxol President: Luis O. Villa-Abrille
Capacity: The plant produced 15.07 million Liters of Bioethanol from October 2013 to
March 2014 but Roxol has the capacity to produce 30 million liters of ethanol a year or
around
100,000
liters
a
day.
(http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/business/2011/10/15/roxol-awaits-referencepricing-local-ethanol-185193, August 14, 2014)
Facilities and Equipment:
1. Fermentation and Distillation in ethanol production
2. Wastewater Treatment Facilities
3. Slops Concentration
4. Product Storage
5. Steam Boiler and
6. Turbo-Generator Components
Plant Cost: The setting up of a turnkey bioethanol plant amounted to about PhP1
billion. The turnkey and the boiler problems amounted total to PhP1.6-billion
(http://business.inquirer.net/21863/negros-bioethanol-plant-now-fully-operational,
August 14, 2014)
Plant Contractor: KBK Chemical Engineering Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of Indias Shree
Renuka Sugars Limited
Proposed Solutions:
(1) Storage problems for bagasse as it spontaneously combusts:
a. Design stockpiles to reduce exposure to prevailing winds, and to minimize
rainwater ingress.
b. Install and monitor electronic systems/ spark arrestors to provide early
detection of changes in stockpile temperatures.
(2) Low Calorific value of bagasse due to high moisture content:
Design of a bagasse dryer with the following considered parameters:
a. Heat transfer rate should be high
b. Retention time should be short because bagasse is susceptible to fire.
c. Drying should be uniform
d. The dryer should not require special maintenance and can be put in and
out of operation without disturbing the boiler, and does not require any extra
manpower for operation.
B. Bagasse combustion imposes environmental restrictions
Bagasse is a waste product of the sugar cane extraction process and represents
about 30% of the weight of the raw sugar cane. In order for the sugar cane mill to avoid
a large solid waste disposal problem and to minimize the cost of power requirements,
the bagasse is used as the primary fuel for on-site steam production. Biomass is a
readily available renewable resource that has been used throughout the past as a
source of heat energy by means of combustion and Roxol Bioenergy Corporation has
been using bagasse to fuel their boilers. However, it is a well-established fact that
combustion of solid fuel for power generation is a significant contributor to global
warming. Hence, the group proposed a process of reducing the risk factors in the
environment and makes possible the use of higher efficiency combined cycle systems
for power generation.
Proposed Solution:
Bagasse will be subjected to a thermal recovery process. Bagasse is first
shredded and blended. As a matter of fact, Roxol Bioenergy Corp. can make use of
other solid waste materials that are mostly found in landfills as feed to this process.
Hence, if there will be shortage of bagasse stocks, other wastes can be an alternative. It
IV. DOCUMENTATION
V. CONCLUSION
Bagasse, under certain circumstances demands negative impacts in terms of
plant operations and safety and environmental aspect, as well. Because of this, it needs
to be given due notice and sustainable planned actions.
VI. REFERENCES
1. Bernhardt DR (1968). Bulk storage of bagasse. Proc Am Soc Sug Cane
Technol 15: 24-29.
2. Hugo, T.J. (2010).
Stellenbosch. 47-60.
Pyrolysis
of
Sugarcane
Bagasse.
University of
3. http://www.ecoreps.com.au/thermalrecoveryprocess.html
4. (http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/licences-permits/business-industry/pdf/guidebagasse-storage-em722.pdf)
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6. http://www.ijsr.net/archive/v2i8/MDIwMTMyMDc=.pdf
7. http://www.avantgarde-india.com/techpapers/Bagasse%20Drying
%20Methods.pdf
8. http://www.ijettjournal.org/volume-4/issue-5/IJETT-V4I5P3.pdf
9. http://www.scribd.com/doc/7027056/Bagasse-as-Alternate-Fuel