Bagasse
The bagasse is the fibrous residue of the Canne to sugar which one passed by the mill to draw juice from it. It is made up mainly by the Cellulose of the plant.
This term also indicates the stems of the plant which provides the Indigo, when one withdraws them tank after the Fermentation.
Mode of production
The industry of the cane produces into large quantity bagasse, residue of the extraction of the juice of cane for the production of Rhum or Sucre. It is estimated that the worldwide production of bagasse is approximately 250 million tons per annum.
Use of bagasse
Energy production
It is considered that a ton of cane produces approximately 300 kg of bagasse which has a calorific value of 7900 kJ/kg what is certainly lower than that of the seasoned wood (16 000 kJ/kg) but whose rate/rhythm of production is extremely slower.Bagasse is used as means of energy production in the factories of production of Rhum or Sucre. The performance of the installations makes it possible certain factories to function in energy autonomy.
In comparison with the fossil energies burned in the factories of energy production, bagasse is of interests of a biomass deprived of sulfur dioxide, resulting from another production and giving off only CO2 fixed by the plant at the time of its growth.
A rational exploitation of the 250 million tons of bagasse produced annually in the world could save 50 million tons of oil is approximately 1,2% of the yearly consumption in 2003.
Construction and furnishing
Bagasse makes it possible to manufacture a construction material called Bagapan.
See too
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