The retention of fuel quality (heating value) and avoidance of spontaneous combustion are two critical issues in the large scale storage of bagasse. A computer model to predict degradation and heating in bagasse stockpiles has been developed at Queensland University...
Wet scrubbers are used in a range of industries for exhaust gas cleaning and are the Australian sugar industry’s most effective means of removing dust from boiler flue gas, being responsible for significantly reducing its environmental footprint. In virtually...
There are opportunities to decrease bagasse moisture from a milling unit, with substantial financial benefits, for example, from co-generation. Also, there has been some recent renewed interest in the valuing of the contents of bagasse and the assessment of the...
Computer modelling has been used extensively in some processes in the sugar industry to achieve significant gains. This paper reviews the investigations carried out over approximately the last twenty five years, including the successes but also areas where problems...
A better understanding of the behaviour of prepared cane and bagasse, and the ability to model the mechanical behaviour of bagasse as it is squeezed in a milling unit to extract juice, would help identify how to improve the current process. There are opportunities to...
