Research Article
Energy and Productivity Yield Assessment of a Traditional Furnace for Noncentrifugal Brown Sugar (Panela) Production
Figure 2
Traditional furnace mass balance, mass in kg. mbs: dry bagasse (husk), mab: quantity of water in the bagasse (moisture), mas: dry air for combustion, maa: water inlet with the air, mjc: mass of sugarcane juice, mfl: flocculant extract, mp: noncentrifugal brown sugar (panela) obtained, mae: water evaporated during the concentration, mch: mud removed from clarification, mgs: dry combustion gases leaving through chimney, mat: steam that accompanies the gases through the chimney, mmp: particulate material, and mr: unburned cinder collected from the traditional furnace floor.