Research Article
Bagasse Electricity Potential of Conventional Sugarcane Factories
Table 5
Comparison of the three cogeneration setups that can be adopted by sugar mills.
| | Parameter | Intermittent generation | Continuous generation | Firm power generation |
| 1 | Power generation capacity (kWh/ton) | 10 | 60 | 110-130 | 2 | Cane milling rate | 10 TCH or 240 TCD | 150 TCH or 3,600 TCD | 230 TCH or 5600 TCD | 3 | Load factor and availability | Intermittence allowed | Continuous at 90% load factor | Continuous at 90% load factor, 300 milling days or 7200 hours a year, and 65-66 days for maintenance | 4 | Ratio of steam to bagasse | 1.8 : 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 | Steam pressure (bars) | 25 to 30 | 30-45 | 82 | 6 | Type of turbine used | Back pressure | Condensing | Condensing type | 7 | Boiler capacity (tons/h) | 40 | 120 | 140-150 | 8 | Steam consumption | 500-600 kg/ton of cane crushed | 400 kg/ton of cane milled | 400 kg/ton of cane milled | 9 | Electricity consumption | 25 kWh/ton of cane crushed | 30% internal consumption | Not more than 30% internal consumption | 10 | Turbine capacity | 0.5-3 MWe | At least 15 MW | At least 30 MW |
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