Maximising revenue from sugar extraction and cogeneration through imbibition rate regulation

Code (CO)	MSI01P3577
Author (AU)	Kong Win Chang, K. T. K. F. Wong Sak Hoi, L.
Title - English (ET)	Maximising revenue from sugar extraction and cogeneration through imbibition rate regulation
Meeting (MT)	24th ISSCT Congress, Brisbane, Australia, September 2001
Document Type(DT)	periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	2001
Series (SE)	Proc. int. Soc. Sug. Cane Technol.
Source (SO)	24 (1): 187-191
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En Fr Es
Abstract (AB)	Operating data obtained from two factories were used to test the validity of the Hugot formula which quantifies mill extraction at various imbibitions per cent fibre for a constant cane crushing rate. Simulations were carried out through an energy balance to determine electricity production at different imbibition per cent fibre. The net and combined revenues obtained from sugar extraction and electricity production were determined and plotted against imbibition per cent fibre. Results show that for each factory there is an optimum imbibition per cent fibre that yields maximum revenue.
Descriptors - English (DE)	Sugar extraction Cogeneration Energy Electricity production mill extraction imbibition rate
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)	Cane sugar manufacture
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Energy
Date record entered (DA)	2001-09-11
Language of analysis (LA)	En
MSIRI Staff (MS)	ST