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SUGAR SERIES
Vol. 1. Standard Fabrication Practices for Cane Sugar Mills (Delden)
Vol. 2. Manufacture and Refining of Raw Cane Sugar (Baikow)
Vol. 3. By-Products of the Cane Sugar Industry, 2nd edition (Paturau)
Vol. 4. Unit Operations in Cane Sugar Production (Payne)
Vol. 5. Noel Deerr: Classic Papers of a Sugar Cane Technologist (Payne,
Compiler)
Vol. 6. The Energy Cane Alternative (Alexander)
Vol. 7. Handbook of Cane Sugar Engineering (Hugot, 3rd edition)
Vol. 8. Management Accounting for the Sugar Cane Industry (Fok Kam)
Vol. 9. Chemistry and Processing of Sugarbeet and Sugarcane (Clarke
and Godshall, Editors)
Vol. 10. Modern Energy Economy in Beet Sugar Factories (Urbaniec)
Vol. 11. By-Products of the Cane Sugar Industry, 3rd edition (Paturau)
Vol. 12. Cogeneration in the Cane Sugar Industry (Payne)
sugar series, 12
cogeneration
in the cane
sugar industry
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE
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PREFACE
This writing is the result of requests for infor
mation on the practical aspects of utilizing the cane
plant as a source of both food and energy. The writer
sought out technologists with long-time experience to
contribute chapters in their field of expertise to
strengthen the material from his own experience.
The result is an overview of the subject of co-
generation in the cane sugar industry. Details of
agriculture, factory practices, and equipment design
are the scope of many other works. This, therefore,
would be only the starting point for those considering
an implementation project.
John Howard Payne
Honolulu 1990
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Recognition is given gratefully to Jacques R.
Albert-Thenet for reviewing the entire manuscript,
Alan S. Lloyd for assistance in matters electrical,
Jacqueline S. Lowe who typed the original manuscript
and Misue Okino Sakamoto for assistance in editing and
proofreading.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Jacques R. Albert-Thenet, Factory Superintendent,
Oahu Sugar Company Limited, Waipahu, Hawaii
Alex G. Alexander, Plant Physiologist, University of
Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
E. W. Broadbent, Consulting Engineer, Honolulu, Hawaii
John W. Herkes, Consulting Engineer, Honolulu, Hawaii
J. Robert Kwok, Vice President Production and
Maintenance Group, Hawaiian and Commercial Sugar
Company, Puunene, Hawaii
Richard P. Lawler, General Superintendent, Electronics
Control and Services, Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar
Company, Puunene, Hawaii
Alan S. Lloyd, Executive Staff Engineer, Hawaiian
Electric Company Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
William E. McCraw, Vice President, Amfac Energy, Amfac
Hawaii Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
George E. St. John, President, Amfac Energy, Amfac
Hawaii Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
T. W. Vorfeld, President, Thermal Engineering
Corporation, Honolulu, Hawaii
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CONTENTS
PREFACE V
ACKNOWLEDGMENT VI
CONTRIBUTORS VII
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1. SUGAR CANE 5
Chapter 2. HARVESTING 13
Chapter 3. FIBER IN A CANE CROP 27
Chapter 4. CANE CLEANING 37
Chapter 5. SEPARATING FIBER AND JUICE 45
Chapter 6. BAGASSE 61
Chapter 7. STEAM GENERATION FROM BAGASSE 75
Chapter 8. STEAM CYCLES 8 5
T.W. Vorfeld
Chapter 9. GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY 97
Chapter 10· BOILER CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION 107
Richard P. Lawler
Chapter 11. A CONTEMPORARY INSTALLATION 127
William E. McCraw and T.W. Vorfeld
Chapter 12. BAGASSE DRYING 143
Chapter 13. THE EFFICIENT USE OF PROCESS STEAM 159
Jacques R. Albert-Thenet
Chapter 14. MUNICIPAL WASTE AS COGENERATION FUEL
IN BAGASSE BOILERS 191
George St. John
Chapter 15. PUBLIC UTILITY INTERCONNECTION 203
From the Standpoint of the Producer
George St. John
Description:The cane plant is probably the most efficient utilizer of sun energy for food production, and at the same time provides an equivalent quantity of biomass. The purpose of this book is to set down the unique position of sugar cane in the cogeneration field. Simultaneous with the development of distanc
