Sugarcane Bagasse - Estimated Losses Before the Digester

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Hurter, P. Eng., MBA, President, HurterConsult Incorporated, May 2001</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-880/bagasse_losses.pdf"><img align="bottom" border="0" width="153" height="17" alt="Sugarcane Bagasse - Estimated Losses Before the Digester" src="HTMLobj-880/download_pdf_LG_LARGE.gif"></a>  (requires Adobe Reader).</div> <bR> <div> When properly cleaned and prepared nonwood fibre raw material enters the digester, many of the hurdles of producing pulp and paper from nonwoods have been overcome.</div> <bR> <div> In many instances, however, economic problems encountered by nonwood-based pulp and paper mills are related to a lack of attention to the losses which are incurred before the digester.  Losses from the field to the digester have a significant impact on the amount of the nonwood fibre raw material required and the cost of the fibre raw material per ton of pulp produced. </div> <bR> <div> These losses generally can be classified as:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7010400000000.png" HEIGHT="17" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">transportation and storage losses</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7010400000000.png" HEIGHT="17" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">fibre preparation losses which depend on the type of nonwood raw material being processed and the selected fibre preparation system.</div> <bR> <div> Once it has been determined how much prepared raw material is needed to feed the digester, the next step is to develop a clear understanding of the transportation, storage and fiber preparation losses, all of which are critical to establishing how much nonwood fibre raw material must be harvested and delivered to the mill. Please refer to <A HREF="fibre_raw_material.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fibre Raw Material Issues are Critical t"><B>Fibre Raw Material Issues are Critical to the Success of Nonwood Pulp & Paper Mills</B></A> for additional details.</div> <bR> <div> The following figures provide some general rules-of-thumb concerning losses before the digester for <B>sugarcane bagasse</B> and the selected fiber preparation systems.  The amount of loses for a given raw material can change significantly depending on the configuration of the selected fiber preparation system.  For example, adding wet cleaning before or after moist depithing will reduce the amount of residual sugars contained in the depithed bagasse sent to storage.  This will reduce the amount of fiber degradation in the storage pile but does increase the preparation losses.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1d9d8ba0.jpg" border=0 width="984" height="698" ALT="Bagasse for Corrugating Medium" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1dbd8ba0.jpg" border=0 width="984" height="698" ALT="Bagasse for Linerboard" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1ddd8ba0.jpg" border=0 width="984" height="698" ALT="Bagasse for Writing & Printing Paper" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="98%" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2 WIDTH="100%"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HurterConsult Incorporated">Home</A> / <A HREF="philosophy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Process Technology Design Philosoph">Process Technology & Design Philosophy</A> /<B> </B><A HREF="expertise.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Areas of Expertise">Areas of Expertise</A><B> </B>/<B> </B><A HREF="services.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Scope of Services">Scope of Services</A> / <A HREF="cellulosic_biofuels.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cellulosic Biofuel">Cellulosic Biofuel</A></div> <div> <A HREF="references.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HurterConsult Project References">Project References</A> / <A HREF="info.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HurterConsult News Info"><B>News & Info</B></A> / <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HurterConsult Favorite Links">Links</A> / <A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact HurterConsult">Contact Us</A> / <A HREF="legal_notice.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legal Notice About This Web Site">Legal Notice</A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nonwood_names.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nonwood Plant Fiber Names Common Scien"><B>Up</B></A><B>  /  </B><A HREF="straw_prep_losses.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cereal Straws Estimated Losses Before t"><B>Down</B></A><B>  /  </B><A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact HurterConsult"><B>Contact Us</B></A></div> <div> <B>  <center> <FORM method=GET action="http://www.google.com/search" TARGET=_blank> <input type=hidden name=ie value=UTF-8> <input type=hidden name=oe value=UTF-8> <TABLE bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr><td> <A HREF="http://www.google.com/" TARGET=_blank> <IMG SRC=http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_40wht.gif border="0" ALT="Google" align="middle"></A> </td> <td> <INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=31 maxlength=255 value=""> <INPUT type=submit name=btnG VALUE="Google Search"> <input type=hidden name=domains value="www.HurterConsult.com"><br><input type=radio name=sitesearch value=""> Search WWW <input type=radio name=sitesearch value="www.HurterConsult.com" checked> Search www.HurterConsult.com <br> </font> </td></tr></TABLE> </FORM>   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Copyright © 2000-2010 HurterConsult Incorporated.  All rights reserved.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>