POTENTIAL OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM SUGARCANE RESIDUES
Walter, Arnaldo
Resumo:
Worldwide, sugarcane mills use their process biomass residues (mainly sugarcane bagasse) as fuel in cogeneration systems. In Brazil, during the harvest period the mills are electrically selfsufficient, that means that all electricity required is produced on-site from the bagasse. Since the second half of the 1980s, some mills (following a slow but consistent process) have done investments aiming at the production of surplus electricity to be sold to the grid. It is estimated that about 20% of the Brazilian mills, most of them located in state of São Paulo, are producing and selling surplus electricity. However, the capacity of electricity production is significantly low regarding the potential taking into account the sugarcane production. According to the Brazilian Electricity Agency – Aneel1 – the installed capacity of electricity production from sugarcane bagasse by middle 2008 was 3.1 GW in 248 industrial units (mills). Considering that at that time there was at least 350 mills under operation, the installed capacity was more than 3.5 GW (supposing the non declared capacity in small mills), or at least 3.5% of total existing capacity of electricity production.
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DOI: 10.5151/9788521208228-SUGARCANEBIOETHANOL_52
Referências bibliográficas
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Como citar:
WALTER, Arnaldo; "POTENTIAL OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM SUGARCANE RESIDUES", p. 577-582. Sugarcane bioethanol — R&D for Productivity and Sustainability. São Paulo: Blucher, None.
ISBN: 9788521208228, DOI 10.5151/9788521208228-SUGARCANEBIOETHANOL_52