Bagasse cogeneration boiler in Kenya sugar industry

Potential for cogeneration exists in the sugar industry where steam is raised from bagasse, a waste product of the cane milling process, for power generation and process heat. Unlike other industries that only consume energy, the sugar industry can generate surplus power over and above its internal requirements by burning bagasse to generate process steam and power. Bagasse fired boilers are used in more and more sugar mills for the power and steam co-generation. However, due to statutory requirements and other limitations on the sale of electricity, sugar factories in Kenya have been unable to exploit energy in bagasse. Excess bagasse is currently treated as waste and incinerated, largely as a process of disposal. Process steam and power are in this case unfortunately treated as a by-process of the disposal exercise.

Like other sectors in the Kenyan economy, the sugar industry has undergone continuous decline over the past decade. Statistics provided by the Kenya Sugar Board indicate that the best performance in the last decade (1992-2002) was recorded in 1996 when the industry had 131,100 hectares under cane yielding a healthy 90.9 tonnes of cane per hectare and supporting 23,900 plantation jobs in direct wage employment. In contrast, 2002 figures show that the acreage had dropped to 126,800 hectares, while the yield was down to 70.7 tonnes per hectare with the number of plantation jobs down to 2630.

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