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. 2013 Oct 3;6:142. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-142

Table 4.

Steam consumption (total and specific)

Sector
Steam consumption (total (kg/h) / specific (kg/TC))
  BioEE BioEth
Juice treatment
51971/103.9 a
51971/103.9 a
Concentration
185240/370.5
241210/482.6
Distillation
121775/243.5 a
188455/376.9 b
Pretreatment*
0
38493/394.3
Total 185240/370.5 289550/579.1

*Steam specific consumption in kg/TB.

aUses steam from concentration step.

bUses both steam from concentration step and from the back pressure turbine (5.2% of the latter).

Plant capacity: 500 tonnes of sugarcane per hour.