Kanpur: National Sugar Institute, Kanpur has achieved success in producing ‘Bio-char activated’ from Sugarcane Bagasse which is given a surplus by sugar factory.
At present, Bagasse, fibrous material received after breaking sugar cane is used mostly as fuel.
The National Sugar Institute works on the development of various value-added products to increase sugar mill income and ‘bio-char activated’ are other products in the series.
At present, the sugar refinery uses ‘ion exchange resin’ to shake it.
To produce superior quality sugar from low color values.
However, the use of resins increased production costs, in addition to the generation of substantial quantities.
Product development and laboratory scale test aims to assess the possibility of replacement ‘ion exchange resin’ with ‘bio-char’ produced from Bagasse, Informed Director, National Sugar Institute, Professor Narendra Mohan.
Laboratory scale experiments to reduce sugar titles push with 30% color reduction.
‘Bio-char activated’ from Bagasse has been prepared by driving the drying of bagasse, grinding and filtering it to the desired particle size.
Perform pyrolysis in anaerobic conditions, which absence air and then activate the surface through acid treatment in controlled conditions.
About 10% of the ‘Bio-Char activated’ recovery has been obtained from Bagasse.
Thus, find the price of Bagasse as a hospital.
2000 / – per MT, production costs are expected to be lower, said Shalini Kumari, project scientist.