Bagasse as an Alternate Fuel to Coal for Industrial Uses A Comparative Study
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The need of the hour in todays world is to globally phase out coal as a fuel source due to its high pollution potential. The results of our earlier study indicating improved theoretical thermal efficiency of bagasse when mixed with waste oil (BWO mix) in the ratio 4:1 are considered and the related technical aspects are compared with that of coal and bagasse. It is found that bagasse cannot replace coal as an effective fuel, but wherever it is abundantly available it can serve as an alternative. The optimum BWO mix works out to be a better fuel in terms of techno-economic aspects with respect to bagasse alone. Though the BWO mix is slightly expensive when compared even with F grade coal, its usage is strongly recommended as an alternative to coal in view of increasing demand for coal and its limited sources of availability. The results of the present study are flexible to incorporate several factors in future pertaining to bagasse and coal, for assessing the net savings.
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