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Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya
Bibliography: leaves 68-71.
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| author | Mbithi, Justus M. P. |
| author2 | Davidson, Ogunlade R |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6929 Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya Mbithi, Justus M. P. Davidson, Ogunlade R Engineering Bibliography: leaves 68-71. The Kenyan sugar industry continues to face the task of being competitive in a liberalized global economy that has witnessed a trend in declining sugar prices and increasing local production costs. This dissertation attempts to investigate possible options that could assist Kenyan sugar industry to cope with the crisis. One such option is the diversification of the sugar industry's product base. Expanding their business to energy as a co-product to sugar processing, sugar companies could generate additional revenue from surplus electricity sales to the national utility. In Mauritius, gross revenue of USD 50 million, equivalent to 90% of that accruing to the miller for cane processing is generated from bagasse-based energy sales. On the basis of the Mauritian and other experiences the research concludes that Kenya sugar industries have the potential to export 43, 258, and 306 GWh of electricity to the national grid, depending on the mode of operation of the power plant. Thus the potential for revenue expansion through power sales for the Kenyan sugar industry is substantial. Power sector reforms have seen the entry into the electricity market of independent power producers (IPPs), and so this presents a good opportunity for sugar companies to enter into power purchase agreements with the national utility for the supply of power. Anaerobic digestion systems, used in the treatment and management of industrial effluent provide an additional benefit of generating boiler fuel in the form of biogas in sugar industries of Kenya. This technology and its application to the sugarcane industry are reviewed as part of this thesis. 2014-09-08T09:34:42Z 2014-09-08T09:34:42Z 2003 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6929 eng application/pdf Energy Research Centre Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Engineering Mbithi, Justus M. P. Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya |
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| title | Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya |
| title_full | Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya |
| title_short | Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya |
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| topic | Engineering |
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