Energy conservation and management in Australian raw sugar factories
1995
Mason, V. (Suger Research Inst., Queensland (Australia))
Conservation of energy is not a high priority for Australian raw sugar factories. This is partly due to the ready availability of cheap coal in the sugar growing regions and partly because those regions are relatively remote from the centers of population which would form the initial market for any by-products. Hence, it is energy management rather than energy conservation that is the concern of most factory managers. This paper discusses the current energy management policies applied to the majority of Australian raw sugar factories and the reasons why those policies apply. However, energy conservation is not ignored. A few factories have additional demands on their available energy and the industry lives in hope a viable market will soon be found for an energy related by-product. The paper discusses some of the work that has been undertaken to prepare Australian factories for that eventuality.
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by Kasetsart University