Cogeneration and Bio-Oil Production Starting from Sugarcane BiomassResidues: Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities

摘要

There are more than 70 sugar producer countries around the world. Most of them are underdeveloped and poor.Especially for the underdeveloped, 3rd world, the sugarcane residues disposal has first order priority. The lack of analternative energy carrier to electricity with storage capability for use in off-season has to date been an unsolvablequestion for the sugar agro-industry. The improvement of cogeneration capacity via implementation of more efficientcogeneration systems and the barriers for their implementation were analyzed. A techno-economic assessment was carriedout regarding the three most probable scenarios of sugar producer countries today. The biomass availability and highinvestment costs continue to be the main barriers to overcome in order to produce Bio-oil starting from sugarcane biomasssolid residues.