+----------------------------------------------------------------+ |+---+-----+----------+---------+---------+----------------+----+| || | | | | |B.t.u. Value per| || || | | Fiber | Sugar |Molasses |Pound of Bagasse| || || | +-----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+ || || | | | | | | | | | | | || || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 || |+---+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+| || BASED UPON CANE OF 12 PER CENT FIBER AND JUICE CONTAINING || ||18 PER CENT OF SOLID MATTER. REPRESENTING TROPICAL CONDITIONS || |+---+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+| ||75 |42.64|48.00|3996|6.24|451 |3.12|217 |4664 |525 |4139 |3.38|| ||77 |39.22|52.17|4343|5.74|414 |2.87|200 |4958 |483 |4475 |3.13|| ||79 |35.15|57.14|4757|5.14|371 |2.57|179 |5307 |433 |4874 |2.87|| ||81 |30.21|63.16|5258|4.42|319 |2.21|154 |5731 |372 |5359 |2.61|| ||83 |24.12|70.59|5877|3.53|256 |1.76|122 |6255 |297 |5958 |2.35|| ||85 |16.20|80.00|6660|2.40|173 |1.20| 83 |6916 |200 |6716 |2.08|| |+---+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+| || BASED UPON CANE OF 10 PER CENT FIBER AND JUICE CONTAINING || ||15 PER CENT OF SOLID MATTER. REPRESENTING LOUISIANA CONDITIONS|| |+---+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+| ||75 |51.00|40.00|3330|6.00|433 |3.00|209 |3972 |678 |3294 |4.25|| ||77 |48.07|43.45|3617|5.66|409 |2.82|196 |4222 |592 |3630 |3.86|| ||79 |44.52|47.62|3964|5.24|378 |2.62|182 |4524 |548 |3976 |3.52|| ||81 |40.18|52.63|4381|4.73|342 |2.36|164 |4887 |495 |4392 |3.19|| ||83 |35.00|58.82|4897|4.12|298 |2.06|143 |5436 |431 |5005 |2.80|| ||85 |28.33|66.67|5550|3.33|241 |1.67|116 |5907 |349 |5558 |2.52|| |+---+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+| +----------------------------------------------------------------+ Furnace Design and the Combustion of Bagasse--With the advance in sugar manufacture there came, as described, a decrease in the amount of bagasse available for fuel. As the general efficiency of a plant of this description is measured by the amount of auxiliary fuel required per ton of cane, the relative importance of the furnace design for the burning of this fuel is apparent.