Ethylene oxide Ethylene glycols, EO condensates for dyes, textiles, plastics etc. CMC Textile detergents, pesticides, leather, paper, ceramics, oil drilling, welding electrodes. Plasticizers, defoamer in oil industry. The quantity of bagasse depends upon the fibre contents in the sugarcane. Composition of bagasse depends on various factors like variety of sugarcane, milling efficiency etc.
Bagasse is the source of fuel mainly for boilers and turbo generator set for co-generation of power.
It is also used as raw material for paper manufacturing units, particle boards, furfural and activated carbon. Paper produce from bagasse has good capacity, printing characteristics and high bursting strength which is good for newsprint. Total annual availability of bagasse in the state of Uttar Pradesh is about 18 million tonnes. There is a very good potential for setting up paper manufacturing units using bagasse as main raw material. A very good potential also exists for co-generation of power of about 650 MW in totality in the State of Uttar Pradesh by utilising bagasse.