Patent ID: 8821597

Claim:
A method for increasing energy output from bagasse for use in a sugar cane processing plant comprising the steps of: grinding the bagasse in a grinding mill; pulverizing the ground bagasse to a particle size no greater than ⅛ inch in diameter; drying the pulverized bagasse; delivering the dried pulverized bagasse to a storage warehouse, from which pulverized bagasse is automatically transported to boilers of the sugar cane processing plant to power said boilers; delivering unburnt excess pulverized bagasse from the boilers to the warehouse, and allowing the excess pulverized bagasse to mix with the pulverized bagasse in the warehouse to form a mix, so that the excess pulverized bagasse is automatically retro-fed to the boilers, the mix becoming dried to a moisture content of approximately 10% by weight; and utilizing excess available dried pulverized bagasse to provide energy for operation of an electrical generation plant local to the sugar cane processing plant.