Sugar Industry and Utilization of Its By-products in Thailand: An Overview

Chunhawong, Kitti; Chaisan, Tanapon; Rungmekarat, Sarawut; Khotavivattana, S.

doi:10.1007/s12355-018-0599-x

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“…The six biggest sugar producers are Brazil, India, Europe, Thailand, China, and the USA. These countries together produce more than 100 Mio t of sugar each year (Chunhawong et al, 2018). Sugar production relies on sugar cane and sugar beet as main crops with a global cultivable area of 6.232 Mio ha.…”

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“…Sugar production relies on sugar cane and sugar beet as main crops with a global cultivable area of 6.232 Mio ha. Sugar cane and sugar beet hereby cover 1.762 and 4.47 Mio ha, respectively (Chunhawong et al, 2018;Rajaeifar et al, 2019). While in subtropical and tropical regions sugar originates from sugar cane, sugar is based on corn, wheat, or sugar beet in the rest of the world.…”

Section: Sugar Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Anaerobic Digestion of Pretreated Industrial Residues and Their Energetic Process Integration

Bochmann

Pesta

Rachbauer

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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The food and beverage industry offers a wide range of organic feedstocks for use in biogas production by means of anaerobic digestion (AD). Microorganisms convert organic compounds-solid, pasty, or liquid ones-within four steps to biogas mainly consisting of CH 4 and CO 2. Therefore, various conversion technologies are available with several examples worldwide to show for the successful implementation of biogas technologies on site. The food and beverage industry offer a huge potential for biogas technologies due to the sheer amount of process residues and their concurrent requirement for heat and power. The following study analyzes specific industries with respect to their implementation potential based on arising waste and heat and power demand. Due to their chemical composition, several feedstocks are resistant against microbiological degradation to a great extent. A combination of physical-, chemical-, and microbiological pretreatment are used to increase the biological availability of the feedstock. The following examples will discuss how to best implement AD technology in industrial processes. The brewery industry, dairy production, slaughterhouses, and sugar industry will serve as examples.

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Section: Sugar Productionmentioning

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Section: Sugar Productionmentioning

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Anaerobic Digestion of Pretreated Industrial Residues and Their Energetic Process Integration

Bochmann

Pesta

Rachbauer

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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“…It is reported that approximately 30.68 million tons of sugarcane bagasse were produced by Thai sugar factories in 2016 and used in generating electricity of up to 3885 million kWh. [ 13,14 ] During the combustion, organic components consisting of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignocellulose are burnt and nearly completely removed resulting in a residue called “bagasse ash (BA)” which is a mixture of char and inorganic compounds, particularly silica (SiO 2 ), alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), calcium oxide (CaO), and so forth. Generally, BA is considered as an agro‐industrial waste and discarded in landfills causing a severe environmental problem.…”

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Influences of purification and surface treatment of sugarcane bagasse ash on mechanical properties of natural rubber composites

Boopasiri

Suwantrakrit

Sae‐Oui

et al. 2021

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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Attempts to use bagasse ash (BA) as a filler in natural rubber (NR) have been made. Acidolysis/alkaline extraction method was used to purify BA. The purified BA (PBA) was subsequently characterized by various techniques such as X‐ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and so forth. After the purification, PBA had a lower particle size and a higher specific surface area. XRD results showed that silica was the main composition of PBA while FTIR results revealed the existence of hydroxyl groups on the PBA surface. The reinforcement magnitude of PBA in NR was subsequently evaluated both without and with the addition of surface modifying agents, namely, bis‐3‐triethoxysilylpropyl tetrasulfide (TESPT) and epoxidized natural rubber (ENR). Due to its large particle size, PBA acted as a semi‐reinforcing filler for NR, that is, the small increases of hardness, modulus and tensile strength were observed in the presence of PBA. As TESPT and ENR could improve the extent of rubber‐filler interaction, mechanical properties of the NR vulcanizates filled with PBA‐TESPT and PBA‐ENR were slightly higher than those of the PBA‐filled NR vulcanizate. For instance, tensile strength exhibited approximately 22% increase after the surface treatment. In this study, both PBA‐TESPT and PBA‐ENR showed comparable degree of reinforcement.

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“…The agricultural residues have been found to have an excessive amount from the plantation of the major crops, such as rice, sugarcanes, cassavas, and palms [21]. Nonetheless, the practical applications of agricultural residues are limited to only the primary utilization, such as animal feed, fertilizer, and raw material for electric power plants [22][23][24][25].…”

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Criteria prioritization for sustainable development of second-generation bioethanol in Thailand with an application of Delphi-AHP technique

Jusakulvijit

Bezama

Thrän

2020

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Background: The availability of underexploited agricultural residues in Thailand opens up the opportunity to supply second-generation bioethanol production. The national implementation of residues-to-biofuel can potentially initiate the bioeconomy and greenhouse gas mitigation, requiring engagement from the multi-stakeholders to develop effective policy recommendations. Thus, the study aims to optimize the implementation of the national strategy from a multi-criteria approach to evaluate the concerned aspects and important indicators for second-generation bioethanol development through a participatory prioritization by the actual stakeholders Methods: To analyze the relevance of the different dimensions regarding important levels of criteria, a Delphi-AHP technique was applied. The evaluation process was conducted with different stakeholders and elaborated by using a pairwise comparison of 4 dimensions (main-criteria) and 12 indicators (sub-criteria). The evaluation was applied to the participants to share their preferences evaluating the most important factors from the aspect of technical feasibility, environmental impacts, economic feasibility and social impacts. Results: Bioethanol stakeholders in Thailand from 5 different branches (industry/ business sectors, NPO/NGO, governmental sectors, academic/research institute and financial institution/bank) participated in the Delphi survey. The 20 expert’s evaluation of four dimensions reveals the highest score from the economic feasibility (32.3%), followed by environmental impacts (25.6%), technical feasibility (24.0%) and social impacts (18.1%). From the sub-criteria assessment, the participants selected ‘final price per liter’, ‘added value of input materials’ and ‘net energy balance’ for the top three important indicators among 12 sub-criteria. From the identification of connection between preferable criteria and participants’ expertise, the results encouraged the process of employing different associated backgrounds into account at the step of policy planning in addition to the consideration of affiliations. Conclusions: The stakeholder’s participatory evaluation indicated the importance of economic aspects, highlighting the necessity of the governmental driven policy that needs to be considered. However, implementation scenarios have to be embedded in a broader range of aspects because all the dimension were rated with high impacts. For the future sustainable bioenergy, involvement from stakeholders’ opinions can imply multifaceted scenarios that may interconnect to the social acceptance and benefits for all relevant players when considering the development of advanced bioenergy as a policy recommendation.

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Sugar Industry and Utilization of Its By-products in Thailand: An Overview

Cited by 22 publications

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Anaerobic Digestion of Pretreated Industrial Residues and Their Energetic Process Integration

Anaerobic Digestion of Pretreated Industrial Residues and Their Energetic Process Integration

Influences of purification and surface treatment of sugarcane bagasse ash on mechanical properties of natural rubber composites

Criteria prioritization for sustainable development of second-generation bioethanol in Thailand with an application of Delphi-AHP technique

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