Bioelectricity versus bioethanol from sugarcane bagasse: is it worth being flexible?

Table 4 Steam consumption (total and specific)

Sector	Steam consumption (total (kg/h) / specific (kg/TC))
	BioEE	BioEth
Juice treatment	51971/103.9 ^a	51971/103.9 ^a
Concentration	185240/370.5	241210/482.6
Distillation	121775/243.5 ^a	188455/376.9 ^b
Pretreatment*	0	38493/394.3
Total	185240/370.5	289550/579.1

^*Steam specific consumption in kg/TB.
^aUses steam from concentration step.
^bUses both steam from concentration step and from the back pressure turbine (5.2% of the latter).
Plant capacity: 500 tonnes of sugarcane per hour.

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