The destiny of the sugar cane pomace: a study based on sugar-alcohol agricultural industry in Paraná

  • Vanessa Souza Silva Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão
  • Carla de Almeida Garcia Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão
  • Clandio Medeiros da Silva Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão
Keywords: Sugar Cane Agricultural Business, Sugar Cane, Pomace, Co-Generation

Abstract

This research aims at studying what the destination of the sugar cane pomace is, produced by the sugar- alcohol agricultural industry in Paraná, in order that the alcohol sector of Paraná has a great potential through the pomace and it is the second largest producer of sugar cane in the country. For the realization of this goal it was searched information about the pomace use on the energy co-generation, identifying the use of sugarcane pomace in agribusiness in Paraná and analyzing the uptake of industries in relation to co-generation power . For this, we conducted a survey of quantitative character with charts and graphs generated with data obtained in the literature bibliographic research with several authors who discuss the issue and collect data through questionnaires applied to sugarcane agro-industries of Paraná, which were sent to the industries and in response it was obtained six questionnaires back. It was found that the sugar cane pomace has several uses, being the co-generation the most used, where the industries in Paraná still show great potential to be explored in electricity relation applications and pomace co-generation as a way to add value to their production.

Author Biographies

Vanessa Souza Silva, Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão
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Carla de Almeida Garcia, Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão
Pós-Graduada em Gestão do Agronegócio pela Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. E-mail: carlinha12_garcia@hotmail.com
Clandio Medeiros da Silva, Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão
Docente do Departamento de Agronomia da Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão. E-mail: clandiomedeiros@uol.com.br
Section
Agrobusiness