(Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Alagoas, 2022-04-25) Costa, Barbara Santos; Santos, Taciana do Nascimento; Santos, Taciana do Nascimento; Leitão, Ana Laura Oliveira de Sá; Silva, Wcleuton Oliveira
Bagasse is a by-product from the milling of sugarcane, generating approximately 12 million tons every year. It is currently used mainly in energy cogeneration, but it can also be used in the manufacture of paper, animal feed, second-generation ethanol and in civil construction, contributing to the reduction of production costs in the sugar and alcohol sector, as well as enabling the generation of profit. with
the sale of its surplus and the diversification of its application, in view of its various forms of use. In this sense, the present article aimed to present, through a literature review, some of the different methods of using sugarcane bagasse, including the use of the ash generated in its burning. With this, it was verified that all the methods presented constitute an adequate way of disposing of bagasse.