Dry bagasse behaviour
Investigations at the laboratory scale examined the
ambient temperatures at which spontaneous combustion could be initiated in dry
bagasse. For small bagasse samples of varying size (20-150 mm dia.) ambient temperatures resulting in combustion were found to lie in the range 175-245 C for
packing density variations between 100 kg/m (loose packed) and 180 kg/m
(compressed). The heating behaviour ant] temperature above ambient were
shown to vary with sample shape and packing density.