Bagasse process and product
OwnerGeorge E. Campbellinventor
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Abstract
A process for reducing sugarcane bagasse to a peat moss-like material that is useful as a planting or potting soil consists of the steps of: (1) screening the bagasse to remove the short fibers which are about 1/4 to 3/8 inch (6.35-9.53 mm) in length; (2) feeding the so-screened bagasse through a hammermill to reduce the remaining long fibers to fibers of a shorter length; and, (3) removing the short fibers which are about 1/4 to 3/8 inch (6.35-9.53 mm) in length as they are generated in the hammermill. The product consisting essentially of short fibers of bagasse which are about 1/4 to 3/8 inch (6.35-9.53 mm) in length produced by the foregoing process.
Claims5
A process for reducing bagasse to a peat moss-like material useful as a planting or potting soil, comprising the steps of:
- (1) screening the bagasse to remove existing short fibers which are about 1/4 to 3/8 inch (6.35 to 9.53 mm) in length;
- (2) feeding the so-screened bagasse into a hammermill to reduce the remaining long fibers to fibers of a shorter length;
- (3) removing the short fibers which are about 1/4 to 3/8 inch (6.35 to 9.53 mm) in length as they are generated in the hammermill;
- and,
- (4) combining the short fibers from steps (1) and (3), whereby a product consisting essentially of short fibers of bagasse which are about 1/4 to 154 inch (6.35 to 9.53 mm) in length is produced.
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