SUGAR MILL Press mud or Filter Cake

            Press mud is obtained in SUGAR factories to a tune of 2% of the weight of SUGARCANE crushed. About 5.2 million tonnes of Press mud is produced in our country every year. Press mud contains sizable quantity of macro and micro nutrients, besides 20-25% of organic carbon. Press mud is used as manure by SUGARCANE farmers.

            Very recently, in order to get rid of Distillery effluent, Spent wash, which is very toxic and very high on BOD and COD contents, is being utilized by spraying and mixing it with press mud. This treatment enriches the Press mud in its nutritional values and makes one of the Best organic manure. The organic manure made out of Press mud maintains Soil health, sustains SUGARCANE and SUGAR production, improves soils physical properties, retains soil moisture and reduce the erosion hazards. Application of enriched press mud, either alone or in conjunction with Bio fertilizers recorded higher SUGARCANE yield and SUGAR recovery. This has also mitigated the need to treat the Distillery effluent and save money spent for its treatment.

COMPOSITION OF SUGAR MILLS PRESS MUD

S.No. Nutrients Fresh Press MudPress mud enriched with

Distillery spent wash

1. Organic Carbon 20-25 % 50-55 %

2. Nitrogen 0.90 -1.25% 2.0 - 2.5 %

3. Phosphorus 2.50 -3.00 % 2.0 - 2.6 %

4. Potassium 1.00 - 1.50 % 1.5 - 1.8 %

5. Calcium 11.00% 3.0 - 4.0 %

6. Magnesium 1.65% 0.8 - 1.5 %

7. Sulphur 0.23% 1.2 - 1.7 %

8. Copper 52 ppm Traces

9. Zinc 69 ppm Traces

10. Maganese 898 ppm Traces

11. Iron 2000 ppm 0.03 - 0.05 %

12. Moisture 70% 50-55%

13. Boron Traces Traces

Physical properties and chemical composition of SUGARCANE Press mud.

S.No. Parameters Value

1. pH 4.95 %

2. Total Solids 27.87 %

3. Total Volatile Solids 84.00 %

4. C.O.D. 117.60 %

5. B.O.D.(5 days at 27°C) 22.20 %

6. Organic Carbon. 48.80 %

7. Organic matter 84.12 %

8. Nitrogen 1.75 %

9. Phosphorus 0.65 %

10. Potassium 0.28 %

11. Sodium 0.18 %

12. Calcium 2.70 %

13. Sulphate 1.07 %

14. Sugar 7.92 %

15. Wax and Fats 4.65 %

Comparison between Bio-organic manure and FYM (Dry weight basis)

S.No Parameter Bio-Compost Farm yard mannure

1. pH 8.00 7.50

2. Total N% 2.50 0.40

3. Total P2 O5% 3.75 0.15

4. Total K2O % 3.50 0.50

5. Total orgganic mattter% 26.40 22.00

Note : In all the above cases, the value / percent differ from area to area, mill to mill, process used, variety of cane, soil and water conditions etc. 

TitleProduction of Simbhaoli PROM from press mud and spent wash and its agronomic evaluation as a substitute of DAP in rice crop.

AuthorsAbhishek; Kuldip Singh; Rana, U. V. S.

EditorsShaktawat, M. S.;Singh, M.;Aery, N. C.;Swami, B. N.;Katewa, M. K.

BookPhosphate rich organic manure: an alternate to phosphatic fertilizers 2004 pp. 142-147

ISBN81-7906-062-4

Record Number20063129517

Simbhaoli PROM is produced from a phosphorus rich organic manure (PROM) containing 18% P2O5

with 22% moisture prepared using pressmud, distillers' spent wash, rock phosphate and microbial

cultures. The efficiency of Simbhaoli PROM to supply phosphorus and other nutrients to rice crop was

compared with diammonium phosphate (DAP). This study was carried out at the agricultural farm of

Simbhaoli Sugar Mill, Ghaziabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India, during 2002. The application of

Simbhaoli PROM resulted in higher rice yield (22 q/ha), which was significantly superior over DAP (17

q/ha). The application cost of Simbhaoli PROM was 5% cheaper than DAP.