As the 2025/2026 harvest season approaches its conclusion, the TSG-250 boiler supplied by Triniton Industrial Engineering to Grupo Pantaleon's El Mante unit, located in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has confirmed in commercial operation the high performance standards established during the engineering phase.
Performance tests conducted by Grupo Pantaleon demonstrate outstanding energy efficiency and environmental performance, with operating indicators that significantly exceed the original design specifications.
Designed to generate 250,000 kg/h of steam at 103 bar(g) and 540°C, using sugarcane bagasse as fuel, the TSG-250 incorporates advanced technologies developed to maximize biomass energy utilization while ensuring high operational reliability. The results achieved throughout the harvest season validate Triniton's engineering principles and demonstrate the unit's exceptional performance under actual operating conditions.
Among the most significant achievements is the unburned carbon content below 1%. This performance substantially exceeds the original design target, which specified values of up to 1.5% for the combustion system. In biomass-fired power generation systems, low unburned carbon levels translate directly into improved fuel utilization, reduced energy losses, and higher overall plant efficiency.
This performance was achieved through Triniton's proprietary combustion solution, which combines two grate technologies with individually controlled primary and secondary air distribution. This configuration ensures uniform fuel distribution throughout the furnace, excellent combustion stability, and maximum energy recovery from sugarcane bagasse across the boiler's entire operating range.
The environmental performance also significantly surpassed the original project expectations. The installation was designed to operate with particulate emissions below 50 mg/Nm³. However, performance tests conducted by Grupo Pantaleon recorded stack emissions below 10 mg/Nm³, achieving results five times better than the original design specification.
These environmental results further demonstrate the high efficiency of the flue gas treatment system supplied by Triniton. Particulate emissions below 10 mg/Nm³ confirm the outstanding performance of the Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP), combined with the excellent combustion efficiency and the effectiveness of the environmental control solutions implemented for the facility, ensuring full compliance with the most stringent emission standards applicable to the sugar and bioenergy industry.
"The performance tests conducted by Grupo Pantaleon's engineering team confirmed extremely positive results for the TSG-250. We recorded unburned carbon levels below 1% and particulate emissions below 10 mg/Nm³, values that significantly exceed the original design targets. These results demonstrate the high efficiency of the combustion system, the excellent performance of the electrostatic precipitator, and the robustness of the engineering solution developed by Triniton to meet our unit's operational requirements."
Marcos Croquer
Energy Coordinator
Grupo Pantaleon
The operating results achieved throughout the harvest season demonstrate outstanding combustion efficiency, excellent air distribution and furnace stability, minimal energy losses, and high performance of the emissions control system. Furthermore, they confirm the robustness of the engineering solutions developed to meet the operational challenges of one of the most modern sugar and bioenergy facilities in Latin America.
All engineering, equipment manufacturing, supply management, and technological development of the TSG-250 were carried out entirely in Brazil by Triniton Industrial Engineering. This project reinforces the capability of Brazilian engineering to develop and export high-performance technology for large-scale international operations, delivering results that surpass the expectations established during the design phase.
With the end of the harvest season expected in the coming months, Grupo Pantaleon has expressed complete satisfaction with the performance achieved by the new boiler. The combination of unburned carbon levels below 1%, particulate emissions below 10 mg/Nm³, and the substantial operating margin of the environmental control system establishes the TSG-250 as a benchmark in biomass-based power generation and highlights the success of the partnership between Grupo Pantaleon and Triniton Industrial Engineering.
More than simply meeting its design objectives, the TSG-250 has demonstrated in commercial operation that 100% Brazilian engineering, technology, and manufacturing are capable of establishing new international benchmarks in energy efficiency, environmental performance, and operational reliability for the global sugar and bioenergy industry.
