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Title: Harvesting and transporting high-tonnage crops for biomass

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OSTI ID:6031133

Forage and sugarcane harvesters were used for harvesting sweet sorghum and sugarcane for biomass. One system of field transport with capability for dumping into highway trucks was used. Two methods of drying, collecting, densifying and transporting sugarcane residue were tested for providing material for commerical boilers. A method of rapid field drying is needed.

OSTI ID:
6031133
Report Number(s):
CONF-8406307-
Resource Relation:
Conference: Summer meeting on sustaining growth in agricultural productivity, Knoxville, TN, USA, 24 Jun 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English