Preservation of sweet sorghum biomass

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6838302

Jasberg, B K; Montgomery, R R; Anderson, R A

Sweet sorghum stalks (42% sugar, dry basis (d.b.)) and bagasse (10% sugar, d.b.) from a cane mill were stored to preserve sugar. Bagasse and stalks were stored outdoors in sealed containers (anaerobic conditions). Treatments included using carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide atmospheres or surface spraying with propionic acid or aqueous ammonia. Stalks were also stored outdoors under aerobic conditions. Treatments included drying the stalks or spraying with propionic acid. After 200 days, propionic acid (anaerobic) and SO/sub 2/-treated stalks had 34% and 19% of the original sugar remaining, respectively. No other samples had more than 3% of the original sugar remaining. 28 references, 6 tables.

• Research Organization: Northern Regional Research Center, Peoria, IL
• OSTI ID: 6838302
• Report Number(s): CONF-830567-
• Journal Information: Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp.; (United States), Vol. 13; Conference: 5. symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals, Gatlinburg, TN, USA, 10 May 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
BAGASSE
STORAGE
SACCHAROSE
PRESERVATION
SORGHUM
AEROBIC CONDITIONS
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
AMMONIA
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
CARBON DIOXIDE
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DRYING
INERT ATMOSPHERE
LOSSES
PROPIONIC ACID
SUGAR CANE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SURFACE COATING
TIME DEPENDENCE
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CEREALS
CHALCOGENIDES
DEPOSITION
DISACCHARIDES
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
OLIGOSACCHARIDES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC WASTES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
SACCHARIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
WASTES
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