Sweet Sorghum Alternative Fuel and Feed Pilot Project
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept.; The University of Arizona
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
The University of Arizona undertook a “pilot” project to grow sweet sorghum on a field scale (rather than a plot scale), produce juice from the sweet sorghum, deliver the juice to a bio-refinery and process it to fuel-grade ethanol. We also evaluated the bagasse for suitability as a livestock feed and as a fuel. In addition to these objectives we evaluated methods of juice preservation, ligno-cellulosic conversion of the bagasse to fermentable sugars and alternative methods of juice extraction.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- Contributing Organization:
- Pinal Energy, LLC, Maricopa, AZ (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0004132
- OSTI ID:
- 1344379
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-UAZ--0004132-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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