Ethanol from sweet sorghum

Conference · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Sugar J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6742953

Polack, J A

Sweet sorghum has long been of interest to sugar farmers and sugar processors. The thought has been that one could plant the sweet sorghum on fallow land and harvest it and process it in September, before the start of the regular sugar cane griding season. Several disadvantages have prevented its use in sugar production, but these seem much less of a problem if ethanol is to be produced. The DOE has targeted sweet sorghum as a prime crop for ethanol production, and the planting of 14 million new acres in sweet sorghum is the underlying assumption in a DOE plant to produce 11 billion gallons of alcohol fuel by the year 2000.

• Research Organization: Audubon Sugar Institute
• OSTI ID: 6742953
• Report Number(s): CONF-8006245-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Sugar J.; (United States) Journal Volume: 43:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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