Fuel production potential of several agricultural crops

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5905843

Mays, D A; Buchanan, W; Bradford, B N

Data collected on starch and sugar crops indicate that sweet potato and sweet sorghum have the best potential for alcohol production in the TVA area. Of the oil crops evaluated in this series of experiments only sunflower and okara appear to offer potential in the Tennessee Valley for oil production for fuel or other uses. 21 tabs.

• Research Organization: Skeist Labs., Inc., Livingston, NJ (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5905843
• Report Number(s): TVA/OACD-84/10; ON: DE86901149
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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