| Composition of sugar cane, energy cane, and sweet sorghum suitable for ethanol production at Louisiana sugar mills. | |
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PMID: 20803247 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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A challenge facing the biofuel industry is to develop an economically viable and sustainable biorefinery. The existing potential biorefineries in Louisiana, raw sugar mills, operate only 3 months of the year. For year-round operation, they must adopt other feedstocks, besides sugar cane, as supplemental feedstocks. Energy cane and sweet sorghum have different harvest times, but can be processed for bio-ethanol using the same equipment. Juice of energy cane contains 9.8% fermentable sugars and that of sweet sorghum, 11.8%. Chemical composition of sugar cane bagasse was determined to be 42% cellulose, 25% hemicellulose, and 20% lignin, and that of energy cane was 43% cellulose, 24% hemicellulose, and 22% lignin. Sweet sorghum was 45% cellulose, 27% hemicellulose, and 21% lignin. Theoretical ethanol yields would be 3,609 kg per ha from sugar cane, 12,938 kg per ha from energy cane, and 5,804 kg per ha from sweet sorghum. |
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Misook Kim; Donal F Day |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-08-29 |
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Title: Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology Volume: 38 ISSN: 1476-5535 ISO Abbreviation: J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-06-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9705544 Medline TA: J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 803-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 3845 Highway 75, St. Gabriel, LA, 70776, USA, MKim@agcenter.lsu.edu. |
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