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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Sweet Sorghum"”.
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Sweet sorghum diversity, genetics, and breeding
Sweet sorghum is characterized by high sugar content and high biomass and is of growing interest to the biofuel industry. For sweet sorghum to be successfully used for bioenergy production, genetic relationships and diversity within sweet sorghums should be better understood, genetic and …
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Optimization of sweet sorghum processing parameters
… sources has gained popularity in recent years. Sweet sorghum is one of the crops identified as an efficient producer of the sugars needed for ethanol production. The juice in the sweet sorghum pith contains the greatest proportion of nonstructural carbohydrates, the presumed fermentable …
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Development of a whole-stalk sweet sorghum harvester
Sweet sorghum produces more carbohydrates and more biomass per unit land area than com in the Eastern U. S. Piedmont. An equipment system for harvesting and processing whole-stalk sweet sorghum is being developed, with the expectation that sweet sorghum can be commercialized as an ethanol …
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Bond graph modeling of hydraulic circuits on a sweet sorghum harvester
… whole-stalk harvester was developed as part of a sweet sorghum-for-ethanol production system. Gathering chains grasped the stalks as they were cut at the base with a disk-cutter. These stalks were flipped onto a cross conveyor and deposited into an accumulator. Periodically the machine stopped and …
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Sweet sorghum fermentables as influenced by cultivar and planting and harvest dates
… are being touted as a renewable energy source. Sweet sorghum is adapted to many areas, grows relatively rapidly, has moderate water and nutrient requirements, and develops high levels of fermentables. A long term supply of fermentables is needed to make ethanol production economically feasible. …
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A systems analysis of sweet sorghum harvest for a Piedmont ethanol industry
… for efficiently removing the juice from sweet sorghum stalks for the production of ethanol. The concept is to separate the whole stalks into pith and rind-leaf fractions, pass only the pith fraction through a screw press, and thus achieve an improvement in juice expression efficiency and …
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Evaluation and simulation of a harvesting and juice expression system for sweet sorghum
… to harvest, transport and express juice from sweet sorghum for syrup production. Time study and product data were taken for approximately 29 tons of sweet sorghum processed during the 1976 season. Material, consisting of standing sorghum chopped into 5" lengths, was separated by a pneumatic …
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Genetic, agronomic and compositional characterization of brown midrib sweet sorghum lignocellulosic biomass for ethanol production
<p>Sorghum is a promising bioenergy crop due to its unique phenotypic and genotypic attributes. Quality (low lignin and high stem sugar concentration) and quantity (biomass yield, plant height, plant maturity, etc.) biomass traits are key contributors to ethanol yield and production. In this study, …
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Energy valorization of agro-industrial wastes and sweet sorghum for the production of gaseous biofuels through anaerobic digestion
… whey (CW) and liquid cow manure (LCM)) and sweet sorghum stalks. Olive mills, cheese factories and cow farms are agro-industries that represent a considerable share of the worldwide economy with particular interest focused in the Mediterranean region. These industries generate millions of …
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Economic analysis of biofuel production from Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in the United States
… cellulosic ethanol from Switchgrass and Sweet Sorghum Bagasse. First, breakeven price of producing Switchgrass and Sweet Sorghum is calculated to obtain a raw material (feedstock) cost for ethanol production. Next, net present value (NPV) and minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) for …
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EVALUATION OF CELLULOLYTIC ENZYMES FROM A NEWLY ISOLATED BREVIBACILLUS SP. JXL; AND OPTIMIZATION OF COSLIF PRETREATMENT VARIABLES OF SWEET SORGHUM BAGASSE USING A RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD
… 97 (2), 214−223) pretreatment conditions on sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) feedstock was studied using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Batch experimental matrix was set up based on response surface method's central composite design in two factors to determine the effects of reaction time and …
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Suitability of energy cropping on abandoned metal contaminated farmland.
… four energy crops trialled at the field site are sweet sorghum, sugar cane, Chinese sumac and vetiver grass. Chinese sumac and sweet sorghum were also used in the pot experiments. The methodology has involved trialling a combination of chemical treatments to immobilise the available metals in the …
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An Analysis Of The Impact Of Storage Temperature, Moisture Content & Duration Upon The Chemical Components & Bioprocessing Of Lignocellulosic Biomass
… out with three projected bioenergy feedstocks - sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) bagasse, corn (Zea mays) stover and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Stored samples of each were examined for dry matter loss and composition change to develop a material balance around carbohydrates and lignin.</p> …
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Appropriate harvesting stage of sweet-sterm sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) cultivar for optimum bio-ethanol production in Namibia
… alternative energy sources, especially bio-fuel. Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), corn (Zea mays), wheat (Triticum aestivum), rape seed (Brassica napus), barley (Hordeum vulgare), sugar beet (Beta vulgaris), cassava (Manihot esculenta), oil palm (Elaies …
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BIODIESEL PRODUCTION THROUGH MICROWAVE ASSISTED TRANSESTERIFICATION OF MICROBIAL CELLS
… production byproduct crude glycerol and sweet sorghum juice. After cultivation, yeast cells were heated under microwave radiation to extract lipid and produce biodiesel through in-situ transesterification. Firstly, the yeast growth with crude glycerol was studied. When cultured in a …
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Ανάπτυξη ολοκληρωμένης διεργασίας παραγωγής υδρογόνου και βιοαερίου από ενεργειακή καλλιέργεια γλυκού σόργου
Στην παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή μελετήθηκε η συνδυασμένη παραγωγή υδρογόνου και μεθανίου από την ενεργειακή καλλιέργεια του γλυκού σόργου. Το γλυκό σόργο είναι ένα μονοετές ενεργειακό φυτό, μεγάλης φωτοσυνθετικής ικανότητας, πλούσιο σε υδατάνθρακες, το οποίο θεωρείται ιδανικό για την παραγωγή …
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Ανάπτυξη διβαθμίου συστήματος παραγωγής βιοαερίου από στερεά απόβλητα και βιομάζα
Η αναερόβια χώνευση αποτελεί στις μέρες μας μια σημαντική βιολογική διεργασία απομάκρυνσης του οργανικού φορτίου των αποβλήτων με ταυτόχρονη παραγωγή ενέργειας υπό μορφή βιοαερίου (μίγμα μεθανίου και διοξειδίου του άνθρακα). Η χρήση υποστρωμάτων φυτικής προέλευσης (βιομάζα) και κυρίως ενεργειακών …