Abstract: This chapter discusses the chemistry of sugar conversion to ethanol, sugarcane and sugarbeet production, sugarcane and sugarbeet as feedstocks for fuel ethanol production and the technology for large-scale cellulosic ethanol production from sugarcane fibre and sugarbeet pulp. The sweet sorghum production, the use of sweet sorghum as feedstock for fuel ethanol production, the problems associated with processing of sweet sorghum to fuel ethanol, breeding of sweet sorghum for fuel ethanol and integrated sweet sorghum-sugarcane systems are also highlighted.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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