Assessment of Production and Transportation Practices for Sweet Sorghum
The desired short term benchmarks/outcomes of this project are to: (1) Demonstrate the maximal amount of sugar that can be produced assessed through multiple crop production sequencing; (2) Select appropriate cultivars to utilize in this sequencing in the semi arid Southwest; (3) Minimize or avoid the addition of preservatives to the juice while assuring high ethanol productivity; (4) Complete mass (water and nutrients), and energy balances for growth and production of sweet sorghum in arid climates; (5) Update estimates of costs and returns of using sweet sorghum to produce ethanol; (6) Improve the efficiency of juice fermentation; and (7) Transfer technology to Pinal Energy by aiding in updating standard operating procedures for dual feedstock facilities. The long term outcomes are to: (1) Provide best cultivation practices to and discuss market potential of growing sweet sorghum with Tribal nations and regional farmers; (2) Evaluate scale up to full production size at a commercial ethanol plant; (3) Identify which phases of the production process have the greatest scope for cost reductions; and (4) Determine economic feasibility of additional production facilities that operate in a sustainable manner in the Southwestern United States (SW).
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program information: Advanced Research, Biobased Research
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $200000
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avneue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Johnson, Shawn
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Principal Investigators:
Ogden, Kimberly
- Start Date: 20110701
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20130630
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Biomass fuels; Cultivation; Ethanol; Evaluation and assessment; Feasibility analysis; Fermentation; Grasses; Markets; Production; Sugar
- Geographic Terms: Southwestern States
- Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01575657
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RIP, USDOT
- Created Date: Sep 10 2015 8:38AM