Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51135#.VFbY5WfHRK0 Author(s) Lincoln Villi Gerke , Gabriela Lionço Zeferino , Armin Feiden Affiliation(s) Mestrado em Engenharia de Energia na Agricultura, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, Brazil . ABSTRACT The sweet sorghum is investigated as an alternative source in place of sugar cane for ethanol production. Its mass can be processed with the same machinery used in the processing of sugar cane, also offering a quantity of biomass (bagasse) similar in volume to the operation. The results obtained in the experiment showed that sweet sorghum cultivar Sugargraze produces ethanol lower than cane sugar rati...
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