Sorghum bred for Energy Production
“.. a new brand of sorghum, bred for optimal energy production, designed as a greener alternative to corn for ethanol fuels and biomass boilers”
Some of the sweet sorghum varieties are also a great feedstock for furfural production: See dalinyebo.com/sorghum “From Africa: An Ideal Feedstock For The Global Biorefineries.”
Source: www.theguardian.com, via on Scoop.it – Furfural and its many By-products
100 years ago, the first commercial production of furfural started in the USA.
Keep it simple! Making furfural is not rocket science.
It’s all about the integrating furfural production into the mass and energy balance of a pulp or sugar mill,
The total operating cost (raw materials, utilities, fixed costs and depreciation costs) estimated to produce PEF was about $2,700/ton in Q2 2015.
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