Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Beyond Sugar and Ethanol Production: Sugarcane Residues and Value Generation
Author(s): Shyna Maes*
Sugarcane is the most produced agricultural commodity in
tropical and subtropical regions, where it is primarily used for the
production of sugar and ethanol. The latter is mostly used to
produce alcoholic beverages as well as low carbon biofuel.
Despite well-established production chains, their respective
residues and by products present unexploited potentials for
further product portfolio diversification. These fully or partially
untapped product streams are a) Sugarcane trash or straw that
usually remain on the fields after mechanized harvest, b) Ashes
derived from bagasse combustion in cogeneration plants, c)
Filter cake from clarification of the sugarcane juice, d) Vinasse
which is the liquid residue after distillation of ethanol, and e)
Biogenic CO2 emitted during bagasse combustion and ethanol
fermentation. Utilizing these lefto.. View More»
DOI:
10.37532/ BBOA.23.4.1.010
