DocumentCode
106594
Title
Brazil doubles down on biofuel [2013 Tech To Watch]
Author
Sreeharsha, Vinod
Volume
50
Issue
1
fYear
2013
fDate
Jan. 2013
Firstpage
54
Lastpage
55
Abstract
A start-up wants to transform sugarcane waste into cell ulosic ethanol. Later this year, northeastern Brazil will host one of the most ambitious biofuel experiments ever. There, in the small town of São Miguel dos Campos, surrounded by sprawling sugarcane fields, a commercial-scale ethanol plant is expected to start operating in December. Unlike the nearby ethanol plants, which use sugarcane as feedstock, this new facility will consume the leftovers of those plants-bagasse and straw-to produce a holy grail of biofuel: cellulosic ethanol.
Keywords
biofuel; Brazil; biofuel experiment; cellulosic ethanol; ethanol plant; feedstock; plants bagasse; sugarcane field; sugarcane waste; Biofuels; Chemical reactions; Ethanol; Fuels; Glucose;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6395313
Filename
6395313
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