By I.M. O’HARA, L.A. EDYE, W.O.S. DOHERTY and G.A. KENT
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
i.ohara@qut.edu.au
KEYWORDS: Lignocellulose, Bioethanol,
Biorefinery, Biocommodities, Pilot Plant.
Abstract
THE READYavailability of sugarcane bagasse at an existing industrial facility and the potential availability of extra fibre through trash collection make sugarcane fibre the best candidate for early stage commercialisation of cellulosic ethanol technologies. The commercialisation of cellulosicethanol technologies in the sugar industry requires both development of novel technologies and the assessment of these technologies at a precommercial scale. In 2007, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) received funding from the Australian and Queensland Governments to construct a pilot research
and development facility for the production of bioethanol and other renewable
biocommodities from biomass including sugarcane bagasse. This facility has been built on the site of the Racecourse Sugar Mill in Mackay, Queensland and is known as the Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant (MRBPP). This research facility is capable of processing cellulosic biomass by a variety of pretreatment technologies and includes equipment for enzymatic saccharification, fermentation and distillation to produce ethanol. Lignin and fermentation co-products can also be produced in the pilot facility.
Source http://www.issct.org/pdf/proceedings/2010/2010%20O%20Hara,%20DEMONSTRATION%20OF%20CELLULOSIC%20ETHANOL%20PRODUCTION%20FROM%20SUGARCANE%20BAGASSE%20IN%20AUSTRALIA%20T.pdf
Thursday, January 12, 2017
DEMONSTRATION OF CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE IN AUSTRALIA: THE MACKAY RENEWABLE BIOCOMMODITIES PILOT PLANT
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Rise and fall of Indonesian sugar industry
By Aris Toharisman (ISRI), Triantarti (ISRI) Fadil Hasan (ISRI)
Valuable lessons can be learned from the long history of the Indonesian sugar industry. The Indonesian sugar industry was established four centuries ago. It became the second largest sugar exporter after Cuba. In 1930 Indonesia produced 2.9 million tons of sugar, of which 2.2 million tons were exported to Europe. The average sugar yield in Indonesia was approximately 14.8 t/h. However, the situation has changed drastically. Recently, Indonesia has become one of the largest sugar importers. In 2012, the average sugar yield was 5.9 t/h, only 40% of that achieved 80 years ago.
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