SWEET SORGHUM FOR A PIEDMONT ETHANOL INDUSTRY

Award Information

Agency: Department of Agriculture

Branch: N/A

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 4646

Amount: $206,500.00

Phase: Phase II

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1987

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Applied Science Associates. In

Route 1

Fairfield, VA 24435

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Phone: () -

Business Contact

Name: WALTER E. TOLLES
Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC. PROPOSES TO PRODUCT FUEL ALCOHOL FROM SWEET SORGHUM: A PROLIFIC PRODUCER OF BIOMASS ON MARGINAL FARMLAND, RENEWABLE AND NON-COMPETITIVE WITH THEFOOD CHAIN. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE OF A "CROSSFOADS" FEEDSTOCK PROCESSOR IS AT HAND; A LOADER, A FLAIL FOR SEPERATINGPITH FROM RIND, A VIBRATING SEPARATOR OF THESE COMPONENTS, AAND A SCREW PRESS FOR EXPRESSING THE JUICE. THIS PHASE I AW AWARD WILL PERMIT US TO OPERATE THE PROCESSOR DURING THE NEXT HARVEST SEASON TO QUANTIFY THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCTS: EXTRACTED SUGAR FOR ALCOHOL AND THE CATTLE FEED VALUE OF THE RIND AND RESIDUAL EXTRACTED PITH, AND TO COMPARE THESE VALUES WITH THE COSTS OF PRODUCTION OF THE PRODUCTS.

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SWEET SORGHUM FOR A PIEDMONT ETHANOL INDUSTRY