A case study of ethanol production from sweet sorghum in China

摘要

Ethanol production from sweet sorbhum in China was investigated for three cases:1.Conventional fermentation,2.Fast fermentation,and 3.Fast fermentation with hydrothermal hydrolysis of horocellulose.Sweet sorghum production in the present corn field in Jilin province will produce 7.1 times as much energy as gasoineused in Shanghai.Fast fermentation is effective for reducing cost of ethanol production.Hydrothermal hydrolysis further reduces thecost by increasing theamount of ethanol production.