Ethanol production from sweet sorghum syrup for utilization as automotive fuel in India

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2415-2420

  Prasad, Shiv ^a   Singh, Anoop ^b,c   Joshi, H C ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Energy and Resource Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; CULTIVATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIQUID FUELS; MOLASSES; SUGAR BEETS; SUGAR CANE; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ETHANOL PRODUCTION; SWEET SORGHUM SYRUP;

ETHANOL;

EID: 34547822482     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060328z     Document Type: Article

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