Compressive forces and harvest time effects on sugars and juice extracted from sweet pearl millet and sweet sorghum

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1665-1671

  Crepeau M ^a   Khelifi, Mohamed ^a   Vanasse, A ^a   Seguin, P ^b   Tremblay, G F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biofuel; Extraction; Harvest time; Juice; Presses; Pressing; Sweet pearl millet; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE FORCES; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; HARVEST TIME; JUICE; PEARL MILLET; SUGAR CONCENTRATION; SWEET SORGHUM; WATER REQUIREMENTS;

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CROPS; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; HARVESTING; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); PRESSING (FORMING); SCREWS; SUGARS;

GEMS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; HARVESTING; MILLET; SORGHUM; SUGAR;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84890847282     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.10271     Document Type: Article

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