SWEET SORGHUM FOR A PIEDMONT ETHANOL INDUSTRY

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.