sugar-beet bagasse
1sugar — sugarless, adj. sugarlike, adj. /shoog euhr/, n. 1. a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and… …
2bagasse — /beuh gas /, n. 1. crushed sugar cane or beet refuse from sugar making. 2. paper made from fibers of bagasse. [1820 30, Amer.; < F < AmerSp, Sp bagazo, deriv. of baga seed capsule of the flax plant (presumably orig. of any fruit) < L baca berry;… …
3bagasse — ba•gasse [[t]bəˈgæs[/t]] n. crushed sugarcane or beet refuse from sugar making • Etymology: 1820–30; < F < AmerSp, Sp bagazo < L bāca berry …
4bagasse — n. dry residue, especially of sugar cane and beet after extraction of juice, and plants after removal of fibre …
5Sugarcane — Taxobox name = Sugarcane image width = 250px image caption = Cut sugar cane regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Saccharum genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species… …
6Refinery — A refinery is composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations used for refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value. Types of refineriesThe various types of refineries include:* Oil… …
7feed — feedable, adj. /feed/, v., fed, feeding, n. v.t. 1. to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child. 2. to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed 10 generations. 3. to provide as food. 4. to furnish for consumption. 5. to… …
8Biofuel — Information on pump regarding ethanol fuel blend up to 10%, California …
9Ethanol fuel — is ethanol (ethyl alcohol), the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline, and is widely used in cars in Brazil. Because it is easy to manufacture and process and can… …
10History of ethanol fuel in Brazil — Mechanized harvesting of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), Piracicaba, São Paulo. The history of ethanol fuel in Brazil dates from the 1970s and relates to Brazil’s sugarcane based ethanol fuel program, which allowed the country to became the… …
