Techno-economic impacts of varied compositional profiles of sugarcane experimental hybrids on a biorefinery producing sugar, ethanol and electricity

Evaluation of processes parameters along with the economic return are crucial aspects for selection of sugarcane characteristics for different biorefinery configurations. In this context, six sugarcane hybrids with varied compositional characteristics and field productivity were assessed through process simulation for potential use in first generation ethanol production. A computational platform, the Virtual Sugarcane Biorefinery, which includes...