ENERGY POTENTIAL OF THE AGRICULTURAL SUGARY AND STARCHY CROPS IN THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF TRANSYLVANIAN PLAIN

Simona Clara Barsan Institutul de Cercetări pentru Instrumentaţie Analitică Cluj-Napoca
Ancuta Maria Puscas Institutul de Cercetări pentru Instrumentaţie Analitică Cluj-Napoca
E. Luca University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca
Mihaela Georgia Sima Camera de Comert si Industrie Bucuresti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/arspa.v79i3-4.8090

Abstract

This article aims to present a comparative study of the energy potential of agricultural sugary (sugar beet) and starchy (corn) crops, in the specific conditions of Transylvanian Plain, for extending the energy crop surface in this area, in order to produce bioethanol. The carried-out study concluded that the cultivation of sugar beet in order to obtain bioethanol, depending on the sugar content, can reach an extraction efficiency of 10 – 14%, while for the corn crop, it is about 44l alcohol from 100 kg corn grains.

Issue

Vol. 79 No. 3-4 (2011): AGRICULTURA

Section

Research articles

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