Product diversification and value addition

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Research outcomes: Focus on achieving an established research program that monitors, facilitates and develops alternative and innovative uses for sugarcane.

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    A profitable future for Australian agriculture; biorefineries for higher-value animal feeds, chemicals and fuels : final report 2015/902
    (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019) O'Hara, I; Harrison, M; Speight, R; Doherty, W; Vancov, T; Zhang, Z; Cox, S; Hobson, P
    The Biorefineries for Profit project began in 2016 with a goal of establishing profitable bioproduct technologies for the Australian sugar, cotton, forestry, and pork industries. The project has developed technologies to turn agricultural waste into high-value products including animal feeds, chemicals, and advanced fuels. The project has also built the value-chain knowledge and human/organisational capacity needed to capture future biorefinery opportunities for Australian agriculture.
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    CRC Sugar Industry innovation through biotechnology : final report 2B8
    (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2010) Anne Rae, A; Hodoniczky, J
    Sugarcane has a highly effective carbohydrate biosynthetic and storage metabolism that has facilitated its use for the production of sucrose. Sugars are increasingly seen as low-cost, renewable organic resources which can be modified to produce food ingredients and industrial raw materials. For the sugar industry, alternative sugars offer a means of diversification in an area close to the existing core business. However a major restriction to development of alternative products has been ownership of enabling intellectual property by third parties. This project aimed to identify alternative sugars with desirable commercial properties and capture the IP to enable their production.
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    Opportunities for the Australian sugar industry in greenhouse gas abatement and carbon trading : final report QUT027
    (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2009) Hobson, P
    New policies and market drivers are currently being implemented to stimulate additional investment in technologies and energy sources which result in reduced greenhouse gas emissions. In addition there is a rising demand from stakeholders and customers for information about the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of products (carbon footprint).
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    Development of value-added products from sugarcane boiler ash : final report 2011/903
    (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015) Clarl, M; Lake, N; Yee, L
    Bagasse fly ash from co-generation plants is often recycled into the sugarcane fields. However, bagasse fly ash contains quartz (naturally accumulated by the cane) that may be re-suspended into respirable-sized particulate by wind erosion and cultivation, where it can cause silicosis. Therefore, the transformation of the bagasse fly ash waste stream into value-added products such as zeolites and or concretes has been investigated. Factorial Design Analysis (neural network development) has been utilised to define the optimal conditions for zeolite manufacture and addition rates to concretes.
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    Investigating renewable feedstocks such as (Hibiscus Cannabis – Kenaf and Crotalaria Juncea – Sunn Hemp) for generation at Mackay Sugar Limited : final report GGP063
    (BSES, 2014) Muscat, J
    As the Australian sugar industry embarks on the opportunity to value add from its waste streams our industry will become more sustainable into the future. This project has investigated the opportunity to replace the coal feedstock at the Racecourse Mackay Sugar co-generation facility with fibre, produced from fibre crops such as Kenaf and Sunn Hemp to power the steam boiler to generate electricity. The co-generation unit produces 31mwh of electricity and is powered by bagasse the waste stream from the sugar process and coal when the bagasse runs out. 30,000 tons of coal is burnt firing the steam boiler to generate electricity in conjunction with bagasse, the coal feedstock would require 90,000 tons of fibre to allow for the total replacement of coal. The fibre feedstock would also attract a green certificate value as the product is a renewable source.
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    Study of the sugar and fuel alcohol markets in Brazil : SRDC final report
    (SRDC, 1998)
    This is a study of the world's largest sugar producer, Brazil. Its purpose is to describe the highly complex recent trends in sugar policies, investment and exports, and in the innovative fuel alcohol program. And, it is intended to raise relevant questions concerning future marketing and investment strategies across key regions.
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    Preliminary investigations on the feasibility of co-production of cane pulp and raw sugar
    (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 1990) Clark, NB
    Laboratory-scale mechanical refiners were used to prepare four varieties of sugar cane for depithing, and for the production of refiner mechanical pulp (RMP) and chemi-mechanical pulp (CMP) from depithed canes and from cane rind. Pulp quality was assessed and the amount of raw sugar recovered was measured to determine if co-production of cane pulp and raw sugar might be feasible on an industrial scale. The tests showed that simple RMP pulps with strength properties adequate for commercial purposes cannot be prepare~ from sugar cane, but CMP pulps with strength properties equivalent to hardwood CMP are feasible, at least at brightness levels below 60% ISO. The yield and quality of CMP pulps prepared from depithed canes and cane rind were .: ...... influenced by the sugar cane variety. The use of brightening agents such as hydrogen peroxide, sodium metabisulphite and sodium hydrosulphite improved overall pulp brightness but did not remove dark coloured plant fragments. CMP pulps prepared from sugar cane rind had slightly poorer pulp strength properties and lower brightnesses than pulps made from depithed whole cane. Raw sugar recovery from the mechanical pulping processes was c.22% lower disruption was reduced and the washing method was crude.
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    Analysis of bagasses and trash utilisation options : SRDC final report QUT008
    (SRDC, 2006) Hobson, PA; Edye, LA; Lavarack, BP; Rainey, T
    The range of potential value adding processes for bagasse and trash currently being considered by the industry is diverse. There is, therefore, an urgent need for a preliminary evaluation of the relative merits of these processes, products and markets in order to provide appropriate commercial and research direction.
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    Crop investigation into grain; legume crops suitable for incorporation into a cane rotation : SRDC final report CG009
    (SRDC, 1998) Muller, C; Skilton, J; Stanley, W
    Funding was obtained from the Australian Government Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC) to undertake a feasibility study into opportunities for grain and legume crop industries in the coastal sugar cane cropping regime of the Isis Cane Supply Area.
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    Cane fibre yields : final report PR04011
    (BSES, 2004) McGuire, PJ
    This report was prepared for the New South Wales sugar industry to provide an estimate of the additional cane-based fuel available for the proposed cogeneration project. It summarises the work done to date in NSW, as well as drawing on research conducted in the Mackay, Bundaberg and Tully canegrowing districts. Studies conducted as part of the Brazilian sugar industy's Biomass Power Generation project are also reported.