Citation

Oursbourn, C. D., LePori, W. A., Lacewell, R. D., Lam, K. Y., and O. B. Schacht, Energy potential of Texas crops and agricultural residues. A survey of available resources and preliminary economic feasibility study. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station of The Texas A&M University System, MP-1361, February, 1978.

Abstract

Agricultural residues cannot solve the United States' energy problem, but they can provide significant contributions in specific situation. For example, cotton gin trash in Texas can supply more than enough power to gin and dry seed cotton. Small-scale, low technology methods of converting these materials to usable energy need to be developed. Collecting and transporting these materials to central sites appears to be unrealistic because of the number of people involved as well as the cost. Agricultural residues need to be used very near where they are produced.

Country, State, District, etc.

United States, Texas

Language

English

Material

rice straw, rice hulls, grain sorghum dry matter, cotton gin trash, wheat straw, corn stalks.

Use category

energy production