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Sugarcane Biotransformation Trials

Project Type

Photography

Date

April 2023

Processing sugarcane is hard work! Just ask the thousands of small farmers in South Africa and they'll never stop talking. Here's insight to our early work with sugarcane, using the most basic of tools and getting stuck in the mud while harvesting.

Hydrometer readings for early samples.

Hydrometer readings for early samples.

Achieving > 90% v/v purity for the first time!

Achieving > 90% v/v purity for the first time!

Dried bagasse pulp - for material balances.

Dried bagasse pulp - for material balances.

Juice mass measurements

Juice mass measurements

Refractive Index measurements for Brix

Refractive Index measurements for Brix

Our sugarcane crusher

Our sugarcane crusher

Nutrient fermentation trials

Nutrient fermentation trials

Nutrient fermentation trials - post fermentation

Nutrient fermentation trials - post fermentation

Garage filled with half a ton of cane!

Garage filled with half a ton of cane!

Cane harvesting in our backyard.

Cane harvesting in our backyard.

Breaking gear teeth on our crusher.

Breaking gear teeth on our crusher.

Filling the bakkie with cane

Filling the bakkie with cane

First batch of sugarcane tested.

First batch of sugarcane tested.

sugarcane peel

sugarcane peel

sugarcane meat

sugarcane meat

sugarcane size reduction for blending

sugarcane size reduction for blending

dried sugarcane peel

dried sugarcane peel

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