Section 2 - Sugar Research and Development Corporation
Section 2 - Sugar Research and Development Corporation
Section 2 - Sugar Research and Development Corporation
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES<br />
Emerging technologies<br />
Key<br />
Performance<br />
Indicator<br />
Enhanced technological<br />
innovation acrossthe sugarcane<br />
industry<br />
Measure Technologies developed that<br />
improve business performance<br />
across different sectors of the<br />
sugarcane industry.<br />
Automating harvester <strong>and</strong> haul-out forward<br />
progression during harvest utilizing a<br />
differential global positioning system (DGPS)<br />
Investigating the use of cutting edge technology<br />
to maximise the effi ciency of the harvesting<br />
hauling operation was the purpose of this project.<br />
The research demonstrated that it is feasible<br />
to acquire <strong>and</strong> transmit DGPS data between<br />
harvester <strong>and</strong> haul-out during forward<br />
progression, process the data <strong>and</strong> display the<br />
relative vehicle positions for the operators.<br />
The automation of the harvester haul-out<br />
coordination will result in less damage to the<br />
paddock, less cane left in the fi eld <strong>and</strong> lower<br />
operator fatigue. Improvement to the harvesting<br />
practice will achieve a lower cost higher value<br />
cane sample for milling <strong>and</strong> increase revenue<br />
across the value chain (GRF001).<br />
SRDC Annual Report 2010–2011<br />
Producing furfural <strong>and</strong> fuel from bagasse<br />
Furfural, which can be made from the sugarcane<br />
by-product, bagasse, has several potential<br />
industrial uses <strong>and</strong> has exciting implications<br />
for mill diversifi cation.<br />
In this project furfural process residues were<br />
characterised <strong>and</strong> evaluated to determine<br />
whether they would provide a suitable feedstock<br />
for further value adding processes.<br />
A new pyrolysis based process was optimised<br />
for furfural production using sugarcane bagasse<br />
as a feedstock <strong>and</strong> benchmarked against current<br />
technology.<br />
The optimisation was carried out using a pilot<br />
scale facility developed by researchers at<br />
the University of Melbourne. In the interests<br />
of providing further markets for furfural,<br />
TimTech® evaluated its use in timber treatment<br />
formulations <strong>and</strong> submitted a report with the<br />
University of Melbourne identifying three furfural<br />
resins that exhibit fungicidal properties worthy<br />
of further study (QUT015).
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