Biomass to bio-CNG from sorghum varieties for biogas production, energy recovery, and emission mitigation
Hemant Gurawalia, Naveen Yadav, Muskaan Jain, Radhika Gandu, Rivka Cahan, Bharath Gandu · 2026
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Hemant Gurawalia, joined by five colleagues, published a 2026 study testing eleven sorghum varieties as feedstock for biogas. Sorghum is a leafy crop that bacteria can break down without oxygen, yet variety and temperature change how much gas results. Each variety was digested for 60 days in small batch reactors at moderate and high temperatures.
Hotter reactors consistently yielded more gas. Four varieties, including CSV-48 and a sweet sorghum called CSV-49SS, performed best and also shed more solids and organic load. The authors estimate the upgraded gas could replace meaningful amounts of diesel or petrol per tonne of fresh crop. Choosing varieties by composition, they argue, would steady industrial biogas output.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hemant Gurawalia, Naveen Yadav, Muskaan Jain, Radhika Gandu, Rivka Cahan, Bharath Gandu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43549 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |