Abstract:Productive efficiency and production costs are factors that impact the economic success of sugar and ethanol plants. Ethanol is a highly demanded product and, during the off-season period of sugarcane, its residual production is insufficient to supply the market. This generates the need for imports and adversely affects the Brazilian trade balance. In this context, the ethanol produced from corn figures as a potential alternative to ensure the market supply, generating revenue and diluting plants’ operational … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.