Cotton Gin Trash Availability on the Texas High Plains for Bioenergy
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As the demand for bioenergy increases, agricultural products are being studied to determine their feasibility for use in producing bioenergy. One of the most important factors in the feasibility of the use of any product for bioenergy production is that crop’s availability. Gin trash has been shown to have potential as a boiler or combustion unit fuel, useful in electricity production; additionally, it has also shown to have potential use in ethanol production. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the availability of cotton gin trash in 30 counties located on the Texas High Plains (THP). In these 30 counties, 994,736 short tons of cotton gin trash were produced annually. Ten counties were responsible for 55.67% of the cotton gin trash production in this 30 county area.