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Chemo-enzymatic conversion of biomass into bio-ethanol
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The energy crisis and environmental pollution from use of fossil fuels have become more serious globally which insisted us to explore the use of bio-fuels as cheaper and cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels. The higher production costs of alcohol, however, are an obstacle to the production of this energy source. Selection of biomass with higher yields and higher sugar content and at lower cost is, therefore, essential to cut down costs of ethanol production. In the present research we have taken fruit peels (orange and banana) as a substrate for the production of ethanol by some chemo-biological methods. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was taken for the fermentation and then the distillation we could recover 10-11% ethanol concentration. It has various advantages over the traditional fuel. It is biodegradable, low in toxicity and causes little environmental pollution if spilt. Bio-ethanol has higher octane number, broader flammability limit, higher flame speed and higher heat of vaporization than gasoline. It is much cleaner and releases no toxic gases.
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