Making of bioethanol banana weevil as renewable energy

Abstract

In Indonesia where population is increasing significantly each year, managing the usage of fuels and searching biofuels alternative is an important thing to study. Banana is abundant in every region which resulted in waste. The fermentation of banana pseudo stem to bioethanol is interesting to proceed in mass production. S. cereviceae is used as a yeast and the ethanol content was estimated from samples by using gas chromatography. The results shown that all types of banana can be utilized to produce bioethanol. Based on three types of banana used in this study, uter banana produces more bioethanol and higher level percentage than becici and kapok bananas. The longer the fermentation process, the higher the bioethanol content.