Bioethanol production from banana peels

Abstract

Banana varieties have a significant effect on the reducing sugar content in the peel. In recent years, potential efforts have been directed towards the utilization of cheap renewable agricultural resources, such as banana peel waste as alternative substrate for ethanol production. Various conversion pathways are compared from technical, economic, and environmental points of view. This study also deals mainly with the yield of ethanol from molasses with respect to the dilution ratio and the amount of yeast used for fermentation keeping the temperature and fermentation duration constant. This fuel energy is also a safer substitute to methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), a common additive used in gasoline for clean combustion.