Bioethanol Production from Waste Crops and Crop Residues

  • Riungu A
  • Salim A
  • et al.
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Rice straws and Husks were converted to reducing sugars by hydrolysis using concentrated sulphuric acid followed by fermentation using bakers yeast. After fractional distillation and purification, 52 ml (87 %) of ethanol was obtained from 480cm 3 of biomass which was blended with gasoline using different ratios. Physical constants of the bio-ethanol (density and distillation) conformed to Kenya Bureau of Standards specifications. The conclusion is that the bioconversion offers a cheap and safe method of disposing the agricultural residues and conversion of lignocellulosic wastes into ethanol.

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Riungu, A., Salim, A. M., Njenga, J., Yusuf, A. O., & Waudo, W. (2014). Bioethanol Production from Waste Crops and Crop Residues. IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, 7(7), 42–47. https://doi.org/10.9790/5736-07714247

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