PEMBUATAN BIOETANOL DARI BIJI BINTARO (CERBERA manghas Lin.) DENGAN PROSES FERMENTASI RAGI DAN HIDROLISIS DENGAN ASAM SULFAT

Abstract

The process of making bioethanol from Bintaro seeds (CERBERA manghas Lin.) has been carried out with a hydrolysis process through a sulfuric acid catalyst at a temperature of 60oC for 30 minutes and fermentation using yeast. Obtained glucose levels of 1.43% with 1.0 M sulfuric acid catalyst. For 30 minutes of hydrolysis time, a glucose level of 8.8% was obtained after the Bintaro seeds were fermented. Fermentation time for 5 days at a temperatur 100oC gives the ethanol content of 0.17%.