UPM Institutional Repository

Utilization of agrowaste including cocoa, pineapple, sugar canes and other crops for the production of ethanol


Citation

Abdul Samah, Othman and Mohd. Nor, Othman and Alimon, Hasimah (1989) Utilization of agrowaste including cocoa, pineapple, sugar canes and other crops for the production of ethanol. In: International Symposium on the Development and Management of Energy Resouces, 26-28 Jan. 1989 (pp. 1-8).

Abstract

With the increasing demand for energy, the production of ethanol from a cheap fermentable sugar source assumes greater importance especially in non-producing oil countries. For an agriculturql country which has an abundance of agrowaste resources,ethanol could be an alternative source of biofuel. About 107. ethanol could be produced from cocoa waste and approximately 77. from pineapple waste by continuous fermentation using S. cerevisiae (wild strain). -In batch culture, immobi1ized cells of S. cerevisiae were capable of producing 36 g 1-1 of ethanol in cocoa waste and 49 g 1-1 in sugar cane respectively, after about 15-20 hours of incubation. Substantial amounts of ethanol were also obtained from local fruits such as Achras sabota and Musa sp.


Download File

[img] PDF
Utilization of agrowaste including cocoa, pineapple, sugar canes.pdf
Restricted to Repository staff only

Download (259kB)

Additional Metadata

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions: Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
Keywords: Ethanol; Agrowaste; Crops
Depositing User: Azhar Abdul Rahman
Date Deposited: 23 Aug 2017 10:23
Last Modified: 23 Aug 2017 10:23
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56783
Statistic Details: View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item