Bioethanol (Biofuel) Production from Low Grade Dates

  • Raghad Ali Abbas
  • Hussain M. Flayeh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2019.4.7
Keywords: Bioethanol, Fermentation, Saccharomycie cerevisiae, Low grade Iraqi dates

Abstract

Bioethanol production from sugar fermentation is one of the most sustainable alternatives to substitute fossil fuel. production of bioethanol from low grade dates which are rich of sugars. An available sugar from a second grade dates (reduction sugar) was 90g/l in this study. Sugar can be served as essential carbon sources for yeast growth in aerobic condition and can also be converted to bioethanol in anaerobic condition. The effect of various parameters on bioethanol production, fermentation time, pH-values, inoculum size and initial sugar concentration were varied in order to determine the optimal of bioethanol production. The highest bioethanol yield was 33g/l which was obtained with sugar concentration 90 g/l, inoculum size 1%, 52h time and pH-value 5.

Published
2019-12-30
How to Cite
Ali Abbas, R., & M. Flayeh, H. (2019). Bioethanol (Biofuel) Production from Low Grade Dates. Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 20(4), 41-47. https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2019.4.7
Issue
Vol 20 No 4 (2019): Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Section
Articles

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