Production of ethanol from sugarcane molasses Kaur Harpreet1*, Keshri Rajan2 1Research Scholar, Guru Arjan of Dev Institute Development Studies, 14-Preet Avenue, Majitha Road, PO Naushera, Amritsar-143008, India 2Research Intern, Guru Arjan of Dev Institute Development Studies, 14-Preet Avenue, Majitha Road, PO Naushera, Amritsar-143008, India * Corresponding Author: harpreetkaur1182@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 January, 2021. Abstract Ethanol is a potential energy source and its production from renewable biomass has gained lot of popularity. There has been worldwide research to produce ethanol from regional inexpensive substrates. The present study deals with the optimization of process parameters (viz Ph, Substrate conc, Urea conc) for ethanol production from sugar cane molasses. Sugar cane molasses are cheapest source of ethanol production it can also produce from wheat, sugar beet and corn etc. The study was carried out by process of parameter optimization. The process parameters optimized were substrate conc, pH and urea conc. The values of the process parameters are 30% substrate conc, pH 4.5 and urea conc 0.5%. Fermentation period was 7 to 8 days at 28°C. Top Keywords Ethanol, Wheat, Sugar beet and cornet, Ph 4.5 and urea conc 0.5%. Top |