Kandasamy, Manoj and Hamawand, Ihsan and Bowtell, Leslie and Seneweera, Saman and Chakrabarty, Sayan and Yusaf, Talal and Shakoor, Zaidoon and Algayyim, Sattar and Eberhard, Friederike (2017) Investigation of ethanol production potential from lignocellulosic material without enzymatic hydrolysis using the ultrasound technique. Energies, 10 (1). pp. 62-73.
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Abstract
This research investigates ethanol production from waste lignocellulosic material (sugarcane bagasse). The bagasse was first pretreated using chemicals and ultrasound techniques. These pretreatment techniques were applied separately and combined. The pretreated bagasse was
then fermented anaerobically for biofuel production without enzymatic hydrolysis. The results showed higher ethanol production than those reported in the literature. The maximum ethanol production of 820 mg/L was achieved with a combination of ultrasound (60 amplitude level, 127 W)
and acid (3% H2SO4 concentration). The combination of two-step pretreatment such as an ultrasound (50 amplitude level, 109 W) with acid (3% H2SO4 concentration) and then an ultrasound with alkaline (23% NaOH concentration) generated 911 mg/L of ethanol.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Current - Institute for Resilient Regions |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2017 05:13 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2018 23:39 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | biofuel; lignocellulose; biomass; bioethanol; pre-treatment; bagasse |
| Fields of Research : | 14 Economics > 1402 Applied Economics > 140205 Environment and Resource Economics |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.3390/en10010062 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/30506 |
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