Abstract
Ethanol can be produced from a fermentation process using raw materials obtained from highly economically important plants such as corn, cassava and sugarcane, and used as an alternative energy source. These economical plants are being used less because their initial cost is still increasing. However, lignocellulosic ethanol production can alternatively be done from agricultural wastes such as corn stover, sugarcane bagasse and rice straw. In this work, a solution of hydrolyzed pineapple peel was the substrate and was converted to ethanol via batch fermentation. The preparation and characterization of the cellulose obtained from the modified TAPPI T203 test method for the enhancement of the ethanol production was investigated. The results show that the FTIR spectra of their removable lignin and hemicellulose disappeared at 1590, 1475, 1250 and 1164 cm -1 , respectively. The percentage of cellulose obtained was 20.44. The maximum percentage yield of total reducing sugars in the diluted acidic hydrolysis of pineapple peel by 0.2 M H 2 SO 4 was 82.10±2.30. The fermented broth using Saccharomyces cerevisiae TISTR 5048 gave the highest percentage of bioethanol yield which was 65.27±2.45%. This process is not complicated, simple and low cost for ethanol production industries. Keywords: Lignocellulosic ethanol, diluted acid hydrolysis, pineapple peel waste, total reducing sugars. African Journal of Biotechnology , Vol 13(38) 3928-3934
Highlights
Simp ple and d enhan nced produc p ction o of ligno ocellulo osic etthanoll by dilluted acid a hy ydrolys sis pro ocess o of pine eapple e peel p
Fresh pineapple peel was collected from the Food Service Center in Khon Kaen University (KKU), Khon Kaen province, Thailand
The modified TAPPI T203 test method can be used to determine the main components in pineapple peel
Summary
Simp ple and d enhan nced produc p ction o of ligno ocellulo osic etthanoll by dilluted acid a hy ydrolys sis pro ocess o of pine eapple e peel p Ethanol ca an be produ uced from a fermentatio on process using raw materials obtained from m highly economicallly importantt plants such h as corn, ca assava and s sugarcane, a and used as a an alternativ ve energy source. These econom mical plants are being used u less b because their initial cos st is still inc creasing. Lignocellulosiic ethanol prroduction ca an alternative ely be done ffrom agricultural wastes s such as corn stoverr, sugarcane e bagasse an nd rice straw w In this wo ork, a solutio on of hydrolyzed pineap pple peel was the substrate s an nd was con nverted to ethanol e via batch ferm mentation. The results s show that the FTIR sp pectra of their remov vable lignin and a hemicelllulose disap ppeared at 1 590, 1475, 1250 and 116
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