Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry

  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 5

Emerging techniques in Agricultural Waste Valorization in Bioethanol production

  • Author:
  • Fatma Zohra Ben Cheikh1, Ali Douadi2, Walid Boussebaa3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Feb 19, 2022
  • Page Number: 375 to 379

1VPRS Laboratory, Kasdi Merbah University, Ouargla, 30000, Algeria.

2Pollution and Waste Treatment Laboratory, Kasdi Merbah University, Ouargla, 30000, Algeria.

3Scientific and Technical Research Center in Physico-Chemical Analysis- Ouargla, 30000, Algeria.

*Corresponding Author E-mail: bencheikh.f9@gmail.com

Online published on 19 February, 2022.

Abstract

Bioethanol is the only liquid fuel for gasoline engines that is renewable and immediately available since it is produced from vegetable raw material, also called biomass. Hence the name bioethanol refers originally to living plant, not to fossil fuel. It is produced by the transformation of biomass sugars by yeast which is responsible for the fermentation of production alcohol. The objective sought through this study is valuation of biomass that is possibly made for any product with low market value obtaining bioethanol which constitutes a product of high added value, for example the bio valuation of dates of poor quality called " Degla Bayda ". Physicochemical analyzes were carried out from the dates mill and during its alcoholic fermentation. Identification and purity verification analyze were undertaken for bioethanol. The results obtained show that fermentation conditions obtained that gave the optimum bioethanol yield was chosen of 36.25% at temperature 32°C, pH 5.0, yeast ratio 1g and fermentation time of 48 hours and the quality of our product is conformed with international standards.

Keywords

Valuation, Poor-quality dates, Fermentation, Yeast, Bioethanol