<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sweet sorghum juice and traditional ethanol substrate i.e. sugarcane molasses were used for ethanol production in this work. At the end of the fermentation process, the sweet sorghum juice yielded more ethanol with higher ethanol concentration compared to sugarcane molasses in all experiments. The sweet sorghum juice had higher cell viability at high ethanol concentrations and minimum sugar concentration at the end of the fermentation process. The ethanol concentration and yield were 8.9% w/v and 0.45 g/g for sweet sorghum in 80 h and 6.5% w/v and 0.37 g/g for sugarcane molasses in 60 h, respectively. The findings on the physical properties of sweet sorghum juice revealed that it has better physical properties compared to sugarcane molasses, resulting to enhanced performance of sweet sorghum juice for ethanol production</p></abstract>

Sweet sorghum juice and traditional ethanol substrate i.e. sugarcane molasses were used for ethanol production in this work. At the end of the fermentation process, the sweet sorghum juice yielded more ethanol with higher ethanol concentration compared to sugarcane molasses in all experiments. The sweet sorghum juice had higher cell viability at high ethanol concentrations and minimum sugar concentration at the end of the fermentation process. The ethanol concentration and yield were 8.9% w/v and 0.45 g/g for sweet sorghum in 80 h and 6.5% w/v and 0.37 g/g for sugarcane molasses in 60 h, respectively. The findings on the physical properties of sweet sorghum juice revealed that it has better physical properties compared to sugarcane molasses, resulting to enhanced performance of sweet sorghum juice for ethanol production

Performance Evaluation of Sweet Sorghum Juice and Sugarcane Molasses for Ethanol Production

University of Isfahan, College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Isfahan, Iran

University of Isfahan, Department of Biology, College of Biology, Isfahan, Iran

Tarbiat Modares University, Biotechnology Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Tehran, Iran

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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Sweet sorghum juice and traditional ethanol substrate i.e. sugarcane molasses were used for ethanol production in this work. At the end of the fermentation...

Performance Evaluation of Sweet Sorghum Juice and Sugarcane Molasses for Ethanol Production

Published Online: Sep 19, 2015

Page range: 13 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0043

Keywords
Sweet sorghum, bioethanol, sugarcane molasses, fermentation

© Mohammad Sadegh Hatamipour et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Performance Evaluation of Sweet Sorghum Juice and Sugarcane Molasses for Ethanol Production

Published Online: Sep 19, 2015

Page range: 13 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0043

KeywordsSweet sorghum, bioethanol, sugarcane molasses, fermentation

© Mohammad Sadegh Hatamipour et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Sweet sorghum, bioethanol, sugarcane molasses, fermentation