%T Ethanol production from hydrothermal pretreated empty fruit bunches
%V 917
%I Trans Tech Publications Ltd
%A M.S. Siti Aisyah
%A P. Petchpradab
%A Y. Uemura
%A S.S. Yusup
%A M. Kanna
%A Y. Matsumura
%C Kuala Lumpur
%P 80-86
%K Bioethanol; Enzyme activity; Fruits; Process engineering; Saccharification, Common process; Empty fruit bunches; Ethanol production; Hydrothermal pretreatment; Lignocellulosic biomass; Separate hydrolysis and fermentation; Separate hydrolysis and fermentations (SHF); Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, Ethanol
%X Separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) is the common process in producing ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. Nowadays, simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process has been seen as potential process for producing ethanol with shortens process time with higher yield of ethanol. Hence, in the current work, the utilization of empty fruit bunches (EFB) in SSF process was studied. In order to improve saccharification reactivity of EFB, hydrothermal pretreatment at 180 and 220 °C was used to pretreat EFB. The findings showed that SSF has the potential in producing ethanol from EFB. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
%O cited By 0; Conference of International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2012 ; Conference Date: 12 June 2012 Through 14 June 2012; Conference Code:106208
%L scholars5178
%J Advanced Materials Research
%D 2014
%R 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.917.80