Fuel ethanol production

Summary of Feedstock Supplies for Fuel Ethanol Production... 

Potential Benefits of Fuel Ethanol Production on Raisin Industry... 

Bajpai, P.K. and Bajpai, P., Utilization of Jerusalem artichoke for fuel ethanol production using free and immobilized cells, Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem., 11, 155-168, 1989. 

Margaritis, A., Bajpai P., and Bajpai, P.K., Fuel ethanol production from Jerusalem artichoke stalks using different yeasts, Dev. Ind. Microbiol. Ser., 24, 321-327, 1983a. 

Gravity sedimentation techniques are used commonly in effluent treatment processes for separation of activated sludge from aqueous solutions, in fuel ethanol production for recovery of yeast cells from aqueous ethanol solutions for recycle to the fermenter, and in the pharmaceutical industry for separation of solvent and aqueous phases in product recovery and isolation of impurities. 

Zaldivar, J., Nielsen, I, and Olsson, L. 2001. Fuel Ethanol production from lignocellu-lose a challenge for metabolic engineering and process integration. Appl Microbiol. 

Haefele, D., Owens, F., O Bryan, K., and Sevenich, D. 2004. Selection and optimization of corn hybrids for fuel ethanol production. In Proc. ASTA 59th Annual Com and Sorghum Research Conference. CD-ROM. Alexandria, VA. American Seed Trade Association. 

Dien, B. S., Cotta, M. A., and Jeffries, T. W. 2003. Bacteria engineered for fuel ethanol production current status. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 63, 258-266. 

Inui, M., Kawaguchi, H., Murakami, S., Vertes, A. A., and Yukawa, H. 2004. Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for fuel ethanol production under oxygen-deprivation conditions./. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 8, 243-254. 

The process requires 841kt or 1041ML ethanol to produce the 500 kt ethylene, this can be compared to the current US fuel ethanol production of about 19,000 ML/y (2007). 

U.S. Dept, of Agriculture (1987). Fuel-Ethanol Cost-Effectiveness Study, Final Report, National Advisory Panel on Cost-Effectiveness of Fuel Ethanol Production. Washington, D.C., November. 

Kwiatowski, J. R McAloon, A. J. Taylor, F. and D. B. Johnston, 2006, Modeling the Process and Costs of Fuel Ethanol Production by the Com Dry-Grind Process, Industrial Crops and Products, 23, 288-296. 

Ingram, L.O. Lai, X. Moniruzzaman, M. Wood, B.E. York, S.W. Fuel ethanol production from lignocellulose using genetically engineered bacteria. In Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass, American Chemical Society Symposium Series Saha, B.C., Woodward, J.E., Eds. American Chemical Society Press Washington, DC, 1997 Vol. 666, 57-73. 

S. Kita, Zeolite membranes for fuel ethanol production in Proc. 3rd International Zeolite Membrane Meeting, R. Noble (Ed), Breckenridge, CO USA, July 25-28, 2004. 

Ethanol is being hailed as the fuel of the future. Interest in the production of fuel ethanol from renewable sources has increased significantly. For fuel ethanol production to become a practical reality, cheaper substrates and more efficient production processes are needed [1,2]. Biomass, which includes all plant and plant-derived material, forms a potential renewable source of sugars that can be fermented to produce fuel ethanol and a variety of other fuels and chemicals. In addition to the many benefits common to renewable energy, biomass is particularly attractive because it is currently the only renewable sustainable energy source for liquid transportation fuel. 

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