(535h) Development of Bioethanol from Molasses: A Modern Approach

Because it is a waste product of the sugar manufacturing process, molasses may be purchased from that business. Molasses do not have a direct use and are thus regarded as a waste product of the sugar manufacturing process. Nowadays, in order to make the process more cost-effective, the generated molasses might be repurposed for another purpose. Bio-ethanol is the preferable product that may be made from molasses. Because of the high sugar content of these products, this method is favored.

To convert molasses into bioethanol, the process known as Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) is used. The procedure only uses 10-20% of the substrate's total volume.

Biological processes are used in the hydrolysis of sugarcane molasses, with the employment of Aspergillus vinegar and Trichoderma varied, and the fermentation process is carried out utilizing the consortium of bacteria. Saccharomyces cerevisiae-Pichia stipites are a kind of yeast. . At 72 hours fermentation, the bioethanol concentration produced by the SSF techniques was the highest, at 14.38 percent v/v for a 20 percent substrate and a 10 percent consortia.