Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 87, Issue 7, Pages 2352-2355Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.11.018
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Bio-ethanol; Fermentation; Madhuca latifolia; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Zymomonas mobilis
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- UGC, New Delhi [32-573/2006]
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Mahula (Madhuca latifolia L) flower is a suitable alternative cheaper carbohydrate source for production of bio-ethanol. Recent production of bio-ethanol by microbial fermentation as an alternative energy source has renewed research interest because of the increase in the fuel price. Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) and Zymomonas mobilis (bacteria) are two most widely used microorganisms for ethanol production. In this study, experiments were carried out to compare the potential of the yeasts. cerevisiae (CTCR1 strain) with the bacterium Z. mobilis (MTCC 92) for ethanol fermentation from mahula flowers. The ethanol production after 96 h fermentation was 149 and 122.9 g kg(-1) flowers using free cells of S. cerevisiae and Z. mobilis, respectively. The S. cerevisiae strain showed 21.2% more final ethanol production in comparison to Z mobilis. Ethanol yield (Yx/s), volumetric product productivity (Qp), sugar to ethanol conversion rate (%) and microbial biomass concentration (X) obtained by S. cerevisiae were found to be 5.2%, 21.1%, 5.27% and 134% higher than Z. mobilis, respectively after 96 h of fermentation. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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