BioEthanol

Production

Speaker: Abeda Sultana

Raw Materials
 Sugar: The most widely used sugar for ethanol
fermentation is blackstrap molasses which contains
about 35 – 40 wt% sucrose, 15 – 20 wt% invert
sugars such as glucose and fructose, and 28 – 35
wt% of non-sugar solids.
 Starches: All potable alcohol and most
fermentation industrial alcohol is currently made
principally from grains.
 Cellulosic Materials: Each step in the process
of the conversion of cellulose to ethanol proceeded
with 100% yield.
Ethanol production from corn
 Milling

 Liquefying and Heating the

Cornmeal.
 Enzyme Hydrolysis

 Yeast Fermentation:

 Distillation

 Dehydration
 Milling

Liquefying and Heating the Cornmeal

Enzyme Hydrolysis

Yeast Fermentation

Distillation

Dehydration
 Ethanol ultra-low emissions bus
Use of Biofuel
Motor Fuel:
 Ethanol is the most common biofuel,
and over the years many engines
have been designed to run on it.
 Ethanol performs well as a fuel in
cars, either in a neat form or in a
mixture with gasoline.
E85 (85%Ethanol) mail Van
 Motor Fuel
 In addition to ethanol/gasoline blend
markets, ethanol has other motor fuel
applications including:
 Use as E85, 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline,
 Use as E100, 100% ethanol with or without a
fuel additive, and
 Use in oxy-diesel, typically a blend of 80%
diesel fuel, 10% ethanol and 10% additives
and blending agents.

Ethanol Pump at Sao Paulo, Brazil

 Direct electricity generation

 The methane in biogas is often pure enough

to pass directly through gas engines to
generate green energy. Anaerobic digesters
or biogas powerplants convert this renewable
energy source into electricity. This can either
be used commercially or on a local scale.
 Home use
 Different combustion-engines are being
produced for very low prices lately. They
allow the private house-owner to utilize low
amounts of "weak" compression of methane
to generate electrical and thermal power
(almost) sufficient for a well insulated
residential home.
 Bioethanol Refineries in
Europe
Nedalco 2,2 Blue Ocean 1,0 Sudzucker 3,0 Sekab 1,0

BER 1,0 Agroetanol 0,5

British Sugar 0,7 Alcodis 1,0
Abengoa 2,0
Nawaro 2,0

Wessex Grain 1,3 Sauter 1,8

Brazil 17 bl ethanol/y
Brasco 1,0
Tereos 2,5 USA 17 bl ethanol/y
Tereos 2,0
EU 4 b l/y, incl. 70% biodiesel Sudzucker 2,6

Sauter 1,0
Crystal Union 2,5
Roquette 2,0
Agrana 2,0

Projectplan
Abengoa 1,8 Production

JV Abengoa 2,25

Abengoa 2,0 Abengoa 1,5 JV Alceste 1,0

 Bioethanol Refinery Examples
in Europe

Cellulose, 2006 Wheat & winery waste

Wheat and barley waste Wood chips, pilot

 Beyond Bioethanol.......

Biodiesel and oleochemicals