Concentrated and stored raw sugar beet juice as a raw material for the yearlong bioethanol production
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https://doi.org/10.12775/CL.2013.005Keywords
bioethanol, biofuels, biomass, sugar beets, raw sugar beet juice, alcoholic fermentation.Abstract
The concept of yearlong bioethanol production from raw sugar beet juices which are obtained in sugar factories through extraction of sugar beet cossettes with water was analyzed. Ethanol was produced from (I) fresh raw, (II) fresh raw concentrated and (III) raw, concentrated and stored for 8 months sugar beet juices. Solid substance concentration in the concentrated raw juice was approximately 70 g/ 100 g. All these juices were found to be excellent raw materials for ethanol synthesis. The raw juice fermentation yield was close to 87% theoretical ethanol productivity. Neither juice concentration nor keeping for 8 months affected ethanol production from the raw sugar beet juice. The fermentation yields for the concentrated raw juice and the concentrated juice kept for 8 months were close to 85 and 87% theoretical productivity, respectively. Fermentation of 100 dm3 of the concentrated juice yielded around 40 dm3 spirit 100% v/v. The concentrated raw sugar beet juice can be kept for at least 8 months and used in bioethanol synthesis all round the year.
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