Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice

This paper presents the optimum conditions for producing bioethanol using oil palm frond juice. Bioethanol has been gaining much interest recently in terms of research and development. Since there are various factors such as rising oil price, environmental issues and high rate consumption of fossil...

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Main Author: Lawanya, K. Ramu
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spelling ump-126322016-04-05T02:29:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/ Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice Lawanya, K. Ramu TP Chemical technology This paper presents the optimum conditions for producing bioethanol using oil palm frond juice. Bioethanol has been gaining much interest recently in terms of research and development. Since there are various factors such as rising oil price, environmental issues and high rate consumption of fossil fuel, the global demand for bioethanol has shown a remarkable increase. Oil palm frond is known to be the most generated oil palm biomass annually. OPF is obtained during pruning for harvesting fresh fruit bunch, and the juice can be produced by pressing the fresh OPF using the conventional sugarcane pressing machine. The OPF juice contains higher glucose content, which is about 70% of the total free sugar. Hence, it has a high potential to be the carbon source for producing bioethanol. The parameters investigated in this research work are temperature, pH and agitation speed. Bioethanol was produced from oil palm frond juice by fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The ethanol concentration from the fermentation sample was analysed using HPLC. Using the ethanol concentration obtained from HPLC analysis, the optimum condition for the production of bioethanol was determined using the Response Surface Methodology with the aid of Design Expert software. The results revealed that, a maximum bioethanol concentration of 22.93 g/L can be obtained at the following optimum conditions : temperature of 32°C, pH 6 and agitation speed of 80 rpm. The validation result revealed that at this optimum condition, a bioethanol yield of 30.1% , which is close to the predicted value, can be obtained. 2015-06 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/1/FKKSA%20-%20LAWANYA%20%20K.RAMU%20-%20CD%209567.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/7/FKKSA%20-%20LAWANYA%20%20K.RAMU%20-%20CD%209567%20-%20CHAP%201.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/12/FKKSA%20-%20LAWANYA%20%20K.RAMU%20-%20CD%209567%20-%20CHAP%203.pdf Lawanya, K. Ramu (2015) Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:93571&theme=UMP2
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Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice
description This paper presents the optimum conditions for producing bioethanol using oil palm frond juice. Bioethanol has been gaining much interest recently in terms of research and development. Since there are various factors such as rising oil price, environmental issues and high rate consumption of fossil fuel, the global demand for bioethanol has shown a remarkable increase. Oil palm frond is known to be the most generated oil palm biomass annually. OPF is obtained during pruning for harvesting fresh fruit bunch, and the juice can be produced by pressing the fresh OPF using the conventional sugarcane pressing machine. The OPF juice contains higher glucose content, which is about 70% of the total free sugar. Hence, it has a high potential to be the carbon source for producing bioethanol. The parameters investigated in this research work are temperature, pH and agitation speed. Bioethanol was produced from oil palm frond juice by fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The ethanol concentration from the fermentation sample was analysed using HPLC. Using the ethanol concentration obtained from HPLC analysis, the optimum condition for the production of bioethanol was determined using the Response Surface Methodology with the aid of Design Expert software. The results revealed that, a maximum bioethanol concentration of 22.93 g/L can be obtained at the following optimum conditions : temperature of 32°C, pH 6 and agitation speed of 80 rpm. The validation result revealed that at this optimum condition, a bioethanol yield of 30.1% , which is close to the predicted value, can be obtained.
format Undergraduates Project Papers
author Lawanya, K. Ramu
author_facet Lawanya, K. Ramu
author_sort Lawanya, K. Ramu
title Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice
title_short Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice
title_full Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice
title_fullStr Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice
title_sort optimization of bioethanol production using oil palm frond juice
publishDate 2015
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/1/FKKSA%20-%20LAWANYA%20%20K.RAMU%20-%20CD%209567.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/7/FKKSA%20-%20LAWANYA%20%20K.RAMU%20-%20CD%209567%20-%20CHAP%201.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12632/12/FKKSA%20-%20LAWANYA%20%20K.RAMU%20-%20CD%209567%20-%20CHAP%203.pdf
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