Ethanol Bio Fuel - Raw Materials

Ethanol Bio-fuel production from common raw materials

Ethanol can be used as an gasoline extender in "gasohol" - which is

Ethanol can be produced by fermenting different raw materials. Ethanol yields for some common raw materials are indicated in the table below:

Material	Ethanol Yield
Material	(liter ethanol/kg raw material)	(liter ethanol/m² area land)
Cassava roots	0.18	0.05 - 0.4
Maize grain	0.36	0.03 - 0.2
Sugar cane stalks	0.07	0.04 - 1.2
Sweet potato roots	0.12	0.1 - 0.5
Wood	0.16	0.02 - 0.4

Last Updated on Friday, 12 December 2008 10:40