Bio-ethanol Production from Readily Available Lignocellulosic Biomass in Mauritius Through Enzymatic Hydrolysis
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25 November 2022
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Bio-ethanol production from biomass is attracting attention all over the world in view of its use as an alternative source to petrol in the transportation sector. With the aim of having a clean environment, the Government of Mauritius has set out the goal of using ethanol blends, in all vehicles in Mauritius by end of 2012. Thus, the purpose of this study was to find out the potential of obtaining bio-ethanol under the most favorable processing conditions from other types of locally available lignocellulosic biomass to meet the demand for 2012. For that reason, five most readily available feedstock in Mauritius, namely peels of cane stalk (PCS), cane tops and leaves (CTL), elephant grass (EG), coconut husk (CH) and Acacia leaves were used to produce bio-ethanol via the enzymatic hydrolysis technology using the ACCELERASE TM 1,000 enzyme. The hydrolysis was carried out at a temperature of 50 °C and a pH of …
