National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Nearly to 50,000 to 60000 crore of non processed products are thrown always in India, which are utilized to some extent to soil improvement but major portion is thrown away as waste. In present study efforts were made to produce valuable substance from some agro waste through the microbial fermentation process. Fossil fuels create a negative impact on our environment as greenhouse gas emissions are harmful. Production of ethanol (as an alternative fuel) from food and agricultural waste was done in present study by bio-processing. Wastes from fruits, such as banana, orange peels were subjected to simultaneous saccharification and fermentation for 7 days using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The ethanol yield was determined at 24 hours interval. The optimal ethanol yields were 8.34% v/v, 7.45 % v/v, 3.98 % v/v and 2.58 % v/v form banana, orange peels respectively. These indicate that banana peels ethanol yields was significantly higher than orange peels ethanol yield.
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