Open AccessEthanol is a strategic raw material
Author(s) -
Josip Baras,
S. Gaćeša,
Dušanka J. Pejin
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
hemijska industrija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.147
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2217-7426
pISSN - 0367-598X
DOI - 10.2298/hemind0203089b
Subject(s) - raw material , biofuel , pulp and paper industry , ethanol fuel , renewable fuels , gasoline , distillation , biomass (ecology) , ethanol , process engineering , chemistry , waste management , organic chemistry , engineering , agronomy , biology
The first part of this review article considers general data about ethanol as an industrial product, its qualities and uses. It is emphasized that, if produced from biomass as a renewable raw material, its perspectives as a chemical raw material and energent are brilliant. Starchy grains, such as corn, must be used as the main raw materials for ethanol production. The production of bioethanol by the enzyme-catalyzed conversion of starch followed by (yeast) fermentation, distillation is the process of choice. If used as a motor fuel, anhydrous ethanol can be directly blended with gasoline or converted into an oxygenator such as ETBE. Finally, bioethanol production in Yugoslavia and the possibilities for its further development are discussed