Fuel production from biomass: generation of liquid biofuels

Abstract

Anaerobic fermentation processes mayalso be used to produce liquid fuels frombiological raw materials. An example is theethanol production from glucose, known asstandard yeast fermentation in the beer, wine andliquor industries. It has to take place in steps, suchthat the ethanol is removed (by distillation ordehydrator application) whenever itsconcentration approaches a value (around 12%)which would impede reproduction of the yeastculture.

Keywords

• biomass
• liquid biofuels
• methanol