Production of bioethanol from waste money bills - a new cellulosic material for biofuels.

摘要

Waste money bills that are no longer legal tender are non-recyclable and are usually destroyed. In this study, we used this cellulose-rich material for bioethanol fermentation for the first time. Glucose production was enhanced by using diluted H₂SO₄ during pretreatment. Different incubation periods were tested for saccharification and subsequent bioethanol fermentation. The highest yield of glucose (41.90 mg/ml) was shown to increase with 27.20% and 25.90% respectively by increasing the reaction period by 30 min and by increasing the acid concentration by 0.5%. Bioethanol production was enhanced by adding 0.4 mM benzoic acid under anoxic condition. In accordance with three different conditions, the highest amount of bioethanol (22.01 mg/ml) was obtained and bioethanol fermentation was increased by 59.38%, 110.02% and 64.13% respectively with 30 min of reaction periods, 0.5% of acid concentrations and under anoxic condition with benzoic acid. This procedure for the production of bioethanol from a waste material would reduce waste money bill management costs and make a profit from ethanol.