Abstract

Increase in the need for petroleum results in a remarkable rise in its prices. The main objective to satisfy this need leads to development of easier techniques using cheaper and eco-friendly raw material for the production of bioethanol and in turn reduce the massive usage of fossil fuel. This study was done for the production of bioethanol from guava and palm jaggery to obtain the maximum yield of ethanol by the process of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The benefits of performing the enzymatic hydrolysis together with the fermentation, instead of in a separate step after the hydrolysis, are the reduced end product inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis and reduced investment cost.

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