Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki

Nowadays, utilization of renewable fuel from biomass such as bioethanol is gaining a worldwide attention. Due to the global demand for bioethanol production, edible biomass such as corn and sugarcane could not be the feedstock to solve this issue as their primary use is for food production. Hence, L...

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Main Author: Atik Zufar, Mohd Razaki
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Published: 2018
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http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/2/Atik_Zufar_Hj._Mohd_Razaki.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/6/Ethanol_fermentation_from_Leucaena_leucocephala_seeds..pdf
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description Nowadays, utilization of renewable fuel from biomass such as bioethanol is gaining a worldwide attention. Due to the global demand for bioethanol production, edible biomass such as corn and sugarcane could not be the feedstock to solve this issue as their primary use is for food production. Hence, Leucaena leucocephala (non-edible biomass) would be a possible alternative to replace edible biomass. This research deals with seeds of Leucaena leucocephala because there is a limited study on conversion of cellulose obtained from Leucaena leucocephala seeds into bioethanol and the seeds are normally left unused. In this study, therefore, evaluation of fermentation parameters such as days of fermentation, amount of sugar, amount of yeast and pH range was studied in order to find optimum parameters. Optimum days of fermentation, amount of sugar, amount of yeast and pH range were 3 days, 20 g, 3 g as well as between 4.0 – 4.9. Optimum parameters are important to produce high yield bioethanol from cellulose obtained from Leucaena leucocephala.
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spelling um-96182021-01-10T23:04:59Z Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki Atik Zufar, Mohd Razaki Q Science (General) QH301 Biology Nowadays, utilization of renewable fuel from biomass such as bioethanol is gaining a worldwide attention. Due to the global demand for bioethanol production, edible biomass such as corn and sugarcane could not be the feedstock to solve this issue as their primary use is for food production. Hence, Leucaena leucocephala (non-edible biomass) would be a possible alternative to replace edible biomass. This research deals with seeds of Leucaena leucocephala because there is a limited study on conversion of cellulose obtained from Leucaena leucocephala seeds into bioethanol and the seeds are normally left unused. In this study, therefore, evaluation of fermentation parameters such as days of fermentation, amount of sugar, amount of yeast and pH range was studied in order to find optimum parameters. Optimum days of fermentation, amount of sugar, amount of yeast and pH range were 3 days, 20 g, 3 g as well as between 4.0 – 4.9. Optimum parameters are important to produce high yield bioethanol from cellulose obtained from Leucaena leucocephala. 2018-12 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/2/Atik_Zufar_Hj._Mohd_Razaki.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/6/Ethanol_fermentation_from_Leucaena_leucocephala_seeds..pdf Atik Zufar, Mohd Razaki (2018) Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
QH301 Biology
Atik Zufar, Mohd Razaki
Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki
title Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki
title_full Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki
title_fullStr Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki
title_full_unstemmed Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki
title_short Ethanol fermentation from Leucaena leucocephala seeds / Atik Zufar Mohd Razaki
title_sort ethanol fermentation from leucaena leucocephala seeds / atik zufar mohd razaki
topic Q Science (General)
QH301 Biology
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/2/Atik_Zufar_Hj._Mohd_Razaki.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9618/6/Ethanol_fermentation_from_Leucaena_leucocephala_seeds..pdf