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    Bioethanol production from the fermentation of casava waste
    (U. P., 2012-02) Obiukwu, O. O.; Garba, B.; Gaji, M. M.
    This experiment has been carried out with the singular aim of converting the cassava waste to ethanol. To achieve this, the conversion of the organic waste was carried out via acid and microbial hydrolysis which yielded 66% fermentable sugar wort. This was then converted into ethanol by fermentation process using Saccharomyces cerevisae. 98% ethanol was obtained by distillation of the fermentable wort and the total volume of the ethanol produced from 105grams of cassava waste was 103.4ml. Fermentation logistic parameters where evaluated considering the percentage fermentable sugar yield from the biomass in study. It is more economical to produce ethanol from organic waste compared to gasoline from crude oil for vehicle engines. The total volume of ethanol produced was used to verify the optimization and room temperature was considered to be the optimum temperature for the fermentation of ethanol from cassava waste. 120 minutes offermentation time gave 96.76% production yield.