title: Optimization of fermentation parameters for production of ethanol from kinnow waste and banana peels by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation.
abstract: A study was taken up to evaluate the role of some fermentation parameters like inoculum concentration, temperature, incubation period and agitation time on ethanol production from kinnow waste and banana peels by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using cellulase and co-culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae G and Pachysolen tannophilus MTCC 1077. Steam pretreated kinnow waste and banana peels were used as substrate for ethanol production in the ratio 4:6 (kinnow waste: banana peels). Temperature of 30°C, inoculum size of S. cerevisiae G 6% and (v/v) Pachysolen tannophilus MTCC 1077 4% (v/v), incubation period of 48 h and agitation for the first 24 h were found to be best for ethanol production using the combination of two wastes. The pretreated steam exploded biomass after enzymatic saccharification containing 63 gL(-1) reducing sugars was fermented with both hexose and pentose fermenting yeast strains under optimized conditions resulting in ethanol production, yield and fermentation efficiency of 26.84 gL(-1), 0.426 gg (-1) and 83.52 % respectively. This study could establish the effective utilization of kinnow waste and banana peels for bioethanol production using optimized fermentation parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141 004 India.
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Harinder Singh
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Oberoi
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bansal
keywords: Banana peels; Cellulase production; Ethanol; Fermentation parameters; Kinnow waste; SSF