Abstract
Ulva rigida, a common green seaweed, was used as a feedstock for the production of bioethanol in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process carried out under sonication. Sonication provided a faster way for the simultaneous release of glucose from Ulva rigida and its conversion into bioethanol. Within 3 h, 196 ± 2.5 mg glucose per gram of dry weight of biomass and 333.3 ± 4.7 mg bioethanol per gram of glucose were produced in the SSF process under sonication. In addition to being fast, the process was devoid of any chemical pretreatment and involves only a single stage of sonication for the release of glucose from algae by the action of enzymes and also for the simultaneous fermentation of glucose to ethanol using Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 16223-16229 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
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