BIOL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Phytoremediation, Synthetic Biology, Cellulosic Ethanol
21 Dec 2017
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Fuels which are made from a variety of sources of biomass: plant materials, types of crops, recycled or waste vegetable oils. Provide the simplest, most practical and energy efficient replacement for oil: explain how traditional bioethanol and cellulosic bioethanol are made. Bioethanol is produced by the sugar fermentation process. The main sources of sugar required to produce ethanol come from fuel or energy crops. Cellulosic bioethanol is produced from cellulose rather than from the plants seed or fruit. An ester made from transesterification, a process that reacts a feedstock (vegetable oil, used frying oil or animal fats) with methanol or ethanol and a catalyst. An economy based on biotechnology that uses renewable raw materials to produce products and energy. Developing countries can access the bio based economy. Corn is the major source of ethanol and corn is expensive. Was a thermal engineer who invented the internal- combustion engine that bears his name.
