Sweet potato bioethanol purification using glycerol

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2018

Authors

Silva, JOV (Author) Other; Manuel Fonseca Almeida (Author) FEUP; Joana Dias (Author) FEUP; Alvim Ferraz, MC (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: WASTES - SOLUTIONS, TREATMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES II

Pages: 293-298

4th International Conference on Wastes - Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities

Univ Porto, Fac Engn, Porto, PORTUGAL, SEP 25-26, 2017

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Authenticus ID: P-00P-NKZ

DOI: 10.1201/9781315206172-46

Abstract (EN): Bioethanol is obtained from biomass sources (maize, sugar cane and beet) and sweet potato has been presented as a promising alternative for this purpose. Anhydrous ethanol can be obtained by extractive distillation of hydrated alcohol with chemical agents and it is usable for biodiesel production, from which a glycerol byproduct is obtained. The present work evaluates the use of glycerol as dehydrating agent to obtain anhydrous ethanol. With this objective, two grades of sweet potato bioethanol, 88.0 and 94.0 degrees GL respectively, were used in the experiments with three volumetric ratios of 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 V/V of glycerol/bioethanol and the results compared with those obtained using ethylene glycol under the same conditions. The highest ethanol grade obtained was 96.9 degrees GL using glycerol and 96.6 degrees GL using ethylene glycol, both using a 0.75 V/V ratio. The purity of bioethanol increased with the amount of drag agent used, whereas the yield decreased.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6