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Energy and exergy analysis of ethanol production process from banana fruit
Fecha
2010Registro en:
REVISTA FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA-UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA, n.51, p.87-96, 2010
0120-6230
Autor
VELASQUEZ, Hector Ivan
RUIZ, Angela Adriana
OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, Silvio de
Institución
Resumen
An alternative for ethanol production, is the use of vegetable waste, such as excess of banana production, that are evaluated in 2,400,000 t/year, which includes: residual banana fruit and lignocellulosic material. This paper analyzes the energetic and exergetic behavior to carry the process developed at laboratory scale to a plant processing of banana for the ethanol production, involving: growing and transport of the vegetable material, hydrolysis of banana fruit, sugar fermentation, ethanol distillation and utility plant. Finally, energy and exergy indicators are obtained. The results show a positive energy balance when banana fruit is used for ethanol production, but some process modification must be done looking for improving the exergetic efficiency in ethanol production.