Bioethanol production from cassava peels using different microbial inoculants

Life-cycle energy and environmental analysis of bioethanol production from cassava in Thailand.

In this study, the life-cycle energy and environmental assessment was conducted for bioethanol production from cassava in Thailand. The scope covered all stages in the life cycle of bioethanol production including cultivating, chip processing, transportation and bioethanol conversion. The input-output data were collected at plantation sites and ethanol plants which included materials usage, ene...

Catalytic Hydrogen Production from Bioethanol

Composting of common organic wastes using microbial inoculants

It is important to use renewable resources to maximize crop yields and minimize the environmental hazards associated with chemical residues. Composting is an age old practice for the biological conversion of organic waste to a humus-like substance which can enhance physical, chemical and biological soil properties. To explore the effect of microorganisms in the composting process, three potent ...

Recent Trends in Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture

Soil microbes have great potential for agriculture. A wide variety of microbes have been utilized to enhance crop production. In the current issue, enhanced growth of rice plants is reported with the inoculation of a nitrogen (N)-fixing bacterium, Azospirillum sp. B510 (2), which possesses a disease-suppressive property against the rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) and the bacterial leaf b...

Optimal integration for biodiesel production using bioethanol

In this paper we optimize the production of biodiesel using bioethanol from algae following four different transesterification paths: alkali, enzymatic and heterogeneous catalysts and supercritical conditions. The reactors are modelled using response surface methodology based on experimental results from the literature. These reactor models are implemented together with short-cut methods for th...