Microwave assisted acid hydrolysis for bioethanol fuel production from sago pith waste

• Main Authors: Saravana Kannan, Thangavelu, Rajkumar, T., Dinesh Kumar, Pandi, Abu Saleh, Ahmed, Farid Nasir, Ani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29620/1/Microwave%20assisted.htm; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29620/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X19300492; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.01.035
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Microwave assisted acid hydrolysis (H 2 SO 4 and HCl with >0.5 mol/L) to produce bioethanol from sago pith waste (SPW) was studied. The energy consumption for microwave hydrolysis at different energy inputs and acid concentration were calculated. The overall energy consumption for bioethanol fuel...