Bioethanol Production from Sugarcane Grown in Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils

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Rui Zhu¹  Qiang Weng¹  Chuxia Lin¹  Aiping Zhang²  Guangying Ye²  Jun Xie³  Sishi Luo³  Xiaoyang Chen³ 

[1] Key Laboratory of Energy Plant Resources and Utilization under Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642 P.R. China;Key Laboratory of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642 P.R. China;Institute of New Energy and New Materials, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642 P.R. China;

关键词: Sugarcane;    Ethanol;    Fermentation;    Yeast;    Contamination;    Heavy metals;   

DOI  :  10.15376/biores.9.2.2509-2520

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Field and laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the feasibility of bioethanol production using the juice of sugarcane grown in heavy metal-contaminated soils. The results suggest that the sugar concentration was not adversely affected when the sugarcane was grown in the heavy metal-contaminated soil. Although the juice of sugarcane grown in contaminated soil contained elevated levels of heavy metals, sugar fermentation and ethanol production were not adversely affected when five selected yeast species were used to mediate the processes. The preliminary research findings obtained from this study have implications for developing cost-effective technologies for simultaneous bioethanol production and soil clean-up using heavy metal-contaminated soils for energy sugarcane farming.

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