Waste to energy: Pineapple - a potential sustainable feed stock for bioethanol production Venkatachalapathy Girish1,*, Thimappa Girisha Shiringala2 1Research Scholar, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, JB Campus, Bangalore University, Bangaluru-560056, Karnataka, India 2Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, JB Campus, Bangalore University, Bangaluru-560056, Karnataka, India *Corresponding author email id: girishzeal@yahoo.com
Abstract Global demand for sustainable energy motivates to explore for complementary means of energy production as fossil fuels are becoming increasingly inadequate. Agricultural wastes have been considered as best options to look for. The present study explores the waste fruits as a source for bioethanol production by employing Pichia kudrivizive (YPM13MBT7GGA) strain. The results revealed that waste pineapple serves as a good substrate with favorable parameters such as moisture content and fluidity compared to other waste fruits considered, besides being a cheap source and cost effective for ethanol production. Top Keywords Sustainable energy. Bioethanol, Waste fruits, Proximate composition, Pichia kudrivizive, Urea, Fermentation. Top |