Pawpaw as a renewable energy resource for the production of alcohol fuels

V.C. Sharma and O.N. Ogbeide

Energy, 1982, vol. 7, issue 10, 871-873

Abstract: Fermentation of pawpaw (Carica Papaya L.) using brewer's yeast (Sacchromyces Carlsbengensis) and subsequent analysis of pawpaw distillate by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) produced a total alcohol content of 4%, of which 91.8% was ethanol, 4.8% methanol, 2.2% n-propanol, and the remaining 1.2% unknown components which were not alcohols. Although 4% alcohol was recorded, this is a factor of dilution of slurry. Production of alcohols from pawpaw is seen as a potential source of renewable energy in humid tropics.

Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(82)90036-6

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