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Chapter 1
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3540-9.ch001
ABSTRACT
This chapter contends that bioethanol has received the most attention over other fuels due to less emis-
sion of greenhouse gases and production from renewable sources. It is mainly produced from sugar
containing feedstocks. Since feedstocks are utilized as food for humans, its consumption in bioethanol
production creates a food crisis for the entire world. Bioethanol derived from agriculture waste, which is
most abundant at global level, is the best option. Agriculture wastes contain lignin, cellulose and hemi-
celluloses which creates hindrances during conversion to ethanol. Pretreatment of agriculture wastes
remove lignin, hemicelluloses and then enzymatically hydrolyzed into sugars. Both pentose and hexose
sugars are fermented to bioethanol. There are still various problems for developing an economically
feasible technology but a major one is the resistance to degradation of the agricultural material. Use of
two or more pretreatment methods for delignifcation and the use of genetically modifed agricultural
biomass can be developed for economically feasible ethanol production.
Agricultural Waste Management
for Bioethanol Production
Miss Priyanka
Lucknow University, India
Dileep Kumar
Lucknow University, India
Uma Shankar
Lucknow University, India
Anurag Yadav
S K Nagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Gujarat, India
Kusum Yadav
University of Lucknow, India