Title |
Utilization of household food waste for the production of ethanol at high dry material content
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Published in |
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1754-6834-7-4 |
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Authors |
Leonidas Matsakas, Dimitris Kekos, Maria Loizidou, Paul Christakopoulos |
Abstract |
Environmental issues and shortage of fossil fuels have turned the public interest to the utilization of renewable, environmentally friendly fuels, such as ethanol. In order to minimize the competition between fuels and food production, researchers are focusing their efforts to the utilization of wastes and by-products as raw materials for the production of ethanol. household food wastes are being produced in great quantities in European Union and their handling can be a challenge. Moreover, their disposal can cause severe environmental issues (for example emission of greenhouse gasses). On the other hand, they contain significant amounts of sugars (both soluble and insoluble) and they can be used as raw material for the production of ethanol. |
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Netherlands | 1 | 50% |
Germany | 1 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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France | 2 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Ghana | 1 | <1% |
Peru | 1 | <1% |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 216 | 97% |
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Student > Bachelor | 38 | 17% |
Researcher | 33 | 15% |
Student > Master | 33 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 11% |
Lecturer | 7 | 3% |
Other | 25 | 11% |
Unknown | 62 | 28% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 40 | 18% |
Engineering | 36 | 16% |
Environmental Science | 18 | 8% |
Chemical Engineering | 16 | 7% |
Chemistry | 7 | 3% |
Other | 28 | 13% |
Unknown | 78 | 35% |