Abstract

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION AND ITS CONCENTRATION

*Hiwrale Shubham Dnyaneshwar (B. Pharm), Rokade V. G.(M. Pharm) and Hingane L. D. (Ph. D Scholar)

ABSTRACT

World ethanol production rose to nearly 13.5 billion gallon in 2006. Ethanol has been part of alcoholicbeverages for long time, but its application has expanded much beyond that during the 20th Century. Much ofthe recent interest is in the use of ethanol as fuel. In this paper, we have reviewed published literature oncurrent ethanol production and separation methods, and chemical and sensory analysis techniques. Ethanolproduced by fermentation, called bioethanol, accounts for approximately 95% of the ethanol production. It isrecently widely used as an additive to gasoline. Corn in the Unites States and sugarcane in Brazil are widelyused as raw materials to produce bioethanol. Cellulosic materials are expected to be the ultimate major sourceof ethanol and also represent a value-technology for agricultural coproducts. While bioethanol isconsidered as a sustainable energy source.

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