Creating Bioethanol                      

1. The biomass (natural resource), is broken down into a smaller compound, therefore making it easier to maintain and handle in order to make the production more efficient.


2. A reaction-chain called hydrolysis then occurs.


3. In this reaction, complex sugars are broken down and released as simple sugars, known as hemicellulose sugars.


4. Part of the cellulose is then turned into glucose.


5. Once the hydrolysis of the cellulose has occurred, glucose and pentoes have completed fermenting.


6. The process of fermentation has now created ethanol.


7. The last step is dehydration, which is removing the excess amount of water from the ethanol solution.


8. This ethanol is now used as renewable fuel for our daily use.
   

(Citation 7)

DID YOU KNOW?

• 79% of the ethanol produced worldwide is used as transport fuel. (Citation 15)