FUEL OF THE FUTURE: BIOETHANOL FROM P. FLORIDA SMSA. S. DESHMUKHAbstract Wheat (Triticum aestivum), Mung (Phaseolous radiatus), Tur (Cajanus cajan), Soybean (Glycine max) and their 15 combinations were used for cultivation of P. florida (Sample Code D). The post cultivation substrate, i.e. spent mushroom substrate was sun dried and oven dried. Extraction of fuel bioethanol from SMS as alternative source is the best way for disposal of SMS. 0.2 NaOH was used for pretreatment with heating as I pretreatment and microwave treatment as II pretreatment followed by fermentation using 2%, 4%, 6% bakerâs yeast for duration of 2 to 8 days. At fermentation level, randomly special supplementation with mushroom alone, mushroom+ jaggary and mushroom + mahua flower in combination in microwave treated (II pretreatment) at 4% 4 days stage was done for augmentation in bioethanol. All the bioethanol samples were estimated using titrimetric as well as spectrophotometric methods. GCMS method for ethanol estimation was used in case of randomly selected samples. Also, the surface changes and cellulose crystallinity were recorded using SEM and XRD respectively. 2.5 fold increase was recorded by addition with [mushroom+ jaggary (15 g each)]. |