Proses Start Up Produksi Bioetanol dari Tepung Sorghum Menggunakan Reaktor Anaerobik Berpenghalang

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  • Rosadela Lucky Artha Program Studi Teknik Kimia, FT, UNS Jl. Ir. Sutami no. 36 A, Surakarta 27126 Telp/fax:0271-632112
  • Ade Tia Suryani Program Studi Teknik Kimia, FT, UNS Jl. Ir. Sutami no. 36 A, Surakarta 27126 Telp/fax:0271-632112
  • Margono Margono Program Studi Teknik Kimia, FT, UNS Jl. Ir. Sutami no. 36 A, Surakarta 27126 Telp/fax:0271-632112
  • Mujtahid Kaavessina Program Studi Teknik Kimia, FT, UNS Jl. Ir. Sutami no. 36 A, Surakarta 27126 Telp/fax:0271-632112
  • Endah Retno Dyartanti Program Studi Teknik Kimia, FT, UNS Jl. Ir. Sutami no. 36 A, Surakarta 27126 Telp/fax:0271-632112

Keywords:

sorghum bicolor grain, bioethanol, Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation, Anaerobic Baffled Reactor

Abstract

Sorghum bicolor grain is a potential raw material for bioethanol production. Sorghum bicolor grain contain a high starch, i.e. 65 – 70% by weight. This is much higher than cassava starch. The objective of this research is to produce bioethanol from Sorghum bicolor grain using Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation Process in Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR) and biocatalyst of co-immobilisation yeast-glucoamylase. ABR is a reactor which has 4 compartment and has working volume of 2,5 L respectively. These experiments focused to study start-up process of the fermentation.. The start up was initiated with batch process for 16 hours followed by continuous fermentation in order to get steady process.  During start-up process showed increasing concentration of bioethanol and decreasing of reducing sugar as well as total sugar. The results show that the best ethanol concentration in start-up process were 1,277 g/L for compartment A, 1,572 g/L for compartment B, 1,69 g/L  for compartment C, and 1,454 g/L for compartment D at 19 hours of fermentation time.

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