Abstract

PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL FROM lxora COCCINEA

Rupashree Salvi, Nikita Naik and Arati Potphode*

Abstract

There are various substrates for bioethanol production like sugarcane, fruits, wheat etc. Many of them are sources of food. Worldwide demand of bioethanol is increasing. In this investigation attempt was made to produce bioethanol from Ixora coccinea, which is readily available worldwide. It was found to be flowers of Ixora coccinea contain 6.72 mg/ml of fermentable sugar. Estimation of sugar was done by DNSA method. The initial sugar content of Ixora coccinea was 6.72 mg/ml and was decreased after fermentation to 1.2 mg/ml. The total yield of bioethanol was 7.4 mg/ml by dichromate method.

Keywords: Bioethanol, Ixora coccinea, Fermentaion.