Manufacture of Bioethanol from Maize (Zea mays ssp.

)
Bran As an Alternative Fuel

Background

Objective and Advantages

Depletion of worlds crude oil reserve

At this time the availability of the world's oil reserves
which are the main source of fuel has decreased. The
situation is causing us to think and immediately to look
for alternative supply. Now days bioethanol has become
a solution to overcome the problem of reduced
availability of fossil fuels .

Advantages :

1. Describes the Utilization of maize bran as a base

material for manufacture of bioetanol.

1. Provide input and understanding to bioethanol

producers and governments in utilizing maize
bran as base material for bioethanol production.
2. Explain the strategic steps to make the maize
bran as base material for bioethanol production

Previous Solution

Reserve of Crude OIl

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Objective:

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2012 YEAR

Worlds crude oil reserve

Solution ever offered to solve the problem of rising food prices in line with the growing popularity of
bioethanol is expanding its agricultural land. However, the expansion of feedstock agricultural land
production of bioethanol actually impact on food prices, such as soy bean prices in the USA. The expansion
result a large-scale shift from production of soybeans to an increase in maize production, resulting in soybean
prices rising even more than 60% . In addition an uncontrolled expansion disturb the natural balance by
reducing the biodiversity of ecosystems and can inhibit the absorption of greenhouse gas emissions.

Data from association for the study of peak oil and gas

Bioethanol is made from foodstuffs

Bioethanol is made from foodstuffs and it is disturbing
the balance of the fulfillment of world food. As the
increase of bioethanols popularity as alternative fuel,
it has an impact on increase of foodstuffs price.

a) Production of sugarcane in Brazil from 2000 to 2007

b) The area under sugarcane cultivation in Brazil

Data from FAOSTAT u.d.

Proposed Idea
Based on the problem that is told in the
background and also facts about maize bran ,
writer proposes the idea to utilize maize bran as
base material for bioethanol production with
tree advantages , those are :

Does not use foodstuffs in production

Has a lower price
Increase the value of the maize bran

Lignocellulosic composition of maize

bran and the stock
Lignocellulose is a major component in the
manufacture of bioethanol . The percentage of
lignocellulosic in maize bran nearly identical to the
percentage in corn grain.

Hemiselulosa

35%

15%

45%

Lignin
Selulosa

A research group is needed in order to minimize the error which might bepresent
during the whole process.

Goverment
Government plays an important role in giving regulations and also socializing this
new innovation to the other related parties.

Maize Farmers
Maize farmers play an important role in supplying the maize bran stock, so the
production activities can be run well.

A good relationship must be maintained with the related companies, those who
concern on the bioethanol production, in order to broaden the production scale.

Society
All of the parties mentioned above should work hard to assure the society that this
innovation is going to safe them from scarcity.

Results

17.5%

In addition maize barn is also has abundant supply

and low price . World maize production reached
101811958 tons and for every kilogram of corn we will
get about 65 grams of maize bran means that
approximately 66,177,772 tonnes of maize bran
produced every year . maize bran prices are still low
at US $ 0.15 per kilogram , lower than price of corn at
US $ 0.25 per kilogram

Research Group

Bioethanol Companies

30%

35%

Techniques of implemetation

Maize bran become base

material in bioethanol
manufacture

Utilization of maize bran

can reduce the use of
foodstuffs in making
bioethanol and solve Food
or Fuel problem.

Samson Patar Sipangkar

Dept of Chemical Engineering
sipangkar98@gmail.com
082363828849

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