Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51141#.VFbcKmfHRK0 Author(s) Qian Kang 1,2 , Lise Appels 1 , Jan Baeyens 2 , Raf Dewil 1 , Tianwei Tan 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Process and Environmental Technology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium . 2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China . ABSTRACT Fuel ethanol is an important renewable and sustainable fuel, produced in China by fermentation of mostly corn, wheat and cassava feedstock. Fermentation produces an ethanol-lean broth (10 to 12 vol%). Ethanol is recovered by distillation, fo...
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