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Subject: can tropical fruit by-products be used to produce ethanol
Category: Science > Earth Sciences
Asked by: tonysaiz-ga
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Posted: 17 Feb 2006 12:42 PST
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Question ID: 447039

I would like to know if ethanol fuel can be efficiently produced from
the by-products of tropical fruit by-products (stalks, leaves, and
stems) such as bananas, and other tropical fruit.

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Subject: Re: can tropical fruit by-products be used to produce ethanol
From: hardtofindbooks-ga on 17 Feb 2006 15:22 PST

It certainly can.
One of the leading companies for this techology can be found here:
http://www.iogen.ca/

There is a DOE outlook paper - 
Outlook for Biomass Ethanol Production and Demand. 
here:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/analysispaper/biomass.html

An Oregon study - OREGON CELLULOSE-ETHANOL STUDY An evaluation of the
potential for ethanol production in Oregon using cellulose-based
feedstocks.
here:
http://www.ethanol-gec.org/information/briefing/20a.pdf

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