TY  - JOUR
T1  - Techno Economic Analysis of Bio-Ethanol Production as Bio-Fuel in Karnataka State
AU - Srinivas, M.R. AU - Lokesh, A.C. 
JO  - Environmental Research Journal
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SP  - 83
EP  - 87
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1994-5396
DO  - erj.2019.83.87
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=erj.2019.83.87
KW  - Bio-ethanol
KW  -ligno-cellulosic ethanol
KW  -techno-economic analysis
KW  -energy
KW  -growth
AB  - India is the second largest commercial energy
consumer in Non-OECD East Asia, comprising 19% of
the region’s total primary energy consumption. Economic
growth in India has largely been associated with increased
energy consumption. While 60% of total energy needs in
India are met by commercial energy sources, remaining
40% are comprised of non-conventional fuels. To increase
the percentage of non-conventional fuel the government
of India has planned to blend 10% of ethanol to the
gasoline which requires 2660 mL of ethanol but currently,
we have only 1340 mL of ethanol production capacity
from sugarcane industries from all over India with a blend
rate of 5%. As per the bio-fuel policies of India, the feed
stocks used for producing bio-fuel must come from
non-edible source only. Ethanol produced as of now in
India is through molasses which is a by-product of sugar
industry. This ethanol has a well-established market in
liquor, pharmaceutical and in other industries. Hence,
other sources of ethanol production feed stock as per
Indian policies is from cellulose. In view of this
rational, this study was carried out to analyse cellulosic
ethanol production from five feed stocks (i.e., straw,
bagasse, eucalyptus, poplar and switch grass). This
techno-economic analysis of cellulosic ethanol production
of the five feedstock revealed that poplar based
ethanol production was economically (Rs.49/L) and
environmentally (carbon foot print: 10.6 kg/mega joule)
feasible.
ER  -