SUGAR BEET-THE POTENTIAL FEEDSTOCKS FOR ALCOHOL PRODUCTION

S. PAROHA¹*, S. SINGH², A. GUPTA^3
1National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, 208017, Uttar Pradesh, India
²National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, 208017, Uttar Pradesh, India
³National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, 208017, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : seemaparoha@rediffmail.com

Received : 12-04-2020     Accepted : 28-04-2020     Published : 30-04-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 8       Pages : 9778 - 9780
Int J Agr Sci 12.8 (2020):9778-9780

Keywords : Sugar Beet, Ethanol, Energy, Biofuel, Total Reducing Sugar
Academic Editor : Dr Vinod Tiwari, Dr Jai P. Rai, Ajit Kumar Singh
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Biochemistry Division, National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, 208017, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Sugar beet is one of the most efficient converters of solar energy into stored energy. It is an important sugar crop which has great potentiality of augmenting sugar production at lower cost. Tropical sugarbeet is yet to be produced on commercial scale in India and it is still considered to be toddling baby in the ethanol industry. Although, few industries are claiming to be using sugarbeet as feed stock for ethanol production, its growth has not reached the level expected. With this aim the experiment was carried out with 3 Sugarbeet varieties viz; LS-6 (subtropical zone), PAC-60008, SZ-35 (temperate zone) the same were planted for production of alcohol. After six months the sugar beets were harvested and sucrose was extracted from the beet roots. LS-6 performed best as in term of biochemical traits followed by PAC-60008 and SZ-35. Ethanol yield was observed 101.6 (l/ton) in LS-6 variety, 80.16 (l/ton) in PAC-60008 and 74.24(l/ton) in SZ-35 variety.

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