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Table 3 Ethanol recovery from solid state fermented (SSF) round bales using a vacuum distiller

From: On-farm solid state simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of whole crop forage rice in wrapped round bale for ethanol production

 

SSF round bale

Ethanol recovery

Weight (kg fresh matter)

Ethanol (kg)

Ethanol (kg)

Recovery rate (%)

Distillation time (hours)

First

232

12.3

5.2

42.3

6

Second

244

12.4

10.7

86.3

12

Total

476

24.7

15.9

64.4

18

  1. Ethanol recovery test from SSF round bales of whole forage rice plant (cv. Leaf Star) using a pilot-scale vacuum distiller (Tokai Resource Co.) was repeated two times with distinct distillation times (6 and 12 hours), and the amounts of recovered ethanol were compared.