[Gasification] BANANA ETHANOL

[Rolf Uhle]

So what shall we do- save all our banana peelings over a year and make a 
batch proceeding for a huge fiesta or invent a continuous fermenter for 
one-at-a-time-banana flips?
(Sorry Ben,perhaps I had too much of the other stuff)
Rolf 

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> Datum: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:35:43 -0300 (ART)
> Von: Benjamin Domingo Bof <benjaminbof at yahoo.com.ar>
> An: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification 
> <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
> Betreff: [Gasification] BANANA ETHANOL
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>             Banana peel contains alcohol-Scientists                       
>                                                              Your mother  
>             probably advised you to bite into a banana before an 
> alcoholic              drink, but she’d probably think twice now. 
> Scientists have              discovered that banana peel contains 11 per 
> cent alcohol. And what’s              more, the National Research Centre 
> for Banana (NRCB) has developed              the technology for producing 
> alcohol from the peel of the common              fruit.             
> Talking to reporters in Thayanur, Tamil Nadu, NRCB director S             
>  Sathiamoorthy said that the technology was ready for transfer to the     
>          industry. 
>              The NRCB research takes a step further the efforts to 
> minimise              waste from agricultural produce. In certain 
> varieties of the banana              like the Plantain Aab and Nendran, 
> the peel itself accounts for 30              per cent of the weight of 
> the fruit. Instead of consigning it to the              waste-bin, it 
> could be turned into alcohol, says Sathiamoorthy. 
>              
>              The NRCB has also developed a product called the banana fig, 
> he              says, adding that several processing units have already 
> evinced              interest in the technology. 
>              ‘‘Banana figs are concentrated products that can be 
> produced              cheaply. They can also be canned and exported since 
> they require              less space,’’ he says. The banana fig can 
> find use in the              preparation of cakes, ice-creams, biscuits 
> and Indian desserts.
> 
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