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EGEE 439: Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources

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6.3 Ethanol Production from Corn

The following pages will describe the process of ethanol production from corn.

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  • 6.3a Composition of Corn and Yield of Ethanol from Corn
  • 6.3b How Corn is Processed to Make Ethanol

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Lessons

  • Welcome to Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources!
    • Lesson 1: Why Alternative Fuels from Biomass?
    • Lesson 2: Existing Fossil Fuel Technologies for Transportation
    • Lesson 3: Use of Biomass in Thermal Technologies
    • Lesson 4: Biomass Pyrolysis and Pretreatment
    • Lesson 5: General Ethanol Production
    • Lesson 6: Processing to Produce Ethanol and Butanol from Carbohydrates and Enzymes
      • 6.1 Ethanol Production - General Information
      • 6.2 Sugarcane Ethanol Production
      • 6.3 Ethanol Production from Corn
        • 6.3a Composition of Corn and Yield of Ethanol from Corn
        • 6.3b How Corn is Processed to Make Ethanol
      • 6.4 Butanol Production
      • 6.5 Assignments Overview
      • 6.6 Summary and Final Tasks
    • Lesson 7: Thermochemical Methods to Produce Biofuels
    • Lesson 8: Biodiesel Production
    • Lesson 9: Algae as a Source for Fuels
    • Lesson 10: Economics of Biomass Production – Ethanol, Butanol, and Biodiesel
    • Lesson 11: Additional Processes for Fuels from Biomass

Author: Caroline Burgess Clifford, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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