Sustainable fermentation processing of two revalorized agro-industrial discards: carrot and brewer's yeast

An integrated and sustainable fermentation process was developed which enabled both the revalorization of two regional agro-industrial discards as well as by-product reuse. Carrot and brewer's yeast, which are commonly used for animal feed, were processed to obtain 77.5 L of ethanol, 450 kg of...

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Autores: Aimaretti, Nora Rosa, Clementz, Adriana Laura, Codevilla, Agustin, Rojas, Maria L., Yori, Juan Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/21988
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/21988
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DISCARDS
CARROT
YEAST
FERMENTATION
ETHANOL
SUSTAINABLE
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.11
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:An integrated and sustainable fermentation process was developed which enabled both the revalorization of two regional agro-industrial discards as well as by-product reuse. Carrot and brewer's yeast, which are commonly used for animal feed, were processed to obtain 77.5 L of ethanol, 450 kg of solid waste called bagasse, 970 L of liquid effluent called vinasse, and 39.8 kg CO2 per each ton of discarded carrot. Results showed that the obtained bagasse was suitable for feeding 55 animals (calfs). The dilution of vinasse with fresh water (1:5) satisfied the requirements necessary to be used as beverage for the same number of animals, leaving a remnant which could be newly diluted (1:5) and used to irrigate a 0.025-ha carrot crop, the land dimension required to grow 1 ton of carrot.