The production of ethanol as biofuel, for industrial, alcoholic beverages and other applications has increased in the recent years.
Ethanol can be produced from four main raw materials: fermentable carbohydrates, starch, cellulose and inulin. Sucrose is the most common since the sugars are found in a simple form of fermentable carbohydrates (for e- xample, sugar cane, sugar beet, grape and sweet sorghum).
Alcohol distilleries typically produce vinasses, stillages or molasses spent washes which are not only significantly polluted, but also damaging to the environment.
