In the production of ethanol, the feedstock high in sugar content is first converted to sugar, and

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In the production of ethanol, the feedstock high in sugar content is first converted to sugar, and the sugar (glucose) is fermented into ethanol through the reaction C6H12O6 → 2 C2H5OH + 2 CO2. Consider 100 kg of sugar beet roots whose sugar content represents 20 percent of total mass. How much ethanol can be produced from these sugar beet roots?
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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach

ISBN: 978-0073398174

8th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles

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