THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE INITIATIVE [IKI]
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BIOETHANOL FUEL ADDITIVE
Factsheet 8
The alcoholic fermentation transforms sugar, starch and cellulose-containing biomass into alcohol by means of yeast bacteria or fungi, which is subsequently distilled or rectified to meet an alcohol contents of 95%. In subsequent adsorption processes, the remaining water fraction of the crude alcohol is removed (dehydration). Thus a purity of the alcohol of up to 99.95% is reached
