Enzymatic Bioethanol Production of Oil Palm Trunk Waste (Elaeis guineensis) Using Surfactant

Biomass is an alternative potential raw materials for biofuels or bioethanol production. This paper studies bioethanol production of the oil palm trunk waste. The trunk was divided into three parts; parenchym (P),vascular bundle (VB) and the mixture of parenchyma and vascular bundle (PVB. Results show that sugar content reduction of all treatments (using surfactant) before fermentation is higher than that without surfactant(control)at 10 and 15 FPU/g substrate of cellulase concentration.The highest ethanol content (1.63%) was recorded from parenchyma with 15 FPU/g substrate of cellulase concentration.