South Korean Student Produces Ethanol from Dead Seaweed
November 16, 2016http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/11328/south_korean_student_produces_bioethanol_from_dead_seaweed/
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Seonwoo In-young, a South Korean Pukyong National University graduate student was able to produce bioethanol using dead seaweed. The young scientist's experiment took place after collecting dead seaweed from Busan's Gwangalli Beach.
Biofuel production using seaweed is widely practiced around the world. However, dead seaweed has rarely been successfully used to make biofuel. The young scientist heated the dead seaweed at 160°C with sulfuric acid, and fermented the concoction with yeast for three days, which produced bioethanol. The whole process is currently under a patent application.
Seonwoo's research paper also won the 2016 Young Asian Biochemical Engineers' Community (YABEC) award in Japan last month.
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