Making Biofuel

[Mimiekkins]

Our project is about making bio fuel from plants but we also need to make ethanol.
We want to extract glucose from a plant that are waste products like grass or fruit peels. so we want to know what has the highest amount of glucose and is commonly thrown away or is considered a waste.

[heatherL]

Hi Mimiekkins,

Welcome to Science Buddies! It sounds like you might be interested in this project idea: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-f ... p038.shtml, and you can use this project to help you get started: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-f ... p034.shtml

You can use the information in this project to figure out how to determine the glucose content of different plants: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-f ... p049.shtml

I hope this helps you get started. Please post again (in this same thread) if you have more questions.

Heather

[Mimiekkins]

Do you have an idea of what type of Enzyme i can use to break down the cellulose into glucose?
Or something that can resemble an enzyme to break it down?

[heatherL]

Hi Mimiekkins,

Cellulase enzymes can be used to break down cellulose into glucose. Here is a Wikipedia article that includes information about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol. Keep in mind that Wikipedia is not always a reliable source, but the bibliogrpahy contains many references that can help you in your background research.

I hope this helps!

Heather