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Hazelnut Shells, Hazelnut Cobs and Forest Wastes (Forest Rose) Converted to Bioethanol

Within the scope of the Pak-Turk Project-based agreement of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), the first year of the project entitled “Cost-Effective Pilot Scale Production of Bioethanol” between Bartin University and Government College University Lahore has been successfully completed.
 
A joint research project on biofuel production between, Pakistan and Bartin University, Bartin, Turkey is being carried out. This project is being executed for 3 years under the Pak-Turk Joint Research Program sponsored by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and Council of Higher Education, Turkey. The main objective of the project is the low-cost production of bioethanol.

Hazelnut Shells, Hazelnut Cobs and Forest Wastes (Forest Rose) Converted to Bioethanol
 
Hazelnut shell, hazelnut (cob) and forest wastes to be converted into bioethanol 
The bioethanol will be produced using hazelnut wastes and other forest wastes, underlined by Prof. Karadağ, also said “The main idea of this project is to convert the cellulose and hemicellulose found in plant biomass into simple sugars, like glucose, xylose, galactose, mannose, and rhamnose. For this purpose, biomass will be pre-treated with alkali, acid or steam. The cellulose and hemicellulose contents will then be treated with cellulase and hemicellulase enzymes produced from the microorganism Clostridium clariflavum. Production of cellulase enzymes will be achieved by gene cloning. Cellulases and hemicellulases convert long chains of cellulose and hemicellulose into simple sugars. The simple sugars produced in this way will then be converted to ethanol using Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is a yeast that uses sugar as the carbon source. The ethanol thus produced will be used as a biofuel and will be added to the gasoline. This will help to reduce dependence on oil and reduce environmental pollution.”

Hazelnut Shells, Hazelnut Cobs and Forest Wastes (Forest Rose) Converted to Bioethanol
 
A project to add value to national economies 
The project is important in terms of economics, Prof. Karadağ said. “Pakistan and Turkey are spending huge amount on import of crude oil. By promoting renewable energy technologies especially biofuel production, both countries can save foreign exchange spent on the import of crude oil. The fossil fuels including crude oil are also spreading environmental pollution which is causing many diseases.”

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