PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM ALGAE

摘要

The present patent application refers to a process of producing alcohol from the fermentation of hydrolyzed sugars of gelling and/or thickening polysaccharides obtained from algae cultivated in natural or artificial aquatic environments, eutrophized or not eutrophized. The main steps of this process are: collection and cleaning of algae; fragmentation; drying; hydrolysis of the total sugars produced by the algae; fermentation of the sugars resulting from hydrolysis of the algae polysaccharides, with the use of yeast capable of promoting fermentation of galactosides; and alcohol distillation.