APPLICATION, CHEMICAL COMPONENT AND THE BIOREFINERY OF IPOMOEA BATATAS WASTES TO SUGAR

Sweet potato starch was converted to sugar through bio-production. Also, the proximate analysis was performed on the peel, and the results indicated that it contained adequate amounts of starch and total sugars to enable it to be used as a biomass feedstock for bio-ethanol production. In Method 1, the merged sweet potatoes were hydrolysed by sodium hydroxide solution and in Method 2, the peels were hydrolysed by hydrochloric acid at a different concentration and temperature to obtain maximum starch conversion. Objective: In this study, method 1 involves the conversion of starch from Ipomoea batatas to sugar in form of a syrup which are used for consumption. In addition, Ipomoea batatas peel wastes are used in method 2 to produce ethanol. The results of this study indicate that sweet potato peel, a waste product, may be used as a feedstock for the production of bioethanol