greater yield of 0.091 l/kg of whole bananas resulted
from fermenting the whole fruit. The yield from the
peel was insignificant when compared to that of the
whole fruit.
On a dry-matter basis, the yield from fermenting
whole bananas was 0.499 I/kg dm, which is quite
high compared to many other agricultural commodities.
Badger et al. (1982) reported ethanol yields
from a number of agricultural crops. Some typical
ethanol yields (l/kg dm) they found were: corn-
0.403, cull apples-0.406,