Definition. noun, plural: syntheses (biochemistry) The production of an organic compound in a living thing, especially as aided by enzymes
9.2 billion gallons of ethanol produced (approximately 10 billion gallon capacity). Ethanol can be fermented from many sources of starch, including corn, wheat, grain sorghum, barley, and potatoes, and from sugar crops such as sugar cane and sweet sorghum.Because there has been has been an abundant supply of corn, most of the ethanol made in the United States is from corn.thanol is a grain alcohol that can be blended with gasoline and used in motor vehicles. Many gasoline stations provide a blended fuel, which typically is 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline.
The need to divert food crops to fuel production also. concerns many people. A bushel of corn (approx. 56 lbs) can yield approximately 2.5 gallons of. ethanol, and at a corn yield of 125 bushels per acre (Shapouri, et al., 1995), an acre of farmland. would yield enough corn for 310 gallons of ethanol.