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Process information from secondary sources to summarise the processes involved in the industrial production of ethanol from sugar cane
- The industrial production of ethanol from sugar cane involves:
- Fermenting the sugar cane under the required conditions.
- Distilling the ethanol produced in fermentation from the water it is dissolved with.
- The distillation of ethanol can require the equivalent of half the energy released when it is burnt.