To provide a bioethanol production apparatus which can extract bioethanol with excellent separation efficiency by solvent extraction from a fermentation solution and can suppress deterioration of an extraction solvent.
A bioethanol production apparatus 1 includes: a fermentation means 2 which obtains a fermentation solution containing bioethanol by fermenting a saccharification solution of a biomass; a transfer means 3 which transfers the fermentation solution; and an extraction means 4 which extracts bioethanol, by the solvent extraction, from the fermentation solution transferred by the transfer means 3. The bioethanol production apparatus 1 also includes a protein removing means 6 which separates and removes a protein contained in the fermentation solution in the middle of the transfer means 3.
HANAYAMA KEN
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