Abstract: This paper reviews the present situation of China's fuel ethanol industry, analyzing the circumstance of ethanol industry in the country from such perspectives as the global ethanol production, relevant policies both home and abroad, production and marketing framework of ethanol in China, the technical route of using non-grain biomass as raw material to produce fuel ethanol, and its comparison with that of the United States. Based on this, this paper elaborates the development tendency of the techniques using cellulose, sweet sorghum stalk, and potato to produce fuel alcohol.

Key words: fuel alcohol industry, production technique, prospect

摘要： 文章在回顾我国燃料乙醇产业现状的基础上,从全球燃料乙醇产量、国内外相关政策、我国燃料乙醇产销格局、燃料乙醇非粮原料路线以及与美国技术对比等方面分析了我国燃料乙醇行业发展面临的形势,并在此基础上阐述了纤维素、甜高粱茎秆和薯类制燃料乙醇技术发展趋势。

关键词: 燃料乙醇产业, 生产技术, 展望