Yang, M.; Ji, H.; Zhu, J. Batch Fermentation Options for High Titer Bioethanol Production from a SPORL Pretreated Douglas-Fir Forest Residue without Detoxification. Fermentation2016, 2, 16.
Yang, M.; Ji, H.; Zhu, J. Batch Fermentation Options for High Titer Bioethanol Production from a SPORL Pretreated Douglas-Fir Forest Residue without Detoxification. Fermentation 2016, 2, 16.
Yang, M.; Ji, H.; Zhu, J. Batch Fermentation Options for High Titer Bioethanol Production from a SPORL Pretreated Douglas-Fir Forest Residue without Detoxification. Fermentation2016, 2, 16.
Yang, M.; Ji, H.; Zhu, J. Batch Fermentation Options for High Titer Bioethanol Production from a SPORL Pretreated Douglas-Fir Forest Residue without Detoxification. Fermentation 2016, 2, 16.
Abstract
This study evaluated batch fermentation modes, namely, separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF), Quasi-simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (Q-SSF), and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF), and fermentation conditions, i.e., enzyme and yeast loadings, nutrient supplementation and sterilization, on high titer bioethanol production from SPORL-pretreated Douglas-fir forest residue without detoxification. The result indicated Q-SSF and SSF were obviously superior to SHF operation in terms of ethanol yield. The enzyme loading showed a strong positive correlation between enzyme loading and the ethanol yield. The nutrient supplementation and sterility was not necessary for ethanol production from SPORL-pretreated Douglas-fir. The yeast loading showed no significant influence on the ethanol yield for typical SSF conditions. The terminal ethanol titer of 43.2 g/L, or 75.1% theoretical based on glucose, mannose, and xylose theoretical was achieved when SSF was conducted at the condition of following: whole slurry solids loading of 15%, enzyme loading of 20 FPU/g glucan, 1.8 g/kg (wet) yeast loading, without nutrition supplementation and sterilization, at 38°C, on shake flask at 150 rpm for 96h. It is believed that with mechanical mixing, enzyme loading can be substantially reduced with affect ethanol yield by using a long fermentation time.
Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology
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