Abstract
An ethanol process based on a gas-lift tower fermenter arrangement was used as a model system to show the strong dependence of reactor behavior on the developing chemical environment within the reactor. The reactor performance limits for realistic substrates—starch and molasses—are characterized and compared with those attainable on an ideal substrate, glucose.
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de Castro, H.F., Bu’Lock, J.D. Influence of feedstock source on biocatalyst stability and behavior, and on reactor performance, in continuous intensified ethanol fermentation. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 24, 545–552 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02920277
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02920277