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The influence of different substrate concentrations on the performance of a continuous system of alcohol prduction by fermentation using a tower reactor with recycling of flocculating yeasts was investigated. All experiments were carried out using a flocculating yeast strain IR-2, isolated from fermented food, and identified asSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Cane sugar juice was used as a substrate with sugar concentrations of 160, 170, 180, 190, and 200 g/L. Constant values of dilution rate, 0.20 h−1, temperature, 30°C, and pH 3.3, were used. The performance of the reactor was observed to be efficient with high substrate concentrations. Maximum productivities of 18 g/L/h, 99% substrate conversion and ethanol concentrations of 90 g/L were obtained using 200 g/L of sugar in the feedstock. For substrate concentrations of 160 g/L, a maximum yield of 0.45 g of ethanol/g of sugar was observed or 90% of the theoretical value.
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Paiva, T.C.B., Sato, S., Visconti, A.E.S. et al. Continuous alcoholic fermentation process in a tower reactor with recycling of flocculating yeast. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 57, 535–541 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02941733
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