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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 111-116.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2015.02.017

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Production of Ethanol by Fermentation of Glucose and Xylose Using Mixed Yeasts

LI Qing1,2, SONG Xiang-yang1,2, FAN Xiao-yang1,2, OUYANG Jia1,2, YONG Qiang1,2   

  1. 1. College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
    2. Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuel and Chemicals, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Received:2014-03-04 Online:2015-04-25 Published:2015-04-24

Abstract: Mixed sugars(glucose and xylose)consumption patterns by the following three fermentation methods, i.e., single bacterium fermentation by Candida shehatae, successive fermentation by C.shehatae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as well as synchronization(fermentation by these two), were investigated. The results showed that the fermentation by synchronization pattern can effectively terminate the inhibition of glucose, and accelerate the xylose utilization at the same time. The fermentation medium of mixed yeast was optimized by Plackett-Burman design, steepest climbing experimental design, and central composite design. The optimal culture conditions were (NH4)2SO4 9.09 g/L, KH2PO4 8.96 g/L and CaCl2 0.34 g/L. Under the above conditions of fermentation, the ethanol yield was 21.71 g/L, which is 9.4 % higher than before. Under the optimized medium, the yeast turbidity (OD) increased from 12.12 to 21.87, and the conversion of xylose also increased from 82 % to 93 %.

Key words: mixed sugar, fermentation of mixed yeasts, ethanol, medium, optimization

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