Ethanol production by modified polyvinyl alcohol-immobilized Zymomonas mobilis and in situ membrane distillation under very high gravity condition

Quanguo Zhang, Nurhayati, Chieh-Lun Cheng, Yung-Chung Lo, Dillirani Nagarajan, Jianjun Hu, Jo-Shu Chang*, Duu-Jong Lee

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Concentration of ethanol from the fermentation broth is an energy-intensive process. Very high gravity (VHG) process with modified polyvinyl alcohol-immobilized Zymomonas mobilis cells integrated with in situ bioethanol removal via vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) was proposed to mitigate product inhibition effects in VHG fermentation. The proposed VHG + VMD system, at 300 g/L glucose loading, produced 127.4 g/L (16.1% v/v) ethanol, at 63.7 g/L−h productivity and 84.9% glucose conversion rate, which is the highest in reported literature.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-5
JournalApplied Energy
Volume202
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • Bioethanol
  • Membrane distillation
  • Productivity
  • Very high gravity fermentation

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